3 games,1 games

BOS/ATL/MIL Braves defeat CIN Reds  3 games to 1:

Game #1 (9/27) @ATL  Braves 6, Reds 4
Game #2 (9/28) @ATL  Reds 5, Braves 1
Game #3 (9/30) @SDP  Braves 3, Reds 2
Game #4 (10/1) @SDP  Braves 5, Reds 4

     Carty            Niekro          Seaver        Robinson        Spahn              Garr              Bell             Mathews

Brave-Heart

Rain in the opener heavily influenced the outcome in this 4 game series.

Game 1 - [Crosley Field]  - Braves 6, Reds 4
Mother nature hit the Queen city with a downpour that lasted almost an hour. The downpour wasn't the only thing that hit Cincinnati...the Braves bats did the job too. A 4 run outburst in the 6th inning off of Norm Charlton doomed the home team that banged out 10 hits, but could only score 4 runs. Rico Carty homered for the Braves and Phil Niekro stuck around long enough (6 innings) to get the win. Gene Garber went the final 2 for the save. Mario Soto, thanks to the rain, lasted only 5 innings. He was cruising to that point.

Game 2 -  [Crosley Field]  - Reds 5, Braves 1
The Big Red Machine again banged out 10 hits. This time they posted 5 runs and Tom Seaver went the distance allowing only a solo homer to Joe Torre. Seaver increased his tournament record to 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA. Frank Robinson and George Foster homered for Cincy.

Game 3 -  [Fulton County Stadium] - Braves 3, Reds 2
Warren Spahn went the distance and allowed only 2 runs on 4 hits. Both runs came by way of solo homers off the bats of Lee May and Eric Davis respectively and both occured late in the game when Spahn was obviously tiring. The Braves scored 2 in the bottom of the first when Rico Carty hit a 2 run homer. The winning run was scored in the 4th and was unearned off of Jose Rijo. Tony "Doggie" Perez was charged with an error on a bad hop grounder to third hit by Bill Bruton. Ralph Garr singled Bruton home with 2 outs.

Game 3 -  [Fulton County Stadium] - Braves 5, Reds 4
Gary Nolan and Tom Glavine both pitched into the 8th inning, but neigher was involved in the decision. Cincy rallied in the 9th to score the tying run off of reliever Gene Garber, when Gus Bell singled home Ken Griffey Sr. HOF'er Eddie Mathews led off the 9th with a tape measure shot off of reliever Clay Carroll to end the game and close out the series.

Sep  27, 1982 Playoff Game    1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1982 Atlanta 4-0              1 0 0   0 0 4   0 1 0      6  9  3
1954 Cincinnati 3-1           1 0 0   0 2 0   1 0 0      4 10  1

Rain delay of 59 minutes in the 5th.

Atlanta        AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Cincinnati     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Garr LF         2  0  0  0  3  1  .438    Rose,P 3B       5  1  1  0  0  0  .500
Alou, F 1B      5  0  0  1  0  0  .000    Pinson CF       5  0  2  0  0  1  .400
Carty DH        5  2  2  1  0  1  .267    Morgan, J 2B    5  0  2  2  0  0  .429
Aaron RF        4  0  1  0  1  0  .294    Kluszewski 1B   4  0  1  2  0  0  .214
Mathews 3B      3  1  0  0  2  1  .143    Robinson,F DH   4  0  0  0  0  3  .143
Murphy CF       5  1  2  0  0  1  .444    Foster, G LF    4  0  1  0  0  1  .467
Torre C         2  0  1  0  0  0  .286    Bench C         4  0  0  0  0  1  .214
 Crandall PH-C  2  2  1  1  1  0  .300    Griffey RF      4  1  1  0  0  0  .357
Millan 2B       3  0  0  1  0  0  .231    Larkin SS       3  2  2  0  0  0  .375
Logan SS        4  0  2  2  0  0  .333     Bell, G PH     1  0  0  0  0  1  .000
               35  6  9  6  7  4  .272                   39  4 10  4  0  7  .317

Atlanta                        IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Niekro W(1-0)                 6.0  7  4  1  0  5   87   1.50  27
 Mahler H(1)                  1.0  2  0  0  0  1   21   0.00   5
 Garber S(2)                  2.0  1  0  0  0  1   24   0.00   7
                              9.0 10  4  1  0  7  132   1.25  39

Cincinnati                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Soto                          5.0  4  1  1  2  2   92   1.80  20
 Charlton L(0-1) BS(1)        1.1  4  4  4  2  1   50  11.57  10
 Borbon                       0.2  0  1  1  2  1   24   4.15   5
 Carroll                      2.0  1  0  0  1  0   35   0.00   8
                              9.0  9  6  6  7  4  201   4.75  43


ATL: Crandall hit for Torre in the 6th
Cin: Bell, G hit for Larkin in the 9th

  E-Mathews 2(2) Logan(2) Larkin(1)
 2B-Logan(1)
 HR-Carty(2)
 SH-Millan
 WP-Carroll
LOB-Atlanta 10 Cincinnati 8
 DP-Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 1
GWRBI-Logan


Game MVP:Johnny Logan

Crosley Field, Time 3:43,  79ø,  10mph Right to Left

Sep  27, 1982 Playoff Game
                       1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1982 Atlanta           1 0 0   0 0 4   0 1 0      6  9  3
1954 Cincinnati        1 0 0   0 2 0   1 0 0      4 10  1

1982 Atlanta           Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Garr LF            1>G53          3>K              W,12           W              IBB
2 Alou, F 1B           Fd9            L6             G143/dp        G63            B53,23,12,3H
3 Carty DH             HR             F8           6>S            7>K              L4
4 Aaron RF             W            4>P5             F8             G43          9>S
5 Mathews 3B           F9             K              W,12           W              WP,12 F8
6 Murphy CF          2>F7             S              S,23,12        K              G63
7 Torre C              S              G63
   Crandall PH-C                                     S,3H,23,12   8>W              G43
8 Millan 2B            Fs7          5>G43            B34,23,12,3H   E6,12,B1
9 Logan SS             Fd8            S              D,3H,2H        G13,23,12

1954 Cincinnati        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Rose,P 3B          1>G5/e5,B2       G53            E6,23,12,B1    S,13           G63
2 Pinson CF            L7             S              K              P6             S
3 Morgan, J 2B         S,23           P6             S,3H,2H,13     L8             F9
4 Kluszewski 1B        F7,3H        4>P6             L4             S,3H,13
5 Robinson,F DH        G43            K            6>K              K
6 Foster, G LF       2>K              P5             S            8>G53
7 Bench C              P4           5>P4             K              E5,B1
8 Griffey RF           G31            S              G43            G6u3/dp
9 Larkin SS          3>G43            S,12         7>S
   Bell, G PH                                                     9>K2u

Atlanta          IN    OUT
Niekro           AB1-1 AB3-9
Mahler           AB4-1 AB4-5
Garber           AB4-6 End

Cincinnati       IN    OUT
Soto             AB1-1 AB3-2
Charlton         AB3-3 AB4-3
Borbon           AB4-4 AB4-8
Carroll          AB4-9 End

Sep  28, 1982 Playoff Game    1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1982 Atlanta 4-1              0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0      1  7  1
1954 Cincinnati 4-1           1 1 0   0 0 1   0 2 -      5 10  0

Atlanta        AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Cincinnati     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Garr LF         3  0  1  0  0  0  .421    Rose,P 3B       4  1  2  0  0  0  .500
Alou, F CF      4  0  2  0  0  0  .167     Perez 3B       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Carty DH        4  0  0  0  0  2  .211    Griffey RF      4  0  1  0  0  0  .333
Aaron RF        4  0  0  0  0  0  .238    Morgan, J 2B    4  0  1  1  0  1  .389
Mathews 3B      4  0  0  0  0  0  .091    Kluszewski 1B   3  2  1  0  0  0  .235
Elliott, B 1B   4  0  1  0  0  1  .250    Robinson,F LF   4  1  2  3  0  1  .222
Torre C         3  1  1  1  1  2  .300    Foster, G DH    4  1  2  1  0  1  .474
Millan 2B       4  0  1  0  0  0  .235    Bench C         4  0  1  0  0  2  .222
Logan SS        3  0  1  0  0  2  .333    Pinson CF       1  0  0  0  0  1  .375
               33  1  7  1  1  7  .260     Bell, G CF     3  0  0  0  0  0  .000
                                          Concepcion SS   2  0  0  0  1  2  .000
                                                         33  5 10  5  1  8  .314

Atlanta                        IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Smoltz L(1-1)                 7.1  8  5  4  1  8  129   2.20  32
 Burdette                     0.2  2  0  0  0  0   15   0.00   3
                              8.0 10  5  4  1  8  144   1.84  35

Cincinnati                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Seaver W(2-0)                 9.0  7  1  1  1  7  131   1.65  35
                              9.0  7  1  1  1  7  131   4.00  35


Cin: Bell, G moved to CF in the 3rd
     Perez moved to 3B in the 9th

  E-Alou, F(1)
 2B-Elliott, B(1) Robinson,F(2)
 HR-Torre(1) Robinson,F(2) Foster, G(2)
 SB-Garr(3)
HBP-Kluszewski(Cin) by Smoltz(ATL)
 SH-Garr
LOB-Atlanta 7 Cincinnati 6
 DP-Atlanta 1
GWRBI-Morgan, J


Game MVP:Frank Robinson
Injury: Pinson(Sep 30)

Crosley Field, Time 3:04,  79ø,  5mph Left to Right

Sep  28, 1982 Playoff Game
                       1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1982 Atlanta           0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0      1  7  1
1954 Cincinnati        1 1 0   0 0 1   0 2 -      5 10  0

1982 Atlanta           Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Garr LF            1>G13            S              B24,23,12      G63
2 Alou, F CF           S              SB2 S,23       L7             P6
3 Carty DH             K              F7             F8           8>K
4 Aaron RF             F8           4>P4           6>G63            L6
5 Mathews 3B         2>L3             F8             P3             F8
6 Elliott, B 1B        F8             K              D            9>P3
7 Torre C              K            5>HR             W              K
8 Millan 2B          3>P6             S              G53            L9
9 Logan SS             K              S,12         7>K

1954 Cincinnati        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Rose,P 3B          1>S            3>G43            G43,12         S
   Perez 3B
2 Griffey RF           G53,12         S              G43            G43
3 Morgan, J 2B         S+e8,2H,B2     P6           6>K            8>Fd9
4 Kluszewski 1B        F9             P4             HBP            S
5 Robinson,F LF        K            4>F8             D,1H,3H        HR
6 Foster, G DH       2>HR             P6             K              S
7 Bench C              K              P6             K              S,12
8 Pinson CF            K
   Bell, G CF                       5>F8           7>G43            G543/dp
9 Concepcion SS        K              W              K

Atlanta          IN    OUT
Smoltz           AB1-1 AB4-5
Burdette         AB4-6 End

Cincinnati       IN    OUT
Seaver           AB1-1 End

Sep  30, 1982 Playoff Game    1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1954 Cincinnati 4-2           0 0 0   0 0 0   1 1 0      2  4  1
1982 Atlanta 5-1              2 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 -      3  9  0

Cincinnati     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Atlanta        AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Larkin DH       4  0  0  0  0  0  .250    Garr LF         4  1  3  1  0  0  .478
Morgan, J 2B    2  0  1  0  2  1  .400    Alou, F 1B      4  0  1  1  0  0  .188
Robinson,F RF   4  0  0  0  0  0  .182    Carty DH        4  1  2  1  0  1  .261
Foster, G LF    4  0  0  0  0  1  .391    Mathews 3B      4  0  0  0  0  1  .067
Perez 3B        4  0  0  0  0  2  .000    Aaron RF        4  0  1  0  0  0  .240
May 1B          4  1  2  1  0  0  .500    Torre C         1  0  0  0  0  0  .273
Bench C         3  0  0  0  0  0  .190     Crandall C     3  0  0  0  0  1  .231
Davis, E CF     2  1  1  1  1  0  .333    Bruton CF       3  1  1  0  0  0  .444
Concepcion SS   2  0  0  0  1  0  .000    Millan 2B       3  0  0  0  0  0  .200
               29  2  4  2  4  4  .289    Logan SS        3  0  1  0  0  0  .333
                                                         33  3  9  3  0  3  .262

Cincinnati                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Rijo L(0-1)                   6.2  9  3  2  0  3  117   7.59  29
 Borbon                       1.1  0  0  0  0  0   16   3.18   4
                              8.0  9  3  2  0  3  133   3.74  33

Atlanta                        IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Spahn W(2-0)                  9.0  4  2  2  4  4   94   2.50  33
                              9.0  4  2  2  4  4   94   1.87  33


ATL: Crandall moved to C in the 2nd

  E-Perez(1)
 3B-Garr(1)
 HR-May(1) Davis, E(1) Carty(3)
 CS-Davis, E
LOB-Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 5
 DP-Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 1
GWRBI-Alou, F


Game MVP:Ralph Garr
Injury: Torre(Oct 6)

Fulton County Stadiu, Time 2:32,  80ø,  10mph In from LCF

Sep  30, 1982 Playoff Game
                       1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1954 Cincinnati        0 0 0   0 0 0   1 1 0      2  4  1
1982 Atlanta           2 0 0   1 0 0   0 0 -      3  9  0

1954 Cincinnati        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Larkin DH          1>G53            G53            G43            G43
2 Morgan, J 2B         K            4>W              W              S
3 Robinson,F RF        P5             G643/dp        L6             P5
4 Foster, G LF       2>K              L7           7>Fvd7         9>F9
5 Perez 3B             F7           5>K23            Fd7            K
6 May 1B               F7             S              HR             Fd7
7 Bench C            3>F8             Fd7            P6
8 Davis, E CF          W              P6           8>HR
9 Concepcion SS        CS2(24)W     6>G63            L3

1982 Atlanta           Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Garr LF            1>T              S,23           S,2H           G463/dp
2 Alou, F 1B           G63,3H         G63            Fd7            S
3 Carty DH             HR           3>S            5>K2u            P3
4 Mathews 3B           K              F9             L9           8>P6
5 Aaron RF             S              G64/fo,B1      G53            G13
6 Torre C              P6
   Crandall C                         K            6>G63            L8
7 Bruton CF          2>S            4>E5,B1          G13
8 Millan 2B            G54/fo,B1      G53,12         Fd7
9 Logan SS             G43,12         G53          7>S

Cincinnati       IN    OUT
Rijo             AB1-1 AB4-2
Borbon           AB4-3 End

Atlanta          IN    OUT
Spahn            AB1-1 End

Oct  1, 1982 Playoff Game     1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1954 Cincinnati 4-3           0 0 1   1 0 0   0 1 1      4  7  0
1982 Atlanta 6-1              1 0 0   1 2 0   0 0 1      5 10  0

Cincinnati     AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave    Atlanta        AB  R  H BI  W  K   Ave
Rose,P 3B       4  0  0  1  0  0  .429    Garr LF         4  2  2  2  0  0  .481
 Bell, G PH-CF  1  0  1  1  0  0  .125    Alou, F 1B      4  0  1  0  0  0  .200
Larkin DH-SS    3  1  1  1  2  1  .267    Carty DH        4  1  2  1  0  0  .296
Morgan, J 2B    5  0  0  0  0  2  .320    Aaron RF        4  0  0  0  0  0  .207
Robinson,F RF   5  0  1  0  0  2  .185    Murphy CF       3  0  0  0  1  0  .333
Foster, G LF    3  0  0  0  1  1  .346    Mathews 3B      4  2  2  2  0  1  .158
Perez 1B-3B     3  1  1  1  1  0  .100    Crandall C      3  0  1  0  0  0  .250
Bench C         2  1  0  0  1  0  .174    Millan 2B       3  0  0  0  0  0  .174
 Kluszewski PH  1  0  0  0  0  0  .222    Logan SS        3  0  2  0  0  0  .400
 Edwards,J C    0  0  0  0  0  0  .000                   32  5 10  5  1  1  .269
Davis, E CF     3  0  2  0  0  0  .500
 Griffey PH     1  1  1  0  0  0  .368
 Carroll P      0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Concepcion SS   2  0  0  0  1  0  .000
 Temple PH      0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
 May 1B         0  0  0  0  0  0  .500
               33  4  7  4  6  6  .278

Cincinnati                     IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Nolan                         8.0  9  4  4  1  1  114   4.50  32
 Carroll L(1-1)               0.0  1  1  1  0  0    4   1.42   1
                              8.0 10  5  5  1  1  118   3.98  33

Atlanta                        IP  H  R ER  W  K   Ct    ERA  BF
Glavine                       7.2  5  3  3  4  5  119   2.20  33
 Garber W(1-0) BS(1)          1.1  2  1  1  2  1   33   2.45   8
                              9.0  7  4  4  6  6  152   2.18  41

0 out when winning run scored

Cin: Kluszewski hit for Bench in the 8th
     Edwards,J moved to C in the 8th
     Griffey hit for Davis, E in the 8th
     Temple hit for Concepcion in the 9th
     Bell, G hit for Rose,P in the 9th
     Larkin moved to SS in the 9th
     Perez moved to 3B in the 9th
     May moved to 1B in the 9th

 3B-Robinson,F(1) Davis, E(1)
 HR-Perez(1) Larkin(1) Mathews 2(2) Garr 2(2) Carty(4)
 SH-Temple
LOB-Cincinnati 7 Atlanta 4
 DP-Cincinnati 2
GWRBI-Mathews


Game MVP:Eddie Mathews

Fulton County Stadiu, Time 3:00,  56ø,  10mph In from RF

Oct  1, 1982 Playoff Game
                       1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1954 Cincinnati        0 0 1   1 0 0   0 1 1      4  7  0
1982 Atlanta           1 0 0   1 2 0   0 0 1      5 10  0

1954 Cincinnati        Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4            Ab5
1 Rose,P 3B          1>F9             G64/fo,23,B1 5>G31          8>G53
   Bell, G PH-CF                                                                   S,2H,B2
2 Larkin DH-SS         G63            W,12           K              HR             IBB
3 Morgan, J 2B         G63            L1             K              K              F8
4 Robinson,F RF      2>F8             K            6>F7             T              K
5 Foster, G LF         Fd9          4>F9             K              IBB
6 Perez 1B-3B          L6             HR             F8             W,12
7 Bench C            3>W              F8           7>F8
   Kluszewski PH                                                    G63
   Edwards,J C
8 Davis, E CF          S,13           T              F8
   Griffey PH                                                     9>S
   Carroll P
9 Concepcion SS        W,12           G53            F8
   Temple PH                                                        B54,12
   May 1B

1982 Atlanta           Ab1            Ab2            Ab3            Ab4
1 Garr LF            1>HR             F9             HR             G63,12
2 Alou, F 1B           Fd9          3>S              G53            P4
3 Carty DH             S              G363/dp        HR           8>P6
4 Aaron RF             F9             F9             F9             P3
5 Murphy CF            W,12         4>F8           6>G43            F9
6 Mathews 3B           F8             HR             K            9>HR
7 Crandall C         2>S              F8             L4
8 Millan 2B            G463/dp        G53          7>P5
9 Logan SS             S            5>G13            S

Cincinnati       IN    OUT
Nolan            AB1-1 AB4-5
Carroll                End

Atlanta          IN    OUT
Glavine          AB1-1 AB4-5
Garber           AB4-6 End