Game 3:

Saturday, October 12, 1991 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia

Team

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

R

H

E

Pittsburgh

1

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

3

10

2

Atlanta

4

1

1

0

0

0

1

3

x

10

11

0

WP: John Smoltz (1–0)   LP: John Smiley (0–1)

SV: Alejandro Peña (2)

Home runs:
PIT: Orlando Merced (1), Jay Bell (1)
ATL: Greg Olson (1), Ron Gant (1), Sid Bream (1)

 


Box Score Info. - (read me)

BATTING
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Merced 1b                     5   1   1   1       0   1       3   0
  Rodriguez p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Bell ss                       5   1   3   1       0   2       3   1
Van Slyke cf                  3   0   1   0       2   0       1   0
Bonilla rf                    5   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Bonds lf                      5   1   1   0       0   0       1   0
Buechele 3b                   4   0   2   0       0   0       2   2
LaValliere c                  2   0   0   0       1   0       7   2
  Slaught ph,c                1   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Lind 2b                       4   0   1   1       0   3       5   0
Smiley p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Espy ph                     1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Landrum p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Varsho ph                   1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Patterson p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Wilkerson ph                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Kipper p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  McClendon ph,1b             0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Totals                       37   3  10   3       4   9      24   7
FIELDING - 
E: Merced (1), Bell (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Bell (1,off Smoltz); Buechele (2,off Smoltz).
HR: Merced (1,1st inning off Smoltz 0 on 0 out); Bell (1,7th inning off Smoltz
0 on 1 out).
Team LOB: 11.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Bonds (3,2nd base off Smoltz/Olson).
Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Smith lf                      3   1   0   0       0   2       1   0
  Mitchell lf                 1   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Pendleton 3b                  5   0   2   1       0   0       1   0
Gant cf                       5   2   2   1       0   2       4   0
Justice rf                    3   1   1   1       1   1       4   0
Hunter 1b                     4   1   1   1       0   1       4   1
  Pena p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Olson c                       3   3   2   2       1   0      10   0
Lemke 2b                      2   1   0   0       2   0       0   2
Belliard ss                   3   0   1   1       0   1       0   0
Smoltz p                      3   0   1   0       0   2       1   0
  Stanton p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Wohlers p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Bream 1b                    1   1   1   3       0   0       1   0
Totals                       33  10  11  10       4   9      27   3
BATTING - 
2B: Gant (1,off Smiley); Justice (1,off Smiley); Hunter (1,off Smiley); Pendleton
(1,off Smiley).
HR: Olson (1,1st inning off Smiley 1 on 2 out); Gant (1,7th inning off Kipper
0 on 1 out); Bream (1,8th inning off Rodriguez 2 on 1 out).
SH: Belliard (1,off Rodriguez).
HBP: Smith (1,by Smiley).
IBB: Lemke (1,by Landrum).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Olson (1,2nd base off Landrum/LaValliere); Smoltz (1,2nd base off Kipper/LaValliere).
CS: Smith (1,2nd base by Smiley/LaValliere); Justice (1,2nd base by Landrum/LaValliere).
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Smiley L(0-1)                 2     5   5   4   0   2   1  12
Landrum                       1     2   1   1   2   2   0   6
Patterson                     2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7
Kipper                        2     2   1   1   0   1   1   7
Rodriguez                     1     1   3   3   2   1   1   7
Totals                        8    11  10   9   4   9   3  39
HBP: Smiley (1,Smith).
IBB: Landrum (1,Lemke).
Atlanta Braves               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Smoltz W(1-0)                 6.1   8   3   3   2   7   2  29
Stanton                       0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4
Wohlers                       0.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   3
Peña SV(2)                    1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5
Totals                        9    10   3   3   4   9   2  41
Stanton faced 1 batter in the 8th inning
WP: Stanton (1).
Umpires: HP - Dana DeMuth, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Bob Davidson, 3B - Bruce Froemming, 
LF - Doug Harvey, RF - Frank Pulli
Time of Game: 3:21   Attendance: 50905
Starting Lineups:

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Atlanta Braves          
1. Merced              1b        Smith               lf
2. Bell                ss        Pendleton           3b
3. Van Slyke           cf        Gant                cf
4. Bonilla             rf        Justice             rf
5. Bonds               lf        Hunter              1b
6. Buechele            3b        Olson               c
7. LaValliere          c         Lemke               2b
8. Lind                2b        Belliard            ss
9. Smiley              p         Smoltz              p
 


With the Series tied at one game apiece, John Smoltz faced off against the Pirates' twenty-game winner, John Smiley. Orlando Merced hit Smoltz's first pitch over the right field wall for a home run and a 1–0 lead. But the Braves rallied with four runs in the bottom of the first, topped off by Greg Olson's two-run homer to left. Smiley was gone by the third inning with the Braves leading, 6–1. In the seventh, with the score 7–3, Alejandro Peña struck out Jay Bell with the bases loaded to end the Pirates' last threat. Ultimately, the Braves won 10–3 with home runs from Ron Gant, Greg Olson, and Sid Bream.