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August 21, 1996

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Reds 3 10 1
Braves 3 10 0
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Reds 3 10 1
Braves 4 10 0

Luis Polonia Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .237
OBP .000 .282
At Bats 0 177
Hits 0 42
• Singles 0 35
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 14

Jeff Brantley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 33
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 21, 1996
Out
Jeff Brantley
Joe Oliver
Hal Morris
Jeff Branson
Lenny Harris
Barry Larkin
Kevin Mitchell
Eric Davis
Thomas Howard
Luis Polonia
Marquis Grissom
Ryan Klesko

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 3 10 1 7
Atlanta Braves 4 10 0 8
Winning Pitcher Pedro Borbon
Losing Pitcher Jeff Brantley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Luis Polonia
Attendance 29,213
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
Count: 3-2, 1 Out
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs

End of Game

Polonia hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Klesko tags and scores.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Luis Polonia pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. There's a wild pitch. Klesko moves to third.
Bottom 9 Grissom bunts towards the mound. Brantley fields it and throws to third for the out. Klesko moves to second.
Bottom 9 Klesko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Branson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lemke moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jeff Brantley now pitching. Lemke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Howard bunts towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Borbon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Eddie Perez now catching. Branson hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Dwight Smith pinch hits for Javy Lopez. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Bottom 8 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lee Smith now pitching. Joe Oliver now catching. Pendleton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Branson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jones scores. McGriff moves to second.
Bottom 8 McGriff hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howard. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Taubensee strikes out.
Top 8 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff fields the ball and throws to Borbon covering. Safe. Larkin scores. Davis moves to third.
Top 8 There goes Davis. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Davis steals second.
Top 8 Pedro Borbon now pitching. There goes Larkin. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Larkin steals third.
Top 8 Davis is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Mitchell hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on Clontz Larkin moves to second.
Top 8 Larkin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ryan Klesko now playing left field. Jermaine Dye now playing right field. Brad Clontz now pitching. Harris 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 7 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 7 Grissom hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Howard. Grissom reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Ryan Klesko pinch hits for John Smoltz. Klesko hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hector Carrasco now pitching. Lemke hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Willie Greene pinch hits for Jeff Shaw. Greene hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taubensee moves to third.
Top 7 Branson hits a line drive into left field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Taubensee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Morris hits a line drive into left field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dye hits a line drive into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 6 Pendleton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 McGriff hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Branson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Mitchell. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mitchell hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Harris moves to third.
Top 6 Larkin strikes out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Harris moves to second.
Top 6 Harris hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit. Howard scores.
Top 6 Howard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grissom who is chasing the ball. Howard reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 5 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields it and throws to second for the out. Dye scores. Lemke moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jeff Shaw now pitching. Smoltz hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Dye moves to third. Lemke moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lemke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dye hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mitchell. Dye reaches second base with a double. Pendleton scores.
Bottom 5 The umpire calls a balk on Remlinger Pendleton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Pendleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Remlinger strikes out.
Top 5 Branson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Taubensee strikes out.
Top 5 Morris hits a line drive into left field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McGriff hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones strikes out.
Top 4 Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Larkin hits a line drive into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Grissom hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Remlinger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Smoltz bunts towards the mound. Remlinger fields it and throws to first for the out. Lemke moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lemke hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops it up and throws to first, with Remlinger covering, for the out.
Top 3 Howard strikes out.
Top 3 Remlinger hits a fly ball into left field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Branson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Branson for the out.
Bottom 2 Dye hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Pendleton strikes out.
Bottom 2 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris juggles the ball. That's an error on Morris.
Top 2 Taubensee strikes out.
Top 2 Morris hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out.
Top 2 Davis hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Grissom hits a line drive into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mitchell hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Harris hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Howard hits a line drive towards first. McGriff reaches out and makes the catch for the out.