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New York Yankees 4, Atlanta Braves 2 · 1996-10-20 to 1996-10-26 · 6 games · attendance 324,685 · season overview
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Games
| # | Date | Away at Home | Series | Park | Attendance | Win | Loss | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996-10-20 | Atlanta Braves 12 at  New York Yankees 1 | 0–1 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,365 | John Smoltz | Andy Pettitte | |
| 2 | 1996-10-21 | Atlanta Braves 4 at New York Yankees 0 | 0–2 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,340 | Greg Maddux | Jimmy Key | |
| 3 | 1996-10-22 | New York Yankees 5 at Atlanta Braves 2 | 1–2 | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51,843 | David Cone | Tom Glavine | John Wetteland |
| 4 | 1996-10-23 | New York Yankees 8 at Atlanta Braves 6 | 2–2 | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51,881 | Graeme Lloyd | Steve Avery | John Wetteland |
| 5 | 1996-10-24 | New York Yankees 1 at Atlanta Braves 0 | 3–2 | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 51,881 | Andy Pettitte | John Smoltz | John Wetteland |
| 6 | 1996-10-26 | Atlanta Braves 2 at New York Yankees 3 | 4–2 | Yankee Stadium I | 56,375 | Jimmy Key | Greg Maddux | John Wetteland |
The players
New York Yankees
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Williams | 6 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .167 |
| Cecil Fielder | 6 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .391 |
| Derek Jeter | 6 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .250 |
| Mariano Duncan | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .053 |
| Charlie Hayes | 5 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .188 |
| Darryl Strawberry | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .188 |
| Tim Raines | 4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Paul O'Neill | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| Wade Boggs | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Tino Martinez | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .091 |
| Joe Girardi | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .200 |
| Jim Leyritz | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .375 |
| Luis Sojo | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Andy Pettitte | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| David Cone | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Kenny Rogers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Aldrete | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mariano Rivera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Key | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 11.1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.97 |
| Andy Pettitte | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 10.2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5.91 |
| David Cone | 1 | 1 | 1–0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Mariano Rivera | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Brian Boehringer | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5.40 |
| John Wetteland | 5 | 0 | 0–0 | 4 | 4.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Jeff Nelson | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| David Weathers | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 4 | 0 | 1–0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kenny Rogers | 1 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22.50 |
Atlanta Braves
| Batting | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquis Grissom | 6 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .444 |
| Mark Lemke | 6 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .231 |
| Chipper Jones | 6 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .286 |
| Javy Lopez | 6 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .190 |
| Andruw Jones | 6 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .400 |
| Fred McGriff | 6 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .300 |
| Jeff Blauser | 6 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .167 |
| Jermaine Dye | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .118 |
| Ryan Klesko | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .100 |
| Terry Pendleton | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| Luis Polonia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| John Smoltz | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Mike Bielecki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Tom Glavine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Mordecai | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Denny Neagle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Eddie Perez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitching | G | GS | W–L | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Maddux | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 15.2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.72 |
| John Smoltz | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0.64 |
| Tom Glavine | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.29 |
| Denny Neagle | 2 | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Mark Wohlers | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6.23 |
| Mike Bielecki | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brad Clontz | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Greg McMichael | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Terrell Wade | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Steve Avery | 1 | 0 | 0–1 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |