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Atlanta Braves @ Florida Marlins

1997-10-10 · 1997 League Championship Series · Game 3 of 6 ◀ Game 2 Game 4 ▶ · Night game · Sun Life Stadium · Att: 53857 · 77°F, night, showers, wet · Wind 20 mph from CF · 2:59

Florida Marlins defeated Atlanta Braves 5–2. Florida Marlins put up 4 in the 6th. Livan Hernandez earned the win and Robb Nen picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6
FLO	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0		5	8

W: Livan Hernandez L: John Smoltz SV: Robb Nen

Umpires — HP: Mike Winters · 1B: Jerry Layne · 2B: Eric Gregg · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: Bruce Froemming · RF: Charlie Williams

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Blauser	3	1	1	0	1	2
Chipper Jones	2	0	0	0	1	0
Fred McGriff	3	0	1	1	0	1
Javy Lopez	3	0	0	1	0	2
Andruw Jones	2	0	1	0	1	0
Ryan Klesko	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Graffanino	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Smoltz	2	0	0	0	0	1
Keith Lockhart	2	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Gregg	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Tucker	1	0	0	0	0	0

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Cangelosi	3	0	0	0	1	0
Edgar Renteria	4	1	1	0	0	1
Gary Sheffield	3	2	2	1	1	0
Bobby Bonilla	4	0	1	0	0	1
Darren Daulton	3	1	1	1	0	1
Devon White	2	1	1	0	2	0
Charles Johnson	3	0	1	3	0	2
Craig Counsell	3	0	1	0	1	1
Tony Saunders	2	0	0	0	0	2
Livan Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Conine	1	0	0	0	0	0
Moises Alou	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Smoltz	6.0	5	5	9
Mike Cather	1.0	2	0	0
Kerry Ligtenberg	1.0	1	0	1

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tony Saunders	5.1	4	3	3
Livan Hernandez	1.2	2	0	1
Dennis Cook	1.0	0	0	2
Robb Nen	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: 63/G6
Jeff Blauser: K
Chipper Jones: 8/F89XD

Bot 1

John Cangelosi: 63/G6M
Edgar Renteria: K
Gary Sheffield: 13/G13S

Top 2

Fred McGriff: 13/G15
Javy Lopez: K
Andruw Jones: 6/L6

Bot 2

Bobby Bonilla: K
Darren Daulton: K
Devon White: 63/G6

Top 3

Ryan Klesko: S8/L8RS
Tony Graffanino: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
John Smoltz: K

Bot 3

Charles Johnson: K
Craig Counsell: K
Tony Saunders: K

Top 4

Kenny Lofton: S7/L7S
Jeff Blauser: W.1-2
Chipper Jones: 5E4/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Fred McGriff: 7/SF/F7M.3-H
Javy Lopez: 8/F9LS
Andruw Jones: W.2-3;1-2
Ryan Klesko: 3/P13S

Bot 4

John Cangelosi: W
Edgar Renteria: 9/L89S/DP.1X1(93)
Gary Sheffield: HR/L78XD
Bobby Bonilla: 63/G6

Top 5

Tony Graffanino: 8/F8RS
John Smoltz: 3/G3S
Kenny Lofton: 53/BG5S

Bot 5

Darren Daulton: 3/G3
Devon White: W
Charles Johnson: K
Craig Counsell: S8/L78S.1-3(E8);B-2
Tony Saunders: K

Top 6

Jeff Blauser: S7/L6D
Chipper Jones: W.1-2
Fred McGriff: S9/G34.2-3;1X3(936)
Javy Lopez: 9/SF/F9D.3-H
Andruw Jones: S7/G56.1-2
Ryan Klesko: 3/G3

Bot 6

John Cangelosi: 8/L8RD
Edgar Renteria: D7/L78D
Gary Sheffield: W
Bobby Bonilla: 7/F7LD
Darren Daulton: D9/L9D.2-H;1-3
Devon White: I
Charles Johnson: D7/L78XD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Craig Counsell: I
Livan Hernandez: K

Top 7

Keith Lockhart: S8/L8LS
Tommy Gregg: 7/L78S
Kenny Lofton: 36(1)/FO/G3S
Jeff Blauser: K

Bot 7

John Cangelosi: 9/L9D
Edgar Renteria: 9/F9M
Gary Sheffield: S7/L7M
Bobby Bonilla: S9/G34.1-2
Jeff Conine: 9/F9M

Top 8

Chipper Jones: 13/G34S
Fred McGriff: K
Javy Lopez: K

Bot 8

Devon White: S8/G6M
Charles Johnson: 14/SH/BG13S.1-2
Craig Counsell: 7/F7LSF
Moises Alou: K

Top 9

Michael Tucker: 9/F9LD
Ryan Klesko: 8/L8RM
Keith Lockhart: 8/F8RM

Notes & reviews

Kenny Lofton ran on the pitch and slid head first into 2B; he was called out by 2B umpire Eric Gregg even though the pitch was ball four; Lofton got up, left the bag and was tagged by Craig Counsell; Gregg called Lofton out again but the umpires huddled and allowed Lofton to remain at 2B

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