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son and first in 19 days
teflon went 0 fur-r> me game
after reaching has** in all six plain
a p pea ram es
Not since tin- Ill'll Serins,
when the Braves held a 3-2 lead
over Minnesota, have they been
in sin h a good spot That year,
they lost ihe last two games at the
Metrodome to the Twins, and
then Atlanta lost the 19‘I2 Series
in six games to Toronto
Marquis Grissom had three hits
for the Braves He scored the go
ahead run in .the seventh on Polo
ma s double after drawing a
strikes until lining an opposite
field drive into the Braves
bullpen in right
Right before the pitch Avery
started and then stopped his
windup When ha resumed, Belle
hit his first Series homer, a shot
that seemed to send Avery into n
hit of a spin
Kddie Murray, after thinking
he'd hit a double until being told
by second-base umpire Joe
Brinkman that his grounder
down the- left-field line was foul,
walked on a full count
n*ei i uipfi \
while going into his stretch,
stumbled backward off the
mound nod was tilled for a balk
He went ahead and intentional
ly walked Ramirez and perhaps
sensing it was his last batter,
strui k out Herbert Pern swing
ing on a nasty down-and-tn slider
Avery, having thrown 109
pitches, was pulled after pre
serving the 1 -1 tie
"Steve did an awesome Job He
w as under lot of pressure. A lot
of people were sis.ond-guessing
(manager) Bobby {Cox}.'' Justice
said
one-out walk
Averv. who earned this start
with six shutout innings m the
pennant-clinching win over
Cincinnati on <Vt 14, managed
to avoid trouble despite several
well-hit balls early in the game
After working his win through
the lineup the first time and giv
ing up two hits. Avery, who is r>
2 career ill the postseason, did
not allow a hit until Belle home
red with two outs in the sixth
Belle had not swung all evening,
taking seven halls and seven
WORLD
SERIES
GAME 4
ATLANTA 5
CLEVELAND 2
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