1995 NLDS1

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1995 National League Division Series

Atlanta Braves 90 - 54 in the NL	3 - 1 Series Summary	Colorado Rockies 77 - 67 in the NL

1995 MLB Postseason
LG	Division Series	League Champ.	World Series
AL	CLE - BOS	CLE - SEA	ATL - CLE
AL	SEA - NYY	CLE - SEA

NL	CIN - LAD	ATL - CIN
NL	ATL - COL	ATL - CIN
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1 The Teams
- 1.1 Atlanta Braves
- 1.2 Colorado Rockies
2 The Games
3 Series Stats
- 3.1 Atlanta Braves
  - 3.1.1 Batting
  - 3.1.2 Pitching
- 3.2 Colorado Rockies
  - 3.2.1 Batting
  - 3.2.2 Pitching
4 Series Summary
- 4.1 1995 Postseason

[edit] The Teams

[edit] Atlanta Braves

The Braves had advanced to the series by winning the National League East Division. The team was managed by Bobby Cox. The Braves had reached the playoffs in 1991, 1992 and 1993 as NL West Champions before the 1994 strike had wiped out the previous year's post-season. The Braves were making their first appearance as the NL Eastern Division Champions.

[edit] Colorado Rockies

The Rockies had advanced to the series by winning the National League Wild Card. The team was managed by Don Baylor. The upstart Rockies had reached the playoffs for the first time in their three-year existence.

[edit] The Games

[edit] Game 1

October 3, 1995 at Coors Field in Denver, CO; night game (Attendance: 50,040)

Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta Braves	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	12	1
Colorado Rockies	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	13	4
Win: Alejandro Pena (1-0) Loss: Curt Leskanic (0-1) Save: Mark Wohlers (1 S)
Home Runs: ATL - Chipper Jones (2), Marquis Grissom COL - Vinny Castilla

Game 1 pitted starters Greg Maddux against Kevin Ritz at Coors Field. Neither got the decision as the game was not settled until the ninth inning, when Chipper Jones hit a solo home run, his second of the game, against Curt Leskanic. In a tense bottom of the ninth, Rockies manager Don Baylor, having exhausted his bench options, was forced to pinch-hit with a pitcher, Lance Painter, with two out and the bases loaded. Mark Wohlers completed a scorelss inning by striking Painter out to earn the save. Marquis Grissom hit a solo home run. Luis Polonia and Dwight Smith both had pinch-hit RBIs. Vinny Castilla hit a two-run home run and a double off Maddux. Ellis Burks batted in the other two Rockies runs. Alejandro Pena picked up the win in relief for the Braves.

[edit] Game 2

October 4, 1995 at Coors Field in Denver, CO; night game (Attendance: 50,063)

Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta Braves	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	13	1
Colorado Rockies	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	8	2
Win: Alejandro Pena (2-0) Loss: Mike Munoz (0-1) Save: Mark Wohlers (2 S)
Home Runs: ATL - Marquis Grissom (2) COL - Larry Walker

Game 2 was another see-saw affair. Marquis Grissom hit a pair of solo home runs off Rockies starter Lance Painter to help stake the Braves to a 3-0 lead. Colorado outfielder Larry Walker tied the game with a three-run home run in the 6th knocking out the Braves starter Tom Glavine. The Rockies took the lead in the 8th with a pair of doubles by Dante Bichette and Andres Galarraga. But the Braves scored three in the top of the 9th off Mike Munoz and Darren Holmes. Wohlers got his second save and Pena picked up his second win.

[edit] Game 3

October 6, 1995 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, GA; night game (Attendance: 51,300)

Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Colorado Rockies	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	9	0
Atlanta Braves	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	11	0
Win: Darren Holmes (1-0) Loss: Mark Wohlers (0-1) Save: Mark Thompson (1 S)
Home Runs: COL - Eric Young, Vinny Castilla

Game 3 the series' third back-and-forth game. John Smoltz and Bill Swift started for the teams and neither got a decision, the third game in a row this happened. Eric Young and Castilla provided dual two-run homers and Young also scored on a wild pitch, all off Smoltz, to give the Rockies a 5-3 lead through six innings. The Braves got all their runs in the fourth, tying the game at the time.

Mike Mordecai reduced Colorado's lead to 5-4 with a pinch-hit double in the 7th and Polonia tied the game off Holmes with a pinch-hit single. Wohlers came in in the 10th and got two outs until Bichette doubled, Walker was intentionally walked, and Galarraga and Castilla singled. Mark Thompson set the Braves down in order for his first save.

[edit] Game 4

October 7, 1995 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, GA; night game (Attendance: 50,027)

Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado Rockies	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	11	1
Atlanta Braves	0	0	4	2	1	3	0	0	x	10	15	0
Win: Greg Maddux (1-0) Loss: Bret Saberhagen (0-1)
Home Runs: COL - Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla ATL - Fred McGriff (2)

Game 4 saw Greg Maddux face veteran pitcher Bret Saberhagen. This game wasn't see-saw at all. Colorado took the early lead with a Bichette three-run homer in the 3rd inning, but the Braves scored with singles by Mark Lemke and Grissom, a two-run double by Jones, and a two-run homer by McGriff. McGriff added another homer in the 5th and a bases-loaded single in the 7th to provide more cushion for Atlanta. Castilla hit another homer in the 6th. Pena pitched two innings to finish Maddux's win and sent the Braves to their sixth NLCS ever.

[edit] Series Stats

[edit] Atlanta Braves

[edit] Batting

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Steve Avery	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Rafael Belliard	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Jeff Blauser	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.000	0.250	0.000
Pedro Borbon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Brad Clontz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Mike Devereaux	4	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.200
Tom Glavine	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333
Marquis Grissom	4	21	21	5	11	2	3	4	2	0	3	0.524	0.524	1.048
Chipper Jones	4	20	18	4	7	2	2	4	0	2	2	0.389	0.450	0.833
David Justice	4	18	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	0.231	0.444	0.231
Ryan Klesko	4	15	15	5	7	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.467	0.467	0.533
Mark Lemke	4	20	19	3	4	1	0	1	0	1	3	0.211	0.250	0.263
Javy Lopez	3	10	9	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	3	0.444	0.400	0.444
Greg Maddux	2	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.167	0.167	0.167
Fred McGriff	4	20	18	4	6	0	2	6	0	2	3	0.333	0.400	0.667
Greg McMichael	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Kent Mercker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Mike Mordecai	2	3	3	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.667	0.667	1.000
Charlie O'Brien	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.200	0.333	0.200
Alejandro Pena	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Luis Polonia	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.333	0.333	0.333
Dwight Smith	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.667	0.667	1.000
John Smoltz	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Mark Wohlers	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Team Totals	4	168	154	27	51	8	7	24	3	12	27	0.331	0.380	0

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W - L	SV	GS	CG	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	R	ER	ERA
Steve Avery	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	1	13.50
Pedro Borbon	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0.00
Brad Clontz	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
Tom Glavine	1	0 - 0	0	1	0	7.0	5	1	1	3	3	2	2.57
Greg Maddux	2	1 - 0	0	2	0	14.0	19	3	2	7	7	7	4.50
Greg McMichael	2	0 - 0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	2	1	1	1	6.75
Kent Mercker	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alejandro Pena	3	2 - 0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
John Smoltz	1	0 - 0	0	1	0	5.2	5	2	1	6	5	5	7.94
Mark Wohlers	3	0 - 1	2	0	0	2.2	6	0	2	4	2	2	6.75
Team Totals	4	3	1	2	4	0	37.0	41	6	9	29	19	18	4.38

[edit] Colorado Rockies

[edit] Batting

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jason Bates	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.200
Dante Bichette	4	18	17	6	10	3	1	3	0	1	3	0.588	0.611	0.941
Ellis Burks	2	7	6	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.333	0.286	0.500
Vinny Castilla	4	16	15	3	7	1	3	6	0	0	1	0.467	0.500	1.133
Andres Galarraga	4	18	18	1	5	1	0	2	0	0	6	0.278	0.278	0.333
Joe Girardi	4	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.125	0.125	0.125
Darren Holmes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Trenidad Hubbard	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Mike Kingery	4	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.200	0.200	0.200
Curt Leskanic	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Mike Munoz	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Jayhawk Owens	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Lance Painter	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
Steve Reed	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Armando Reynoso	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Kevin Ritz	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Bruce Ruffin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
Bret Saberhagen	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Bill Swift	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
Mark Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-.---	-.---	-.---
John Vander Wal	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
Larry Walker	4	18	14	3	3	0	1	3	1	3	4	0.214	0.389	0.429
Walt Weiss	4	16	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	0.167	0.375	0.167
Eric Young	4	18	16	3	7	1	1	2	1	2	2	0.438	0.500	0.688
Team Totals	4	159	144	19	41	7	6	18	3	9	29	0.285	0.327	0

[edit] Pitching

Player	G	W - L	SV	GS	CG	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	R	ER	ERA
Darren Holmes	3	1 - 0	0	0	0	1.2	6	0	0	2	2	0	0.00
Curt Leskanic	3	0 - 1	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	0	4	2	2	6.00
Mike Munoz	4	0 - 1	0	0	0	1.1	4	0	1	1	2	2	13.50
Lance Painter	1	0 - 0	0	1	0	5.0	5	2	2	4	3	3	5.40
Steve Reed	3	0 - 0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Armando Reynoso	1	0 - 0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Kevin Ritz	2	0 - 0	0	1	0	7.0	12	3	3	5	7	6	7.71
Bruce Ruffin	4	0 - 0	0	0	0	3.1	3	0	2	2	1	1	2.70
Bret Saberhagen	1	0 - 1	0	1	0	4.0	7	1	1	3	6	5	11.25
Bill Swift	1	0 - 0	0	1	0	6.0	7	0	2	3	4	4	6.00
Mark Thompson	1	0 - 0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Team Totals	4	1	3	1	4	0	36.0	51	7	12	27	27	23	5.75

[edit] Series Summary

Game	Score	Date	Ballpark, City	Attendance
1	Braves 5 - 4 Rockies	October 3	Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA	44,199
2	Braves 7 - 4 Rockies	October 4	Coors Field, Denver, CO	50,063
3	Rockies 7 - 5 Braves (10 innings)	October 6	Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH	53,276
4	Rockies 4 - 10 Braves	October 7	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA	50,027