July 23, 1991 Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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CAL 5
@BAL 4 CHW 3
TOR 2 OAK 10
@CLE 7 DET 6
MIN 3 KCR 8
MIL 7 SEA 6
@NYY 1 TEX 5
BOS 4 CHC 8
CIN 5 LAD 6
PHI 5
(10) PIT 12
ATL 3 SDP 2
MON 1
(11) SFG 4
NYM 2 STL 5
HOU 1

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 21,664

Tuesday, July 23, 1991, (null)
Time of Game: 3:06

Braves

48-43

Lost 1

2nd, 3½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          1  2  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    3  4  0
Pirates         0  2  4   0  4  0   0  2  X   12 16  0

W: D Drabek (10-9), L: C Leibrandt (9-8)

Pirates

57-34

Won 1

1st

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
O Nixon RF                    3   1   1   0    0   0  .331  .757   13    1   0   SB
  B Hunter PH-RF              1   0   0   0    0   0  .275  .808    2    0   0   
D Sanders LF-CF               4   0   0   0    0   1  .198  .614   10    1   0   
T Pendleton 3B                3   0   0   1    0   0  .333  .902   10    2   1   
  M Lemke 3B                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .229  .615    2    0   1   
R Gant CF                     1   0   0   0    2   0  .256  .841   16    3   0   CS
  M Bell 1B                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .160  .472    5    2   0   
T Gregg 1B                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .186  .555   13    4   0   
  D Petry P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  K Mercker P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         0   0   
  R Belliard PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .226  .519    4    0   0   
J Blauser SS                  1   1   0   0    3   0  .274  .818   22    1   3   
J Treadway 2B                 4   1   2   2    0   0  .320  .802   20    4   1   HR
G Olson C                     2   0   0   0    0   0  .255  .683    8    4   2   
  F Cabrera PH-C              2   0   0   0    0   1  .214  .563    8    1   0   
C Leibrandt P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .026  .127    6    0   0   
  R Mahler P                  1   0   1   0    0   0  .167  .417    5    0   0   2B
  K Mitchell LF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    5    0   0   
Totals                       30   3   4   3    5   3              149   24   8

BATTING

2B: R Mahler (1, off D Drabek).

HR: J Treadway (3, off D Drabek; 2nd inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep RF).

TB: J Treadway 5; R Mahler 2; O Nixon.

RBI: J Treadway 2 (20); T Pendleton (43).

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 0 for 4.

BASERUNNING

SB: O Nixon (51, 2nd base off D Drabek/M LaValliere).

CS: R Gant (8, 2nd base by D Drabek/M LaValliere).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
G Redus 1B-LF                 5   1   1   4    0   0  .260  .721   22    8   0   HR
J Bell SS                     5   1   1   0    0   1  .266  .729   12    1   2   
A Van Slyke CF                2   1   1   0    3   1  .255  .796   23    3   0   2B
B Bonilla RF                  5   2   2   2    0   0  .306  .887   27    2   0   HR,2B
B Bonds LF                    4   2   2   1    0   1  .283  .897   11    5   0   2·SB
  O Merced 1B                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .282  .814    2    1   0   
J Wehner 3B                   5   3   5   1    0   0  .533 1.200   21    0   3   SB
J Lind 2B                     1   2   1   1    1   0  .264  .650   10    2   2   3B,CS,HBP,IW
  C Wilkerson 2B              2   0   0   0    0   1  .198  .510   10    1   1   
M LaValliere C                5   0   2   3    0   0  .299  .742   19    3   1   
D Drabek P                    2   0   0   0    0   1  .180  .380   12    1   1   SH
  J Banister PH               1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    3    0   0   
  B Patterson P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       38  12  16  12    4   5              172   27  10

BATTING

2B: A Van Slyke (11, off K Mercker); B Bonilla (24, off C Leibrandt).

3B: J Lind (2, off C Leibrandt).

HR: G Redus (3, off R Mahler; 5th inn, 3 on, 2 outs); B Bonilla (12, off K Mercker; 8th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep LF).

SH: D Drabek (2, off C Leibrandt).

IBB: J Lind (6, by C Leibrandt).

HBP: J Lind (1, by R Mahler).

TB: B Bonilla 6; J Wehner 5; G Redus 4; J Lind 3; B Bonds 2; M LaValliere 2; A Van Slyke 2; J Banister; J Bell.

RBI: G Redus 4 (12); M LaValliere 3 (25); B Bonilla 2 (58); J Wehner (1); J Lind (27); B Bonds (66).

2-out RBI: G Redus 4.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 7 for 12.

BASERUNNING

SB: B Bonds 2 (28, 2nd base off R Mahler/G Olson, 3rd base off C Leibrandt/G Olson); J Wehner (1, 2nd base off C Leibrandt/G Olson).

CS: J Lind (3, 3rd base by R Mahler/G Olson).

PITCHING

Atlanta Braves                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Leibrandt, L (9-8)           2.1   8   6   6    2   2   0   3.71   17   67-34   21· 4· 9    4· 4· 5· 0     17    -     1.24  -0.55
R Mahler                       2.2   3   4   4    1   1   1   4.26   12   43-25   14· 3· 8    3· 4· 2· 0          2-0    0.57  -0.03
D Petry                        2     2   0   0    1   2   0   5.35    9   34-19    8· 6· 5    4· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
K Mercker                      1     3   2   2    0   0   1   2.18    6   22-15   12· 0· 3    1· 2· 3· 0          0-0    0.00  -0.00
Totals                         8    16  12  12    4   5   2          44  166-93   55·13·25   12·11·11· 0          2-0

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Drabek, W (10-9)             7     3   3   3    4   0   1   3.04   27  120-69   46· 9·14   10·10· 3· 0     55    -     0.63  -0.08
B Patterson                    2     1   0   0    1   3   0   3.86    8   27-17    9· 6· 2    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
Totals                         9     4   3   3    5   3   1          35  147-86   55·15·16   11·12· 4· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: C Leibrandt (3; J Lind).

HBP: R Mahler (1; J Lind).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Charlie Reliford, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Randy Marsh.

Time of Game: 3:06.

Attendance: 21,664.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 76° F, Wind 7mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. O Nixon              RF    1. G Redus              1B 
2. D Sanders            LF    2. J Bell               SS 
3. T Pendleton          3B    3. A Van Slyke          CF 
4. R Gant               CF    4. B Bonilla            RF 
5. T Gregg              1B    5. B Bonds              LF 
6. J Blauser            SS    6. J Wehner             3B 
7. J Treadway           2B    7. J Lind               2B 
8. G Olson              C     8. M LaValliere         C  
9. C Leibrandt          P     9. D Drabek             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 2   1  0-1  1--  5  -17%  22% J Treadway      D Drabek        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Blauser Scores; Treadway Scores
   b 2   1  3-0  1--  3   14%  37% J Lind          C Leibrandt     Triple to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Wehner Scores
   b 3   1  3-2  1--  5   11%  54% B Bonilla       C Leibrandt     Double to 3B (Line Drive); Bell to 3B
   b 3   1  3-4  123  2   11%  87% M LaValliere    C Leibrandt     Single (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Bonds Scores; Wehner Scores; Lind to 2B
   b 3   1  3-2  -23  1   10%  63% B Bonds         C Leibrandt     Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Bell Scores; Bonilla to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   46%  O Nixon         Single (Ground Ball)
          1--      44%  D Sanders       Nixon Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   45%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B); Nixon to 3B
   RO     --3  1   43%  T Pendleton     Groundout: 2B-1B; Nixon Scores
   O      ---  7   44%  R Gant          Lineout: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-1, Charlie Leibrandt facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   41%  G Redus         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   40%  J Bell          Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  7   41%  A Van Slyke     Walk
   O      1--  6   39%  B Bonilla       Popfly: 3B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Ahead 1-0, Doug Drabek facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  6   41%  T Gregg         Lineout: LF
          ---  5   39%  J Blauser       Walk
   RR     1--  5   22%  J Treadway      Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); Blauser Scores; Treadway Scores
   O      ---  6   22%  G Olson         Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  6   23%  C Leibrandt     Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-3, Charlie Leibrandt facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   21%  B Bonds         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   23%  J Wehner        Single to CF (Fly Ball)
   R      1--  3   37%  J Lind          Triple to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Wehner Scores
   R      --3  5   43%  M LaValliere    Single to 2B (Line Drive); Lind Scores
   O      1--  4   41%  D Drabek        Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; LaValliere to 2B
   O      -2-  5   38%  G Redus         Foul Popfly: 1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 2.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Ahead 3-2, Doug Drabek facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   40%  O Nixon         Popfly: 2B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  1   41%  D Sanders       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   42%  T Pendleton     Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-3, Charlie Leibrandt facing 2-3-4
          ---  2   47%  J Bell          Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   43%  A Van Slyke     Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   54%  B Bonilla       Double to 3B (Line Drive); Bell to 3B
   R      -23  1   63%  B Bonds         Single to 2B (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Bell Scores; Bonilla to 3B
   R      1-3  4   71%  J Wehner        Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Bonilla Scores; Bonds to 2B
          12-      76%  J Lind          Bonds Steals 3B; Wehner Steals 2B
          -23  5   76%  " "             Intentional Walk
   RR     123  2   87%  M LaValliere    Single (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Bonds Scores; Wehner Scores; Lind to 2B
                  Rick Mahler replaces Charlie Leibrandt pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-      85%  D Drabek        Lind Caught Stealing 3B (C-3B); LaValliere to 2B
   O      -2-  3   83%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 6.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-6, Doug Drabek facing 4-5-6
          ---  5   79%  R Gant          Walk
   O      1--  2   83%  T Gregg         Flyball: RF
   O      1--      87%  J Blauser       Gant Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---  5   87%  " "             Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 6-3, Rick Mahler facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   86%  G Redus         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   86%  J Bell          Flyball: CF
          ---  6   86%  A Van Slyke     Walk
   O      1--  3   85%  B Bonilla       Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B); Bonilla to 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 6.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-6, Doug Drabek facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  7   87%  J Treadway      Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   89%  G Olson         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   87%  R Mahler        Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   O      -2-  3   90%  O Nixon         Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 6-3, Rick Mahler facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   91%  B Bonds         Single (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole)
          1--      92%  J Wehner        Bonds Steals 2B
          -2-  6   94%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Bonds to 3B
          1-3  1   95%  J Lind          Hit By Pitch; Wehner to 2B
   O      123  5   93%  M LaValliere    Popfly: CF
   O      123  4   90%  D Drabek        Strikeout Swinging
   RRRR   123  5   99%  G Redus         Home Run (Fly Ball); Bonds Scores; Wehner Scores; Lind Scores; Redus Scores
   O      ---  3   99%  J Bell          Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 10.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-10, Doug Drabek facing 2-3-4
                  Curtis Wilkerson replaces Jose Lind playing 2B batting 7th
   O      ---  1   99%  D Sanders       Bunt Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  6   99%  T Pendleton     Groundout: P unassisted (P's Left)
          ---  4   99%  R Gant          Walk
   O      1--  5   99%  T Gregg         Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 10.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-3, Dan Petry facing 3-4-5
                  Dan Petry replaces Tommy Gregg pitching and batting 5th; Mike Bell replaces Ron Gant playing 1B batting 4th; Mark Lemke replaces Terry Pendleton playing 3B batting 3rd; Keith Mitchell replaces Rick Mahler playing LF batting 9th; Deion Sanders moves to CF
          ---  4  100%  A Van Slyke     Walk
   O      1--  5   99%  B Bonilla       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole); Bonilla to 1B
   O      1--  4   99%  B Bonds         Lineout: P (P's Right)
          1--  1   99%  J Wehner        Single (Ground Ball to Short 3B Line); Bonilla to 2B
   O      12-  6   99%  C Wilkerson     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 10.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-10, Doug Drabek facing 6-7-8
          ---  6   99%  J Blauser       Walk
   O      1--  7   99%  J Treadway      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  Francisco Cabrera pinch hits for Greg Olson batting 8th
   O      1--  3  100%  F Cabrera       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole); Cabrera to 1B
   O      1--  5  100%  K Mitchell      Popfly: SS (Deep SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-3, Dan Petry facing 8-9-1
                  Francisco Cabrera moves to C
   O      ---  4  100%  M LaValliere    Groundout: SS-1B (Deep SS)
                  Jeff Banister pinch hits for Doug Drabek batting 9th
          ---  3  100%  J Banister      Single (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  3  100%  G Redus         Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4  100%  J Bell          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 10.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-10, Bob Patterson facing 1-2-3
                  Bob Patterson replaces Jeff Banister pitching and batting 9th; Orlando Merced replaces Barry Bonds playing 1B batting 5th; Gary Redus moves to LF; Brian Hunter pinch hits for Otis Nixon batting 1st
   O      ---  2  100%  B Hunter        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  3  100%  D Sanders       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2  100%  M Lemke         Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-3, Kent Mercker facing 3-4-5
                  Kent Mercker replaces Dan Petry pitching and batting 5th; Brian Hunter moves to RF
          ---  2  100%  A Van Slyke     Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   RR     -2-  8  100%  B Bonilla       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Van Slyke Scores; Bonilla Scores
   O      ---  2  100%  O Merced        Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
          ---  3  100%  J Wehner        Single (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  4  100%  C Wilkerson     Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-3B Hole); Wilkerson to 1B
   O      1--  3  100%  M LaValliere    Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 12.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-12, Bob Patterson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5  100%  M Bell          Strikeout Swinging
                  Rafael Belliard pinch hits for Kent Mercker batting 5th
   O      ---  4  100%  R Belliard      Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  5  100%  J Blauser       Walk
          1--  1  100%  J Treadway      Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Blauser to 2B
   O      12-  5  100%  F Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 12.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation