1996 National League Championship Series
GAME 5
Atlanta Braves 14, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Monday, October 14, 1996 (N) at Busch Stadium II
Atl Braves 5 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 - 14 22 0 StL Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
BATTING
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB K PO A Grissom cf 6 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 Lemke 2b 5 2 4 1 0 0 1 3 Mordecai 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 C. Jones 3b 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 Pendleton ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 McGriff 1b 6 1 2 3 0 1 8 0 Klesko lf 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 A. Jones ph,lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Lopez c 5 4 4 1 1 0 8 1 Perez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dye rf 6 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 Blauser ss 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 Belliard pr,ss 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 Smoltz p 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Polonia ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bielecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wade p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clontz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 47 14 22 14 5 7 27 7
FIELDING - DP: 1.
BATTING - 2B: Lemke (1,off Stottlemyre); C. Jones (2,off Stottlemyre); Lopez 2 (3,off Petkovsek,off Honeycutt). 3B: Blauser (1,off Stottlemyre). HR: Lopez (1,5th inning off Fossas 0 on, 2 out); McGriff (1,9th inning off Honeycutt 1 on, 2 out).
BASERUNNING - SB: Grissom (2,3rd base off Jackson/Pagnozzi).
St. Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB K PO A Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 McGee cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Mejia cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Gant lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Gallego 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jordan rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fossas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Young ph,1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Gaetti 3b 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Lankford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mabry 1b,rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 7 0 Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Sheaffer ph,c 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sweeney rf,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Totals 33 0 7 0 2 9 27 8
FIELDING - DP: 2.
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves IP H HR R ER BB K Smoltz W(2-0) 7 7 0 0 0 1 6 Bielecki 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Wade 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Clontz 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 9.0 7 0 0 0 2 9
St. Louis Cardinals IP H HR R ER BB K Stottlemyre L(1-1) 1 9 0 7 7 0 1 Jackson 3 7 0 3 3 3 3 Fossas 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Petkovsek 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 Honeycutt 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 Totals 9 22 2 14 14 5 7
Umpires: Jerry Crawford, Ed Montague, Paul Runge, Mark Hirschbeck, Joe West, Bob Davidson
Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 56782
Starting Lineups: Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals 1. Grissom cf Smith ss 2. Lemke 2b McGee cf 3. C. Jones 3b Gant lf 4. McGriff 1b Jordan rf 5. Klesko lf Gaetti 3b 6. Lopez c Mabry 1b 7. Dye rf Pagnozzi c 8. Blauser ss Alicea 2b 9. Smoltz p Stottlemyre p BRAVES 1ST: Grissom singled to right; NLCS game 5; Lemke doubled to center [Grissom to third]; C. Jones doubled to left [Grissom scored, Lemke scored]; McGriff singled to left [C. Jones scored]; McGriff's first NLCS RBI; Klesko struck out; Lopez forced McGriff (third to second); Dye singled to second [Lopez to third]; Blauser tripled to center [Lopez scored, Dye scored]; McGee and Jordan miscommunicate on fly ball; Smoltz grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Smith popped to third; McGee was called out on strikes; Gant singled to right; Jordan singled to shortstop [Gant to second]; Gaetti singled to shortstop [Gant to third, Jordan to second]; Mabry lined to center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 5, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 2ND: Grissom singled to right; Lemke singled to right [Grissom to third]; C. Jones singled to center [Grissom scored, Lemke to second]; JACKSON REPLACED STOTTLEMYRE (PITCHING); McGriff lined into a double play (first to first) [C. Jones out at second]; Klesko singled to center [Lemke scored]; Lopez walked [Klesko to second]; Dye grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 7, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Pagnozzi grounded out (second to first); Alicea flied to left; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 7, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 3RD: Blauser flied to left; Smoltz singled to center; Grissom forced Smoltz (second to shortstop); Lemke singled to center [Grissom to second]; Grissom stole third; C. Jones walked [Lemke to second]; McGriff struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 7, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Smith struck out; McGee singled to center; Gant lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [McGee out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 7, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 4TH: Klesko struck out; Lopez singled to center; Dye was called out on strikes; Blauser walked [Lopez to second]; Smoltz singled to center [Lopez scored, Blauser to third]; Grissom singled to center [Blauser scored, Smoltz to third]; Lemke singled to center [Smoltz scored, Grissom to second]; C. Jones lined to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 10, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Jordan grounded out (second to first); Gaetti singled to third; Mabry singled to left [Gaetti to second]; SHEAFFER BATTED FOR PAGNOZZI; Sheaffer struck out; Alicea popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 10, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 5TH: SHEAFFER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); FOSSAS REPLACED JORDAN (PITCHING); SWEENEY REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); McGriff lined to right; Klesko struck out; Lopez homered; Dye lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 11, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Sweeney grounded out (second to first); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); McGee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 11, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 6TH: MEJIA REPLACED MCGEE (PLAYING CF); Blauser walked; BELLIARD RAN FOR BLAUSER; Smoltz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Belliard out at second]; Grissom lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 11, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: BELLIARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Gant popped to catcher; YOUNG BATTED FOR FOSSAS; Young singled to catcher; Gaetti walked [Young to second]; Mabry flied to left; Sheaffer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 11, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 7TH: YOUNG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GALLEGO REPLACED GANT (PLAYING 3B); PETKOVSEK REPLACED GAETTI (PITCHING); MABRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SWEENEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Lemke grounded out (second to first); PENDLETON BATTED FOR C. JONES; Pendleton grounded out (first to pitcher); McGriff popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 11, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: PENDLETON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Alicea flied to left; Sweeney struck out; Smith popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 11, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 8TH: A. JONES BATTED FOR KLESKO; A. Jones lined to shortstop; Lopez doubled to right; Dye struck out; Belliard singled to center [Lopez scored]; POLONIA BATTED FOR SMOLTZ; Polonia flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 12, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: MORDECAI REPLACED LEMKE (PLAYING 2B); A. JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BIELECKI REPLACED POLONIA (PITCHING); Mejia struck out (catcher to first); Gallego walked; Young flied to center; LANKFORD BATTED FOR PETKOVSEK; Lankford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 12, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 9TH: HONEYCUTT REPLACED LANKFORD (PITCHING); Grissom flied to left; Mordecai singled to shortstop; Pendleton was called out on strikes; McGriff homered [Mordecai scored]; A. Jones walked; Lopez doubled to left [A. Jones to third]; Dye flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 14, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 9TH: WADE REPLACED BIELECKI (PITCHING); PEREZ REPLACED LOPEZ (PLAYING C ); Mabry was called out on strikes; CLONTZ REPLACED WADE (PITCHING); Sheaffer grounded out (shortstop to first); Alicea lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 14, Cardinals 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Braves 14 22 0 11 Cardinals 0 7 0 8