Game 6:

Wednesday, October 16, 1991 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Team

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Atlanta

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1

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7

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Pittsburgh

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4

0

WP: Steve Avery (2–0)   LP: Doug Drabek (1–1)

SV: Alejandro Peña (3)

 


Box Score Info. - (read me)

BATTING
Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Smith lf                      3   0   2   0       1   0       1   1
  Mitchell lf                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Treadway 2b                   3   0   1   0       0   0       2   2
  Lemke 2b                    0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Pendleton 3b                  4   0   0   0       0   1       0   3
Justice rf                    4   0   0   0       0   0       2   0
Gant cf                       3   1   1   0       1   0       2   0
Bream 1b                      4   0   0   0       0   1       8   1
Olson c                       4   0   1   1       0   1      10   0
Belliard ss                   3   0   1   0       1   0       1   2
Avery p                       3   0   1   0       0   1       0   1
  Gregg ph                    1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Peña p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   1   7   1       3   5      27  10
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Bream-Belliard-Bream, Pendleton-Treadway-Bream.
BATTING - 
2B: Smith 2 (3,off Drabek 2); Olson (1,off Drabek).
SH: Treadway (1,off Drabek).
IBB: Belliard (2,by Drabek).
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Gant 2 (6,2nd base off Drabek/Slaught 2).
CS: Smith (2,2nd base by Drabek/Slaught).
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Redus 1b                      3   0   0   0       0   1      11   0
  Merced ph                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Bell ss                       4   0   0   0       0   2       1   3
Van Slyke cf                  3   0   0   0       1   2       2   0
Bonilla rf                    2   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
Bonds lf                      3   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
Buechele 3b                   3   0   1   0       0   1       0   3
Slaught c                     3   0   1   0       0   1       6   2
Lind 2b                       3   0   1   0       0   0       4   4
Drabek p                      2   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
  Varsho ph                   1   0   1   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       29   5   8   5       5   5      27  12
FIELDING - 
E: Redus (1).
BATTING - 
2B: Van Slyke (1,off Glavine); Buechele (1,off Glavine); Drabek (1,off Glavine).
HR: Van Slyke (1,1st inning off Glavine 0 on 2 out).
SH: Bell (1,off Wohlers).
SF: Lind (1,off Stanton).
IBB: Slaught (1,by Stanton).
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Redus (1,2nd base off Wohlers/Olson).
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Avery W(2-0)                  8     3   0   0   2   8   0  26
Peña SV(3)                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4
Totals                        9     4   0   0   2   9   0  30
WP: Pena (2).
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Drabek L(1-1)                 9     7   1   1   3   5   0  36
IBB: Drabek (1,Belliard).
Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Dana DeMuth, 
LF - Eric Gregg, RF - Bob Davidson
Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance: 54508
Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta Braves                Pittsburgh Pirates          
1. Smith               lf        Redus               1b
2. Treadway            2b        Bell                ss
3. Pendleton           3b        Van Slyke           cf
4. Justice             rf        Bonilla             rf
5. Gant                cf        Bonds               lf
6. Bream               1b        Buechele            3b
7. Olson               c         Slaught             c
8. Belliard            ss        Lind                2b
9. Avery               p         Drabek              p
 


Pittsburgh hosted one of the best pitcher's duels of all-time on October 16, 1991 between Steve Avery and Doug Drabek. In the end, identical to Avery's last start, a combination of Avery and Alejandro Peña shut out the Pirates for all nine innings. The Pirates only got four hits. However, this time the Braves didn't score a run all the way through eight innings. Drabek matched Avery, pitch for pitch. But in the ninth inning, with the score tied 0–0, Olson raked a double down the left field line that scored Gant and took the lead off a weary Drabek. He had pitched a complete game, but was the loser after the Pirates couldn't get Gary Varsho home from third in the bottom of the ninth. The Braves had not scored a run since the first inning of Game 4, a futility streak that reached 2623 innings before Gant scored the winning run.