1996 League Championship Series - Atlanta Braves over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)

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1996 League Championship Series (4-3): Atlanta Braves (96-66) over St. Louis Cardinals (88-74)

WS: NYY-ATL / ALCS: NYY-BAL / NLCS: ATL-STL / Div. Series: BAL-CLE / NYY-TEX / ATL-LAD / STL-SDP
1995 NLCS / 1997 NLCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 9, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0     2  5  0
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    0  2  0    0  2  x     4  9  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Benes, Petkovsek (7), Fossas (8), Mathews (8)
              ATL - Smoltz, Wohlers (9)

               WP - John Smoltz
	       LP - Mark Petkovsek
             SAVE - Mark Wohlers

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 48,686

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 10, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          1  0  2    0  0  0    5  0  0     8 11  2
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  5  2

    PITCHERS: STL - Stottlemyre, Petkovsek (7), Honeycutt (8), Eckersley (8)
              ATL - Maddux, McMichael (7), Neagle (8), Avery (9)

               WP - Todd Stottlemyre
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - Gaetti
              ATL - Grissom

  ATTENDANCE: 52,067

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 12, 1996 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     2  8  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Glavine, Bielecki (7), McMichael (8)
              STL - Osborne, Petkovsek (8), Honeycutt (9), Eckersley (9)

               WP - Donovan Osborne
	       LP - Tom Glavine
             SAVE - Dennis Eckersley

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              STL - Gant (2)

  ATTENDANCE: 56,769

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 13, 1996 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  0     3  9  1
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  x     4  5  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Neagle, McMichael (7), Wohlers (8)
              STL - Benes, Fossas (6), Mathews (6), Benes (6), Honeycutt (8), Eckersley (8)

               WP - Dennis Eckersley
	       LP - Greg McMichael
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Klesko, Lemke
              STL - Jordan

  ATTENDANCE: 56,764

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 14, 1996 at Busch Stadium II (St. Louis Cardinals)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               5  2  0    3  1  0    0  1  2    14 22  0
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  7  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Smoltz, Bielecki (8), Wade (9), Clontz (9)
              STL - Stottlemyre, Jackson (2), Fossas (5), Petkovsek (7), Honeycutt (9)

               WP - John Smoltz
	       LP - Todd Stottlemyre
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Lopez, McGriff
              STL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 56,782

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 16, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  6  1
    Atlanta Braves               0  1  0    0  1  0    0  1  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Benes, Fossas (6), Petkovsek (6), Stottlemyre (8)
              ATL - Maddux, Wohlers (8)

               WP - Greg Maddux
	       LP - Alan Benes
             SAVE - Mark Wohlers

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 52,067

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 17, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    St. Louis Cardinals          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  2
    Atlanta Braves               6  0  0    4  0  3    2  0  x    15 17  0

    PITCHERS: STL - Osborne, Benes (1), Petkovsek (6), Honeycutt (6), Fossas (8)
              ATL - Glavine, Bielecki (8), Avery (9)

               WP - Tom Glavine
	       LP - Donovan Osborne
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: STL - none
              ATL - Jones, Lopez, McGriff

  ATTENDANCE: 52,067

Series MVP - Javy Lopez

Series Batting Stats

Atlanta Braves Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Steve Avery	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	24	46	5	11	2	11	0	.239	.745
Rafael Belliard	4	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	87	142	9	24	0	3	3	.169	.398
Mike Bielecki	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	40	10	1	1	0	1	0	.100	.350
Jeff Blauser	7	17	5	3	0	1	0	2	4	6	.176	.391	.294	.685	0	0	83	265	48	65	10	35	6	.245	.775
Brad Clontz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	81	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500
Jermaine Dye	7	28	2	6	1	0	0	4	1	7	.214	.226	.250	.476	0	1	98	292	32	82	12	37	1	.281	.763
Tom Glavine	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	.167	.167	.500	.667	0	0	39	76	8	22	0	3	0	.289	.675
Marquis Grissom	7	35	7	10	1	0	1	3	0	8	.286	.286	.400	.686	2	0	158	671	106	207	23	74	28	.308	.838
Andruw Jones	5	9	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	2	.222	.417	.556	.972	0	0	31	106	11	23	5	13	3	.217	.709
Chipper Jones	7	25	6	11	2	0	0	4	3	1	.440	.483	.520	1.003	1	0	157	598	114	185	30	110	14	.309	.923
Ryan Klesko	6	16	1	4	0	0	1	3	2	6	.250	.333	.438	.771	0	0	153	528	90	149	34	93	6	.282	.894
Mark Lemke	7	27	4	12	2	0	1	5	4	2	.444	.516	.630	1.146	0	0	135	498	64	127	5	37	5	.255	.642
Javy Lopez	7	24	8	13	5	0	2	6	3	1	.542	.607	1.000	1.607	1	0	138	489	56	138	23	69	1	.282	.788
Greg Maddux	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	68	6	10	0	2	0	.147	.360
Fred McGriff	7	28	6	7	0	1	2	7	3	5	.250	.323	.536	.858	0	0	159	617	81	182	28	107	7	.295	.859
Greg McMichael	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Mordecai	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	66	108	12	26	2	8	1	.241	.639
Denny Neagle	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*36	69	3	12	0	4	0	.174	.383
Terry Pendleton	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	*153	568	51	135	11	75	2	.238	.635
Eddie Perez	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	68	156	19	40	4	17	0	.256	.697
Luis Polonia	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*80	206	28	55	2	16	9	.267	.631
John Smoltz	2	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	0	0	35	78	3	17	1	12	0	.218	.548
Terrell Wade	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	13	0	2	0	1	0	.154	.368
Mark Wohlers	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	77	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	102	249	44	77	11	3	8	43	25	51	.309	.375	.474	.849	4	1	162	5614	773	1514	197		83	.270	.765

St. Louis Cardinals Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Luis Alicea	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	129	380	54	98	5	42	11	.258	.731
Alan Benes	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	61	4	9	0	5	0	.148	.371
Andy Benes	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	0	0	36	73	5	11	0	6	0	.151	.363
Royce Clayton	5	20	4	7	0	0	0	1	1	4	.350	.381	.350	.731	1	1	129	491	64	136	6	35	33	.277	.692
Dennis Eckersley	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tony Fossas	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Gary Gaetti	7	24	1	7	0	0	1	4	1	5	.292	.320	.417	.737	0	0	141	522	71	143	23	80	2	.274	.799
Mike Gallego	7	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.200	.143	.343	0	0	51	143	12	30	0	4	0	.210	.499
Ron Gant	7	25	3	6	1	0	2	4	2	6	.240	.296	.520	.816	0	0	122	419	74	103	30	82	13	.246	.862
Rick Honeycutt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.667
Danny Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	13	9	1	3	0	4	0	.333	.889
Brian Jordan	7	25	3	6	1	1	1	2	1	3	.240	.269	.480	.749	0	0	140	513	82	159	17	104	22	.310	.833
Ray Lankford	5	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	0	149	545	100	150	21	86	35	.275	.852
John Mabry	7	23	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	.261	.292	.261	.553	0	0	151	543	63	161	13	74	3	.297	.773
T.J. Mathews	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	67	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Willie McGee	6	15	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	123	309	52	95	5	41	5	.307	.766
Miguel Mejia	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	45	23	10	2	0	0	6	.087	.174
Donovan Osborne	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	30	59	6	13	1	10	0	.220	.597
Tom Pagnozzi	7	19	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	.158	.200	.211	.411	0	0	119	407	48	110	13	55	4	.270	.734
Mark Petkovsek	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	48	16	1	3	0	0	0	.188	.423
Danny Sheaffer	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	79	198	10	45	2	20	3	.227	.605
Ozzie Smith	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	82	227	36	64	2	18	7	.282	.728
Todd Stottlemyre	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	66	8	15	0	2	1	.227	.529
Mark Sweeney	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	98	170	32	45	3	22	3	.265	.758
Dmitri Young	4	7	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	0	0	16	29	3	7	0	2	0	.241	.594
Totals	112	221	18	45	4	2	4	15	11	53	.204	.244	.294	.538	1	1	162	5502	759	1468	142		149	.267	.736

Atlanta Braves Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Steve Avery	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	1	1	1.500	24	23	4.47	7	10	0	131.0	146	40	86	1.420
Mike Bielecki	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	1	5	0.333	40	5	2.63	4	3	2	75.1	63	33	71	1.274
Brad Clontz	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	81	0	5.69	6	3	1	80.2	78	33	49	1.376
Tom Glavine	2	2	2.08	1	1	0	0	13.0	10	3	0	9	0.769	36	36	2.98	15	10	0	235.1	222	85	181	1.305
Greg Maddux	2	2	2.51	1	1	0	0	14.1	15	4	2	10	1.186	35	35	2.72	15	11	0	245.0	225	28	172	1.033
Greg McMichael	3	0	9.00	0	1	0	0	2.0	4	2	1	3	2.500	73	0	3.22	5	3	2	86.2	84	27	78	1.281
Denny Neagle	2	1	2.35	0	0	0	0	7.2	2	2	3	8	0.652	*33	33	3.50	16	9	0	221.1	226	48	149	1.238
John Smoltz	2	2	1.20	2	0	0	0	15.0	12	2	3	12	1.000	35	35	2.94	24	8	0	253.2	199	55	276	1.001
Terrell Wade	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	44	8	2.97	5	0	1	69.2	57	47	79	1.493
Mark Wohlers	3	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	4	0.000	77	0	3.03	2	4	39	77.1	71	21	100	1.190
Totals	21	7	1.92	4	3	2	0	61.0	45	13	11	53	0.918	162	162	3.523	96	66		1469.0	1372	451	1245	1.241

St. Louis Cardinals Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Alan Benes	2	1	2.84	0	1	0	0	6.1	3	2	2	5	0.789	34	32	4.90	13	10	0	191.0	192	87	131	1.461
Andy Benes	3	2	5.28	0	0	0	0	15.1	19	9	3	9	1.435	36	34	3.83	18	10	1	230.1	215	77	160	1.268
Dennis Eckersley	3	0	0.00	1	0	1	0	3.1	2	0	0	4	0.600	63	0	3.30	0	6	30	60.0	65	6	49	1.183
Tony Fossas	5	0	2.08	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	1	3	1	0.923	65	0	2.68	0	4	2	47.0	43	21	36	1.362
Rick Honeycutt	5	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	3	3	2.000	61	0	2.85	2	1	4	47.1	42	7	30	1.035
Danny Jackson	1	0	9.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	3	3	3	3.333	13	4	4.46	1	1	0	36.1	33	16	27	1.349
T.J. Mathews	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	1	2	4.500	67	0	3.01	2	6	6	83.2	62	32	80	1.124
Donovan Osborne	2	2	9.39	1	1	0	0	7.2	12	8	4	6	2.087	30	30	3.53	13	9	0	198.2	191	57	134	1.248
Mark Petkovsek	6	0	7.36	0	1	0	0	7.1	11	6	3	7	1.909	48	6	3.55	11	2	0	88.2	83	35	45	1.331
Todd Stottlemyre	3	2	12.38	1	1	0	0	8.0	15	11	3	11	2.250	34	33	3.87	14	11	0	223.1	191	93	194	1.272
Totals	32	7	6.60	3	4	1	0	60.0	77	44	25	51	1.700	162	162	3.972	88	74		1452.1	1380	539	1050	1.321

WS: NYY-ATL / ALCS: NYY-BAL / NLCS: ATL-STL / Div. Series: BAL-CLE / NYY-TEX / ATL-LAD / STL-SDP
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