00:01Welcome back for the bottom of
00:03the ninth inning of game seven
00:04of the National League
00:05Championship Series.
00:06The Pittsburgh Pirates trying
00:08to become the first National
00:09League team to come from three
00:11games to one behind to win the
00:13NLCS there have been three
00:17previous seventh games in
00:19National League Championship
00:20Series play and in all three of
00:23them a pitcher has thrown a
00:24complete game shutout Danny Cox
00:26for St. Louis in 1987 or the
00:29first game of the game.
00:29The first game of the game of
00:29the first game of the game of
00:29Hirschheiser for Los Angeles at
00:30eighty eight John Smoltz for the
00:32Braves last year against
00:33Pittsburgh and Dre Beck is trying
00:35to make it a perfect four for
00:36four as he begins the night with
00:39a strike to Terry Pendleton who
00:40is 0 for 3 tonight.
00:42The Braves on the other hand have
00:43the meat of the order up to try
00:45to score at least two off of Doug
00:51Dre Beck Pendleton Justice and
00:53Bream will bat in the ninth
00:55inning.
00:56It's been a disappointing
00:57championship series for
00:59Pendleton he's now six for twenty
01:02nine Gray Beck has retired five
01:07in a row including two
01:10strikeouts last minute he's had
01:13pinpoint control throughout
01:15he's only walked one and that
01:16was after a battle with Gantle
01:18a 3 2 pitch of the seven
01:19Pendleton pulls it down the right
01:21field line hooking toward the
01:23corner it is a fair ball Pendleton
01:26on his way to second with a
01:27laid off double we've talked
01:50about how many close calls there
01:53have been on the line this is
01:54another one see Celeste Paul's
01:58Pendleton to a double but now the
02:01potential tying run will be up
02:03for Atlanta that was the headline
02:06in today's Atlanta newspaper and
02:10it is indeed now or never for the
02:13Braves they have their cleanup
02:14hitter at the plate representing
02:15the tying run David Justice there
02:21is double barreled action in the
02:23Pirate bullpen strike on the
02:28outside corner to justice who is
02:300 for 3 Belinda Stan Belinda the
02:33right hander Bob Patterson the
02:34left justice at the plate Bream on
02:48the second deck rounded to the right
02:51booted by Lee Pendleton the third
02:54on the plan.
03:17A man who has made only six errors
03:20during the regular season makes his
03:23second here tonight and it could
03:26turn out to be the biggest error
03:28of his life Ted Turner with a high
03:35five from President Jimmy Carter
03:41right here Ray Miller the pitching
03:43coach on his way to the mound
03:46Dre back up to one hundred and
03:49twenty five pitches in this his
03:51third outing in eight days when
03:55Ray Miller comes out he rarely
03:57makes a move for Jim Leland only
04:00Leland will remove the pitcher
04:04right back is still throwing well
04:08you can see that late action even
04:10though the ball was hit hard by
04:12Pendleton and hard by justice but
04:15it was booted by Lee and then
04:17here it is again normally sucks
04:21those balls up one of the finest
04:23fielding second baseman in the
04:25game so now the time run is at
04:28first with nobody out of the
04:29bottom of the ninth inning the
04:30potential winning run is at the
04:32plate the Braves have had
04:57chances in the late innings they
04:59loaded the bases with nobody out
05:01in the sixth inning and did not
05:02score they had first and second
05:03with one out of the seventh and
05:05failed the score now they have
05:07first and third with nobody out
05:08in the bottom of the ninth
05:09trailing two to nothing Bream at
05:12the plate with Ron Gantt on
05:17the fourth and third and third and
05:26in this series we've seen Jim
05:29Leland be very reluctant to go
05:33to the bullpen starting pitchers
05:38are the strength of his staff
05:39and that has continued to be
05:41true true in this series Dre back
05:46trying to gut it out in the ninth
05:49just missed outside three balls
05:51and no strikes on Sid Bream Pendleton
05:56the runner at third he started
05:58the inning with a double justice
06:00reached on the lane there and
06:01he's at first Dre back about to
06:07throw pitch number one hundred
06:31twenty nine as hard as it is to
06:33believe there are a lot of empty
06:34seats in the upper reaches of
06:36Atlanta Fulton County Stadium and
06:38there are many people in the
06:39neighborhood who are making a U
06:41turn in their car trying to come
06:42back Jim Leland on his way to
06:47the mound to take out Doug Dre back
06:51Stan Belinda will be the new
06:52pitcher Jim Leland leading two to
07:01nothing but it is a tenuous lead
07:03with the bases loaded for the
07:05Braves and nobody out in the
07:09bottom of the ninth inning in
07:10game seven of the National League
07:11championship series Doug Dre back
07:20has departed after eight innings
07:22plus one hundred and twenty nine
07:24pitches after the second walk
07:26that he is to tonight Stan
07:27Belinda takes over they're
07:32going to have to take a look at
07:33the consideration now is do you
07:36use a pinch runner for Sid
07:38Green the Atlanta Braves have
07:40Brian Hunter and two catchers
07:43you wouldn't use the catcher you
07:45want to save Hunter as a right
07:47handed pinch hitter that's why
07:48Green's still in the game
07:51Belinda's first pitch to run
07:53Gantt outside football one
07:55Gantt hit a grand slam in game
07:57two of this series last
08:00first Wednesday afternoon off Bob
08:02Walk agonizing moments for
08:07Pirate fans everywhere
08:08including those you just saw at
08:10the Clark Bar and Grill tying
08:13run at second winning run at
08:15first Gantt hits one the left
08:17bonds on the track at the wall
08:19makes the catch Pendleton on
08:22the score the first Atlanta run
08:24of the ball game.
08:36Everybody exploding here in the
08:39stadium as though something
08:41good happened but something bad
08:43happened for Atlanta something
08:45good happened for the Pirates.
08:47They got the sacrifice fly to
08:49left field and not the center or
08:51right because the tying runs the
08:53guy who is still at second base
08:56and that's David Justice.
08:58So one run scores but for the
09:01most part you're no closer
09:04getting David Justice home
09:06because he's still at second
09:07base and now a double play
09:11with the slow footed Barry Hill
09:13the plate sends the Pirates to
09:15the World Series even though
09:17Belinda is not a double play
09:19type pitcher he throws high
09:21fastballs and rarely will throw a
09:24double play ball Pittsburgh leads
09:34in the bottom of the ninth and
09:36Barry Hill found one back to
09:38the screen.
09:38The tying run is justice at
09:40second.
09:41Bream a slow runner represents
09:43the winning run at first base
09:57the ball and the six year old
10:09Stan Belinda with the old one
10:11to pitch a bit inside perhaps
10:14just low the run in this inning
10:22the on deck circle to bat for
10:24Rafael Belliard there's been
10:29only one hit in this inning it
10:31was the leadoff double by
10:32Pendleton the error by lean the
10:34large play just missed two balls
10:38and a strike.
10:48Very well wasn't supposed to be
10:50in this situation.
10:51Greg Olson would have been the
10:53catcher had he not broken his
10:54ankle in mid September.
10:58Barry Hill won for his last 11
11:00in this series.
11:02The 2 1 inside ball three.
11:15The 2 1 in this series.
11:16Barry looking down at Jimmy
11:17Williams with a tape sign in my
11:20book.
11:20No way you take here.
11:22Choose a pitch.
11:23Choose that imaginary box if it's
11:26in it.
11:26Smoke it.
11:37to bury him and Mike LaValle
11:42you're barking at home plate
11:43umpire Randy Mars he wanted it.
11:46He thought it was a strike.
11:52There were a couple of close
11:53pitches in that sequence called
11:55the ball that moves the tying
12:01run to third now a deep fly ball
12:03would tie up the ball game and
12:05the winning run is in scoring
12:06position Ryan Hunter has
12:18appeared in two games in this
12:20series he's one for four Ray
12:23Miller on his way to the mound
12:41the interesting thing here is
12:43the only out of this inning was a
12:45fly ball the left field grown by
12:49Stan Belinda was a sacrifice fly
12:51hit by Ron and Stan Belinda throws
12:55about twice as many outs in the
12:57air as he does on the ground he
13:01threw one double play grounder this
13:05year with that in mind Jim Leland
13:09is going to keep the infield at
13:10half way in double play depth but it
13:15is very very unlikely for Melinda
13:18to throw a double play grounder
13:20it's more likely for him to get a
13:23strikeout a pop up fly ball to the
13:26outfield Ryan Hunter one of the
13:35heroes of the heroes of last year's
13:37game seven he had a two run homer
13:39up John Smiley he pulls that one
13:41foul past third Stan Belinda
13:47because he does give up a lot of
13:48fly balls occasionally has a
13:50problem with the home run ball
13:52he surrendered eight of them in
13:53seven and seventy one innings Bob
13:55one throwing in the bullpen
14:12Pittsburgh leads to the one one
14:15out of the bases loaded in the
14:16bottom of the nine Hunter little
14:18looper leaned is there and makes
14:20the catch the runner tags but
14:22he will not try it two down to the
14:25bottom of the nine and now the
14:47Braves season hangs in the
14:53ball as Francisco Cabrera comes to
14:55the plate to bat for the pitcher
14:59he appeared in only twelve games
15:01this year for the Braves and
15:03batted only ten times with three
15:05hits he's all for one in this
15:09series Melinda's first pitch a
15:17breaking ball outside now Belinda
15:22goes to a note of Cabrera I'd
15:24have him take he has not been up
15:29that much and I think the chances
15:32then are better with a walk than a
15:35hit when you have to come off the
15:36bench and face a guy like Melinda
15:41the most unlikely man in the
15:43spotlight for Atlanta twenty five
15:47year old Francisco Cabrera who
15:48takes Paul to two and all Pittsburgh
16:01to Atlanta one with two outs in
16:03the bottom of the ninth inning in
16:05game seven of the National League
16:07championship series the two
16:17open well hit but hooking filed
16:20and left he had the green light
16:22on two and oh and hammered it but
16:25well fouled over the Pirate
16:26bullpen and hit it very very hard
16:29right in his wheelhouse and it
16:45hooks foul he doesn't walk much he
16:48walked only 17 times in 300 at
16:51bats in Triple-A this year he
16:55hacked at the 2 0 now the 2 1
16:57line drive just as a score the
17:01tying run bring to the plate and he
17:04is safe safe at the plate the
17:07Braves go to the World Series
17:42Clemage it here and Woops may have solid
17:42you
17:44you
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