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1997 NL Championship Series (4-2): Florida Marlins (92-70) over Atlanta Braves (101-61)

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WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1997 at Turner Fld (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              3  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     5  6  0
    Atlanta Braves               1  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  5  2

    PITCHERS: FLA - Brown, Cook (7), Powell (8), Nen (9)
              ATL - Maddux, Neagle (7)

               WP - Kevin Brown
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - Robb Nen

   HOME RUNS: FLA - none
              ATL - Jones, Klesko

  ATTENDANCE: 49,244

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1997 at Turner Fld (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  3  1
    Atlanta Braves               3  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  x     7 13  0

    PITCHERS: FLA - Fernandez, Leiter (3), Heredia (6), Vosberg (7)
              ATL - Glavine, Cather (8), Wohlers (9)

               WP - Tom Glavine
	       LP - Alex Fernandez
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: FLA - none
              ATL - Jones, Klesko

  ATTENDANCE: 48,933

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 10, 1997 at Dolphin Stad (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0     2  6  1
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    1  0  4    0  0  x     5  8  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Smoltz, Cather (7), Ligtenberg (8)
              FLA - Saunders, Hernandez (6), Cook (8), Nen (9)

               WP - Livan Hernandez
	       LP - John Smoltz
             SAVE - Robb Nen

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              FLA - Sheffield

  ATTENDANCE: 53,857

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 11, 1997 at Dolphin Stad (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               1  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  0     4 11  0
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Neagle
              FLA - Leiter, Heredia (7), Vosberg (9)

               WP - Denny Neagle
	       LP - Al Leiter
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Blauser
              FLA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,890

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 12, 1997 at Dolphin Stad (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  0
    Florida Marlins              1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Maddux, Cather (8)
              FLA - Hernandez

               WP - Livan Hernandez
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Tucker
              FLA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,982

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 14, 1997 at Turner Fld (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              4  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0     7 10  1
    Atlanta Braves               1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     4 11  1

    PITCHERS: FLA - Brown
              ATL - Glavine, Cather (6), Ligtenberg (7), Embree (9)

               WP - Kevin Brown
	       LP - Tom Glavine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: FLA - none
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,446

Series MVP - Livan Hernandez

Series Batting Stats

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Florida Marlins

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Kurt Abbott         2   8  0  3  1  0  0   0  0  2  .375  .375  .500  0 | 252  69  6  .274  .748   3
 Moises Alou         5  15  0  1  1  0  0   5  1  3  .067  .125  .133  0 | 538 157 23  .292  .866   9
 Alex Arias          3   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 |  93  23  1  .247  .653   0
#Bobby Bonilla       6  23  3  6  1  0  0   4  1  6  .261  .292  .304  0 | 562 167 17  .297  .846   6
 Kevin Brown         2   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72   9  0  .125  .321   0
#John Cangelosi      3   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .200  .333  .200  0 | 192  47  1  .245  .623   5
 Jeff Conine         6  18  1  2  0  0  0   1  1  4  .111  .158  .111  0 | 405  98 17  .242  .742   2
*Dennis Cook         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   5  1  .556 1.445   0
*Craig Counsell      5  14  0  6  0  0  0   2  3  3  .429  .529  .429  0 |+164  49  1  .299  .772   1
*Darren Daulton      3   4  1  1  1  0  0   1  1  2  .250  .400  .500  0 |+395 104 14  .263  .841   6
*Jim Eisenreich      1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 293  82  2  .280  .717   0
 Alex Fernandez      1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66  10  0  .152  .461   0
*Felix Heredia       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   1  0  .500 1.000   0
 Livan Hernandez     2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  29   5  0  .172  .441   0
 Charles Johnson     6  17  1  2  2  0  0   5  3  8  .118  .286  .235  0 | 416 104 19  .250  .801   0
*Al Leiter           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  48   5  0  .104  .261   0
 Robb Nen            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jay Powell          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   2  0  .500 1.000   0
 Edgar Renteria      6  22  4  5  1  0  0   0  3  6  .227  .346  .273  1 | 617 171  4  .277  .667  32
*Tony Saunders       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  37   3  1  .081  .290   0
 Gary Sheffield      6  17  6  4  0  0  1   1  7  3  .235  .458  .412  0 | 444 111 21  .250  .870  11
*Ed Vosberg          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
#Devon White         6  21  4  4  1  0  0   1  2  7  .190  .292  .238  1 | 265  65  6  .245  .708  13
#Gregg Zaun          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 143  43  2  .301  .856   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 181 20 36  8  0  1  20 23 52  .199  .300  .260  2 |        136  .259  .737 115

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Atlanta Braves

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Danny Bautista      2   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0 | 103  25  3  .243  .680   2
 Jeff Blauser        6  20  5  6  0  0  1   1  3  6  .300  .417  .450  0 | 519 160 17  .308  .887   5
 Mike Cather         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Greg Colbrunn       3   3  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0 |+271  76  7  .280  .730   1
*Alan Embree         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tom Glavine         2   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .333  .333  .333  0 |  63  14  0  .222  .532   0
 Tony Graffanino     3   8  1  2  1  0  0   0  0  3  .250  .250  .375  0 | 186  48  8  .258  .790   6
*Tommy Gregg         4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  19   5  0  .263  .668   1
 Andruw Jones        5   9  0  4  0  0  0   1  1  1  .444  .500  .444  0 | 399  92 18  .231  .745  20
#Chipper Jones       6  24  5  7  1  0  2   4  2  3  .292  .346  .583  0 | 597 176 21  .295  .850  20
*Ryan Klesko         5  17  2  4  0  0  2   4  2  3  .235  .316  .588  0 | 467 122 24  .261  .824   4
 Kerry Ligtenberg    2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Keith Lockhart      5  16  4  8  1  1  0   3  1  1  .500  .556  .688  0 | 147  41  6  .279  .813   0
*Kenny Lofton        6  27  3  5  0  1  0   1  1  7  .185  .214  .259  1 | 493 164  5  .333  .837  27
 Javy Lopez          5  17  0  1  1  0  0   2  1  7  .059  .100  .118  0 | 414 122 23  .295  .895   1
 Greg Maddux         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67   7  0  .104  .301   1
*Fred McGriff        6  21  0  7  1  0  0   4  2  7  .333  .375  .381  0 | 564 156 22  .277  .797   5
*Denny Neagle        2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72  11  1  .153  .405   0
 Eddie Perez         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 191  41  6  .215  .594   0
 John Smoltz         1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  79  18  0  .228  .573   1
*Michael Tucker      5  10  1  1  0  0  1   1  3  4  .100  .308  .400  0 | 499 141 14  .283  .792  12
 Mark Wohlers        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               6 194 21 49  5  2  6  21 16 49  .253  .312  .392  1 |        174  .270  .767 108

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Florida Marlins

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Kevin Brown         2   4.20 2-0  0  1 15.0 16  7  5 11 | 16-8  237  2.69  1.18 205   
 Livan Hernandez     2   0.84 2-0  0  1 10.7  5  1  2 16 |  9-3   96  3.18  1.24  72   
*Al Leiter           2   4.32 0-1  0  0  8.3 13  4  2  6 | 11-9  151  4.34  1.48 132   
*Tony Saunders       1   3.38 0-0  0  0  5.3  4  2  3  3 |  4-6  111  4.61  1.46 102   
*Felix Heredia       2   5.40 0-0  0  0  3.3  3  2  2  4 |  5-3   57  4.29  1.46  54   
 Alex Fernandez      1  16.88 0-1  0  0  2.7  6  5  1  3 | 17-12 221  3.59  1.19 183   
*Ed Vosberg          2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  2  0  1  3 |+ 2-3   53  4.42  1.51  37  1
*Dennis Cook         2   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.3  0  0  0  2 |  1-2   62  3.90  1.48  63   
 Robb Nen            2   0.00 0-0  2  0  2.0  0  0  0  0 |  9-3   74  3.89  1.51  81 35
 Jay Powell          1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  0  1 |  7-2   80  3.28  1.27  65  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   3.57 4-2  2  2 53.0 49 21 16 49 |            3.83 1.380   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Atlanta Braves

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Tom Glavine         2   5.40 1-1  0  0 13.3 13  8 11  9 | 14-7  240  2.96  1.15 152   
 Greg Maddux         2   1.38 0-2  0  0 13.0  9  2  4 16 | 19-4  233  2.20  0.95 177   
*Denny Neagle        2   0.00 1-0  0  1 12.0  5  0  1  9 | 20-5  233  2.97  1.08 172   
 John Smoltz         1   7.50 0-1  0  0  6.0  5  5  5  9 | 15-12 256  3.02  1.16 241   
 Kerry Ligtenberg    2   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  1  0  0  4 |  1-0   15  3.00  1.07  19  1
 Mike Cather         4   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.7  3  0  0  3 |  2-4   38  2.39  1.12  29   
*Alan Embree         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  1  1 |  3-1   46  2.54  1.22  45   
 Mark Wohlers        1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  1  1 |  5-7   69  3.50  1.37  92 33
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   2.60 2-4  0  1 52.0 36 15 23 52 |            3.18 1.210   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU

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