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October 10, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 11 2
Braves 3 5 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 8 11 2
Braves 3 5 2

Marquis Grissom Postseason Stats

  Game Postseason
Average .500 .200
OBP .500 .238
At Bats 4 20
Hits 2 4
• Singles 1 2
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 2 2

Dennis Eckersley Postseason Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 3
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - October 10, 1996
Out
Dennis Eckersley
Tom Pagnozzi
John Mabry
Mike Gallego
Gary Gaetti
Royce Clayton
Ron Gant
Ray Lankford
Brian Jordan
Marquis Grissom
Javy Lopez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 8 11 2 6
Atlanta Braves 3 5 2 7
Winning Pitcher Todd Stottlemyre
Losing Pitcher Greg Maddux
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ray Lankford
Attendance 52,067
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
Count: 1-1, 2 Outs
Count: 1-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mordecai strikes out.
Bottom 9 Blauser hits a fly ball into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lopez hits a line drive beyond third. Gaetti can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 9 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards second. Lemke scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 9 Jordan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lankford moves to second.
Top 9 Gant strikes out.
Top 9 Steve Avery now pitching. Mike Mordecai now playing third base. Lankford takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Dye hits a popup into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Klesko hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego misplays the ball. That's an error on Gallego. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Clayton.
Bottom 8 Rick Honeycutt now pitching. Lemke strikes out.
Top 8 Clayton strikes out.
Top 8 Dmitri Young pinch hits for Mark Petkovsek. Young hits a fly ball into left field. Klesko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Denny Neagle now pitching. Gallego strikes out.
Bottom 7 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Luis Polonia pinch hits for Greg McMichael. Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petkovsek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mark Petkovsek now pitching. Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pagnozzi strikes out.
Top 7 Greg McMichael now pitching. Mabry hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gaetti hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Jordan is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Gant strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Sweeney moves to third. Clayton moves to second.
Top 7 Lankford hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gallego tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Clayton takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Mark Sweeney pinch hits for Todd Stottlemyre. Sweeney bunts towards third. Jones fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jones. Gallego moves to third. Sweeney moves to second.
Top 7 Javy Lopez now catching. Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Terry Pendleton pinch hits for Eddie Perez. Pendleton strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dye hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gallego settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Klesko hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Grissom scores. Lemke moves to third. McGriff moves to second.
Bottom 6 McGriff takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mabry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out. Lemke moves to second.
Bottom 6 There goes Grissom. The throw from Pagnozzi and he is safe. Grissom steals third.
Bottom 6 Lemke takes first base on ball four. Grissom moves to second.
Bottom 6 Grissom hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Pagnozzi hits a line drive towards third. Jones reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Maddux covering, for the out.
Top 6 Gaetti strikes out.
Bottom 5 Maddux strikes out.
Bottom 5 Blauser strikes out.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Blauser fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Gant hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Lankford strikes out.
Top 5 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gallego scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McGriff strikes out.
Top 4 Stottlemyre hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Klesko. Pagnozzi reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lemke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Grissom hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Maddux strikes out.
Bottom 3 Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jordan hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Klesko. Jordan reaches second base with a double. Gant scores.
Top 3 Gant hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Klesko. Gant reaches second base with a double. Lankford scores.
Top 3 Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maddux fields it and has Clayton trapped. There's the throw to Lemke and over to Jones, who tags Clayton for the out. Lankford moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 There goes Clayton. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Clayton steals second.
Top 3 Clayton hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Stottlemyre hits a line drive towards short. Blauser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 2 Klesko strikes out.
Bottom 2 McGriff hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gallego hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pagnozzi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mabry hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mabry for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lemke hits a line drive into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grissom hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pagnozzi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jordan hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gant hits a ball on the ground into center field. Grissom picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Grissom. Clayton goes all the way around to score. Gant moves to second.
Top 1 Lankford hits a popup into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clayton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.