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Atlanta Braves @ Florida Marlins

1997-10-12 · 1997 League Championship Series · Game 5 of 6 ◀ Game 4 Game 6 ▶ · Day game · Sun Life Stadium · Att: 51982 · 86°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 21 mph from CF · 2:27

Florida Marlins defeated Atlanta Braves 2–1. Livan Hernandez earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Livan Hernandez L: Greg Maddux SV: (none)

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

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	3	0	1	0	1	1
Keith Lockhart	3	0	0	0	1	1
Chipper Jones	4	0	0	0	0	2
Fred McGriff	4	0	1	0	0	3
Ryan Klesko	3	0	0	0	0	2
Michael Tucker	3	1	1	1	0	2
Eddie Perez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Blauser	3	0	0	0	0	2
Greg Maddux	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Gregg	1	0	0	0	0	1

Florida Marlins — batting

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

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Greg Maddux	7.0	4	1	9
Mike Cather	1.0	1	0	1

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Livan Hernandez	9.0	3	2	15

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: T9/L3
Keith Lockhart: W
Chipper Jones: K
Fred McGriff: K
Ryan Klesko: K

Bot 1

Devon White: HP
Edgar Renteria: SB2
Edgar Renteria: K
Gary Sheffield: W
Bobby Bonilla: S8/L8RS.2-H;1-3
Jeff Conine: 16(1)3/GDP/G15

Top 2

Michael Tucker: HR/F8LXD
Eddie Perez: 53/G5L
Jeff Blauser: 8/F8RS
Greg Maddux: K

Bot 2

Moises Alou: K
Charles Johnson: 13/G15
Craig Counsell: K

Top 3

Kenny Lofton: K
Keith Lockhart: 5/P25F
Chipper Jones: 63/G6M

Bot 3

Livan Hernandez: 43/G4M
Devon White: K
Edgar Renteria: 63/G6

Top 4

Fred McGriff: S8/L8RS
Ryan Klesko: 6/P5D
Michael Tucker: K
Eddie Perez: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 4

Gary Sheffield: 63/G6
Bobby Bonilla: S8/L6D
Jeff Conine: 7/F7D
Moises Alou: K

Top 5

Jeff Blauser: K
Greg Maddux: 8/F8RM
Kenny Lofton: 6/P6MD

Bot 5

Charles Johnson: K
Craig Counsell: 63/G6
Livan Hernandez: 2/BINT

Top 6

Keith Lockhart: 63/G56
Chipper Jones: K
Fred McGriff: K

Bot 6

Devon White: K
Edgar Renteria: 53/G56S
Gary Sheffield: K

Top 7

Ryan Klesko: K
Michael Tucker: K
Eddie Perez: 4/P4MD

Bot 7

Bobby Bonilla: D9/L9DW
Jeff Conine: S8?/G6M.2-H
Moises Alou: 53/G56.1-2
Charles Johnson: PO2(14)
Charles Johnson: K

Top 8

Jeff Blauser: K
Tommy Gregg: K
Kenny Lofton: W
Keith Lockhart: CS2(26)

Bot 8

Craig Counsell: S4/G4MS
Livan Hernandez: 34/SH/BG23.1-2
Devon White: 8/L8RXD
Edgar Renteria: K

Top 9

Keith Lockhart: K
Chipper Jones: 1/L13
Fred McGriff: K

Notes & reviews

Livan Hernandez called for interference for hitting the ball with his left foot out of the batters box
Michael Tucker lost a contact lens when he ran into the wall

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