1995 NLDS, Game 1: Braves at Rockies

the Atlanta Braves began their run of both seasoned magic in 1991 rising from worst to first and advancing all the way to Game seven of the World Series they made it again in 1992 in most dramatic fashion a third straight try in 1993 ended early as the Braves filed to the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series now they're back for another World Series quest deep in pitching and led by 19 game winner Greg Maddux their first test the upstart Colorado Rockies three-year-olds in this angel game but already compared to some of baseball's great offensive teams with their collection of black Street bombers their dream to upset the most dominant team of the 90s in the 1995 division series excitement could not be riding any higher than it is in Denver or in just its third year of existence the Colorado Rockies have made it into postseason play and tonight they play host in the opening game of the division series with the Atlanta Braves here at Coors Field hi everybody along with Larry Dierker Pete bad we're at welcoming you to Denver and Larry for anyone who felt that the wild-card concept in baseball wouldn't work they should come to this town well I was in Chicago and the Astros and Cubs that worked there I think it worked with the Mariners I think it worked with the Angels it worked with the Yankees a lot of folks all across America think the wild-card concept worked pretty well one team that didn't have to worry about that was the Atlanta Braves they clinched their division all the way back on September 13th and have been planning for this for three weeks now and again this year the strength of the Atlanta Braves revolves around their pitching and the pitching has just been magnificent what can you say four years in a row they've got Maddux Glavine and Smoltz they've got Wohlers to close it out if you don't get into their middle relief you're in big trouble it'll be Greg Maddux on the mound for Atlanta in tonight's game what's it like to have a pitcher like this going for your team every fifth day his record says that he's just about the best that ever pitched I mean back to back yeah ER A's of under 1.6 and that's unheard of and the only other guy to do 1.8 I think was Walter Johnson back to back and that goes back a hundred years Greg Maddux by the way with only two losses this year but one of them came and his only start against the Colorado Rockies he'll be opposed tonight by right-hander Kevin Ritz had a strong second half of the Rockies finished with a record of 11 and 11 with Larry Dierker when you talk about the Colorado Rockies how they build a ballclub a little bit differently around this ballpark around their offense yes they certainly do it they've got the sluggers to prove it they call the Blake Street Bombers and they've all got over 35 or 30 home runs and if you try to pitch around one of them you might pay double it's a brand new week in baseball history the start of the division series four of them going on and we'll have coverage all night long our studio hostess tonight is Anna storm Game one of the best of five Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and the Colorado Rockies about to begin here at Coors Field in Denver Colorado and the owners of both clubs are here Ted Turner along with wife Jane Fonda attending the very first playoff game of the season for the Atlanta Braves and behind the other dugout Jerry McMorris the owner of the Colorado Rockies who has guided his team into postseason play in just his third year alongside him Peter Coors and now let's take a look at tonight's Budweiser Atlanta Braves starting lineup the Braves had a pretty standard batting order all season long that doesn't change Grissom Lemke Jones for Griff justice Klesko O'Brian Blauser and Greg Maddux and they face right-hander Kevin Ritz and routes a sinker slider specialist he throws the hard stuff that's the stuff that works best in this ballpark first pitch of the night to Marquis Grissom in the dirt ball one Kevin rents a record of 11 and 11 during the regular season and may have earned this start against the Atlanta Braves Larry with an outstanding relief appearance against the Braves their last trip into Colorado Colorado when he worked for perfect innings in relief a big strong guy he throws hard up over 90 miles an hour most of the time at times he's got a very good hard slider Marquis Grissom taxes not the count too marquis at 2:58 during the regular season with 12 home runs he drove in 42 he's the Braves leading base stealer with 29 on a team that doesn't have much other speed outside of it nervous his first postseason appearance coming off the shaky start against the Dodgers but prior to that his work it in very good in September now the 3 1 pitch to marquise grissom Wow we've been to the seats here at Coors Field an account full now beautiful night here in Denver gametime temperatures 60 degrees it's grounded final by crystal and still a full count 3 and 2 on Marquis raves thirty and six in three years against the Colorado Rockies but it's been going down every year there were nine and four against the Rockies this year and lost two out of three to Colorado a little more confidence going into this series on the otherwise might that guy certainly has a lot of confidence in them and they can feel it again the three-to-two Grissom again it's piled up and we got the classic confrontation Larry of a team the Atlanta Braves that clinched the division back in September 13th had three weeks to kind of relax get things ready for postseason and a team that had to go down to the very rock used to get in drunk too many of them good shortstop what they call two out short stuff the defense in general where the Rockies is better than a lot of people realized they've got a little question market second with Eric Young he's got a hamstring problem and in left with Dante Bichette he probably plays better in right field but in right field of course they've got Larry Walker and you're not going to move him from that spot one away mark Lemke to battery at 253 five homers 38 RV a little over 30 points after he was moved from the number 8 spot in the batting order up to the number 2 spot in the batting order upstairs the cow bears to to another I think a pitcher will think about these first two batters is almost must outs with the guys that come behind especially right-handed pitcher wendi-go against Jones and McGriff and justice and Klesko for that matter guys John McSherry calling the balls and strike we worked with six umpires in the division series just as they do and they in ship series on the oil series here's the 31 on the way to left the right deal and the Braves mr. October this guy has a 340 postseason average in his career he's aboard with the first hit of the night a one-out single in the Roy Thea and now Chipper Jones the Braves rookie third baseman at 265 23 home runs he drove in 86 runs that was just one off the Atlanta record for a rookie Earl Williams drove in 87 back in nineteen sisters you see rookie it doesn't look like a rookie to me it looks like a pretty polished player he sure does kit in his first full major league season switch hitter batting left-handed that takes the first one low ball one really done a nice job with their number one pics after the down year they didn't miss on many and that's one of the reasons they've had such good success these last four or five years Lemke at first one man out just under way from Denver Jones he was one of the field players in the Atlanta lineup that was not given much rest during those final three weeks after they clinched Bobby Cox dealing was important to keep him in kind of a groove he had gotten into hot streak the last three weeks and Bobby didn't want to cool him off hey jeez thanks interesting story as to why Chipper Jones has those pants like the pie in tribute to his former teammate Steve Bedrosian who retired as a player midway through the season East to wear his pants like that chipper was a great friend of his dedicate the rest of his season to bedrock I think that shows a lot of maturity and probably the way he plays shows a lot of maturity and it's why when you watch him he doesn't seem like a rookie RIT's ahead in the cab one ball two strikes nice to do these two teams only three Colorado Rockies I've ever been to postseason play those three wall twice Ellis Burks and Bret Saberhagen and surprisingly there are nine Braves on the 25-man roster that have never been to both season flight Chipper Jones among them marquise grissom who had earlier he's first trip to both seasons Charlie O'Brien's never been to a postseason game nor is Mike Devereaux the rest of the Wookiees plots but you would think on a team that had been to postseason three times since 1991 almost everybody that had postseason experience that's not necessarily the case of Atlanta here's the tutu starts the dream six double play and the brain welcome back to Coors Field the bottom half of the first inning about to begin with no score let's take a look at tonight's Budweiser Colorado Rockies starting lineup and like the Atlanta Braves they've been able to pretty much go with a fixed batting order young Girardi Bichette Walker Galarraga Burks Castilla Weiss and batting I the pitching Kevin Ritz and the man they're facing one of the best you'll ever see Larry a consummate artist he doesn't really paint with broad strokes but with fine lines and shadings a little bit put on or taken off the very refined style mostly all over good defensive play up the middle and that's what the Braves provide with Maddox himself and then Blauser Lemke and Grissom keep an eye on the game tonight how many balls are hit off Greg Maddux up the middle to the shortstop the second baseman are right back to him if he is on he'll get a lot of balls handled by those three position Derek young leads it off for the Rockies a 317 hitters of the season he takes outside ball on here he was playing off the bench in the first half of the season he has been leer igniter he walked a lot takes a strike on the outside corner one ball one strike then he came began platooning but he was playing so well the jason bates moved to the bench and young took over as the everyday second baseman had some big hits down the stretch for the rockies off the end of the bat toward second there's one play by Lemke and there's one out here and the bottom half of the first inning this 1995 Division Series game is brought to you by Chevrolet the Carson Trucks 36 billion people genuine Chevrolet Network MCI how to get modern communications technology working for your business and beechwood aged Budweiser the king of beers this Bud's for you one man out joe girardi a 262 hitter during the season with eight homers strike outside corner his offense fell off a bit in the second half Maddox was started hitter with an outside corner pitch it's a pitch that most hitters don't want to swing at early in the count but if he makes it then they're behind in the count and they don't like that either that's what you have to do when you face Greg Maddux capitalize on the mistakes there won't be many typically this pitch is over the middle of the plate with a slider didn't get a very often you've got to do something with it they only start greg maddux made against the colorado rockies this year came in Atlanta back on May 17th to gave up 5 earned runs in eight innings one of his poorest outings of the year this is the first time he's ever pitched at Coors Field and here is Dante Bichette the home 128 RBIs he was the National League Player of the Month for the month of September Greg Maddux the national league pitcher of the month for the month of September here's the wild pajama layers popped up on the right side one ball one strike I'm Dante Bichette you can argue either way on this except the winner has a big year yet to the guy that goes out there I agree I think the sigh on the ward for the pitchers is enough I think an everyday player should win the most the player and Bichette a strong contender for that this year one ball two strikes in this Colorado lineup all the power they have Maddox is only allowed one came to Andres Galarraga null amounts in this Rockies line at this ever homered in their careers automatics and of course Galarraga has been up against him about 65 at-bats and so he had to work a little bit to get that chase back the first is Durrani we'll be checking as he goes along to see if the pitches of Greg Maddux move in the same way they do at sea-level you don't feel they doing this a lot of pictures they don't two balls two strikes not too often see Bichette leaning out over and he says whoa now that he's got an inside conscience don't be surprised if he goes away with a change of that's what he did little the first time he must be as a pitcher Pete just a trace of doubt or his appearances in all-star games and in postseason have not been see the fielding play has been an excellent feeler and he makes a good sure handed play on this one they did not make an error all season at his position out anyway because the chef stayed inside the line all the the first so even if there would have been a problem in the fielding of that bowl the umpire could have called push it out now Larry Walker who has meant so much that his Rockies let the fish year-round all toward second together this one on the first and that's all for the Rockies so each team gets a base runner in the first but that's all and after one no score from we'll get you back to Braves and Rockies in just a moment the first display off update Reds at Dodgers top of the first reg best lefty hitter Cal Morris with runners on first and third and two outs lines a double to the gap off Ramon Martinez to score Sanders and Larkin who would vote single that's put the Reds up to - nothing next batter is Benito Santiago who takes Martinez deep it's a two-run home run the Reds now have a commanding 4 to nothing lead in the first back to Pete and Larry Negi Ana that series could be a lot of offense or it could be a lot of pitching it could go either way or it's and the Dodgers are both capable of scoring a lot of runs but they can also get great pitching yes they are but the four runs in the first is certainly good opening for a-rod McGriff with a count of 2 & 1 leading off here in the top half of the second 27 home runs 93 RBIs for McGriff this year great season for most but he would have liked three more home runs thirty four an eighth consecutive year of course the schedule was a little shorter this year now back the count tune to and as you can see Fred McGriff had he been able to get 30 this year would have moved up into some very exclusive company not that he's in not some pretty good company already players these days are aware of those things because we tend to highlight them one of those guys on endless probably didn't even know it Vinny Castilla very strong trophy that's the good one it was he arrives Player of the Year for the Steve Larry especially the offense I think they knew he could do this he was a shortstop coming up through the minor leagues so he's got more range than the average third baseman and more arm one gone near top of a second now David Justice a 253 average 24 home runs look at where Castilla is playing for justice we need right in the hole or what would ordinarily be the hole first fish to justice is low one ball no strikes this is an interesting defensive set the Rockies have against justice they're playing to pull in the outfield and in the infield and second half of the year when they've been pitching justice away a lot he's been going the other way there's a lot of basics too especially this not going to have has not been his best year offensively and the games I've watched him he seems to be a better fielder better baserunner a more complete ballplayer a shot downfield no score top half of inning two and every manager involved in Division Series this year scared to death Larry of these best-of-five opening Series which makes the first game in a series such as this perhaps so much larger than a best-of-seven series because you just don't have much time to recover if you lose it I think Rocky's probably feel like they need to sleep because of the Braves dominance over them the last couple probably feeling that they could be or anything just get one win in the center field base hit for justice I can hit off again the Ritz there's an example of why it is tough to pitch here high altitude that was only of young and yet it got by him so quickly that he hardly had time to move it's not just the fly balls that fly out of the park the ground balls get on the infielders more quickly they're harder to field and when to the side they're harder to track down just as at first with one out for Ryan Klesko at 310 average for the season 23 home runs and 70 RBIs fastball from Devon Rex the cow nothing in London he just tends to feel for the ball those need to sort of stroke the ball to left alone just trying to swing hard in case you hit it because if he hits it is going to travel and here he really lets it go nothing in one the count on Klesko one man out a runner at first Rhett's no see I think in that bounces off a runners will wind up at first is Ryan Klesko here's the first argument he apparently the after crossing the tag down well justice goes around 1/3 then step around the mission of guilt be cogs furious fireworks here in the top half of the second inning in Game one could have been one or two things Larry either you're crossing the bag sir tonight let's try on the field this is very difficult role throws it away we'll see if he hits the base oh absolutely got the base now let's see if he turns for second he turned but he never went across the line well he kicked up some come on kicked up some line there though that's what Galarraga spotted and put the put the tag on Klesko and he's out make us this argument Kevin Ritz is on here's another look see if you see some fun there is Klesko starts to make this turn right there you ever seen I've never seen the play called with and pretty much run straight but in fair territory turn around walk if you're scoring that they charge an error to Ritz on the throw Galarraga gets the foot out just as whines up a third here's Charlie O'Brien first postseason game O'Brien a 227 editor in the he always catches greg maddux he always catches Steve Avery go on Andres Galarraga down at first base for even thinking of that a lot of first baseman wouldn't have the wherewithal to even think they had a chance of getting it out there we think of Galarraga hit her but he didn't get the nickname cap for his hoodie no it's for his glove he's a outstanding defensive first baseman here's the 2 1 pitch on the way Kevin Ritz coming into his own at age 30 at the Detroit Tigers organization had to have reconstructive surgery in his elbow in 1993 and this year really came into his own with the Rockies two balls two strikes rich has a good presence on the moon he does not seem to get ruffle a big strong guy he looks like a formidable opponent and if the Rockies have had their druthers they would much prefer to be able to open up a series such as this with Bret Saberhagen and going Swift but they had to go to those guys and they find the regular season just to get here I think it's interesting that they went after Billy Swift in the off season and after Saberhagen this year because those two guys throw the kind of pitches that seemed to work best at this altitude and that is the sinking type fastball with high velocity and the short hard breaking pitch Rockies are basically opening up this series here it basically going with both start the game tomorrow night heads up way Anvil's Galarraga the score is to go to the bottom of the second the beautiful Rocky Mountains looming in the background we come back inside Coors Field bottom half of the second inning begin Mills corn Andres Galarraga to 80 there 30 home run players with 31 he drove in 101 Rockies became the only other team outside of the 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers to have four players with 30 or more homers to Galarraga here's the play that Andres Galarraga got all on once again right there you see a little bit of dust kicked up of when I was close it was certainly in tempt to go to second not much of a move one strike the count Maddox with the one he's got a little ham stink just as young earlier this year he lost the way to move able to beat this play but right you get on the scene dragon in the bottom of the second now Ellis Burks at 266 hitter during the season but against Atlanta or 3600 this year you can also see on that dub quickly the ground Burks he continues to swing a hot pack against Atlanta with number two allowed Greg Maddux the walkies are on her at first with one out will bring Vinny Castilla both hitters in this inning pitch the plate another the rockies capitalized the key will be how many mistakes that number is probably a single-digit Vinny Castilla had a fine area at 3:09 32 home runs that was the big surprise out of Castilla RBI's in the events of time for number seven hitter about 3/4 of the damage he did this year was done here really big year on the road never had any success against Greg Maddux he's over 8 against Maddux in his career he came to the Rockies from the Braves organization as one of the original expansion draft players one of three taken from the Atlanta Braves Armando Reynoso another one that's still on this roster 4-6-3 double play takes care of the Rockies in the bottom of the second wait still no score we go to the top half of the third inning still no score here colorado jeff blauser Greg Maddux and marquise grissom do up against Kevin Ritz Blauser coming off his poorest offensive year in Atlanta at just 211 for the and strikeout 107 times and 431 advance that's the that's been giving the scouts working overtime this last month jeff blauser went to Clarence Jones the hitting coach of the Atlanta Braves the last week of the season and told Clarence that he's having trouble recognizing pitches away whether they are strikes or not the last three days of the regular season he took extra practice every day throw pitches outside part of the play for outside the plate whether he was looking at a strike or a ball it was the one - on the way to Blatt sir Scout's probably didn't have to see that workout to know that he was having I know your ballclub had to see a lot of scouts in September for a second the Ritz yes the first half Red's big for run first off to a big start in New York and rain holding up proceedings in Cleveland now the pitcher Greg Maddux a 153 average during the season Kevin Ritz with the 100 pitch I'm away yes one more one strike trying to keep the ball on the ground here so far in this game they have been successful we have reporters good pitch um get the call you say hey is the pitcher - on delivery to Maddox marquise grissom a little bit unusual to see a team with an ER a that high make it into postseason that sets a record of the Rockies yes but it's also unprecedented to see a team make the playoffs that plays half their games in a mile high altitude on the road the Rockies were about 370 their pitching is way better most people think it is yeah that's really a better reflection of the kind of pitching that they had on this ballclub because here at home and a lot of 10 to 9 ballgames the road earned run average of this ballclub is second only to the bridge well that tells you something right there kristan grounded out to short there's the first flyball deep centerfield Ellis Burks back to the warning track in this balls gone home run marquise grissom to dead center field Ray's strike first take a one-nothing that is why you gotta in this ballpark the person has hit a center field and that's 415 feet to straightaway center here to the fence either and it went where sliders go now must Larry another face that his first time up flied left the chef we'll make the cash tip for that other thanks to a marquise grissom homer it's one of the gray is going to the the third bottom half of the third Rockies down one nothing after the marquise grissom owner and Walt Weiss leaves Offin how many number eight hitters do you know who of 98 times this year Walt Weiss has a 260 average you wonder why is not hitting second on base percentage is better than Girardi's is more steals but there is a reason believe me big anxiety goes one strike not sure Baelor cotillion it might be that he wouldn't get all those walks if he was getting second that they would challenge him more it feels like by getting him on gives the pitchers a chance to help the offense the first in time tonight on a special edition of Dateline Jane Pauley in Stone Phillips take you through a day of extraordinary motion in the OJ Simpson courtroom it's the end of the trial of the century on a special edition of Dateline tonight following your late local news don't miss it now the pitcher Kevin Ritz had a pretty good year at the play had a 188 makes the personal dramatics big enough to wield that timber is neck six for about 210 the county Greg Maddux says he doesn't pitch any differently or he does not plan it came to pitch any differently here than he does anywhere else and he credits his early experiences experiences at Wrigley Field for that it could be just like pitching here kitchen goes room is how many starts of the big4 midst in the last few and is absolutely remarkable would have been a few more had we played a full season last year because John Smoltz went down with elbow surgery just in time to get with two men the second is first time still no score in New York the Yankees and they're underway the rain has stopped two outs bases empty for Eric Young one ball no strikes so far it appears that Maxton and quite as much movement on his fastball as he sometimes gets he doesn't look for a lot of movement he looks for a little late movement and he's getting enough because the pitches are in good spots here's the two one on the way - he is on quite a roll the road the last two years his last 20 starts on the road a record of 18 though unbelievable run average of zero point the 18 consecutive wins a major league record here's the tutu yeah that tells you about the consecutive wins the o99 tra is probably as impressive if not more impressive than the streak for Marquis first we can get it young thanks for a second pull up there with a stand-up double so Eric Young able to lift the ball off Maddox double into right centerfield hit number three for the Rockies each hit has been a hanging breaking ball Pete doing about four balls over the middle of the plate so far you look like a guy with a pulled hamstring does he not running that one now no Joe Girardi had a base hit in the first inning two men at one arcsecond as the person onto the right romantics the reputation I think is probably a small part of the success the hitters expect him to make corner pitches and so they swing it corner pitches talk to look for your own to fit think they're ever going to get their pitch so they go and you're also generally taught against most pictures to look for certain pitches in certain spots and that's something you never get from Maddox he's very unpredictable he's liable to throw any pitch and don't think Charlie O'Brien - manses setting up on one in pictures and get a lot of calls tax that way is the one two on the way many files as well two strikes on Girardi as Greg Maddux heads toward a fourth straight side in the war look at the company he is in I'm pretty good though some of the legends of this game in the last century here's the 1/2 it's just about all of them have Mattox Ogawa you have the big train hold Pete and Kopacz didn't the big six the managers at the kind very unpretentious all kinds of attention and ankles you just enjoy Maddox will get together because of the success and also because he doesn't it's almost as if he has a mystical control of the an archery tag Rafi singing resembling a nickname in regards to greg maddux about the last month or so several places at the Braves travel he was is the professor home kitchen maybe that'll stick to let out monkeys the two here at Tyler's ball game up the national 890 pitches in this inning in East draw No that is all for it is still one nothing Atlanta will return with the 1995 Division Series the Braves of the Rockies after this from your mobile station this 1995 Division Series game is brought to you by Buick at your local dealers the new symbol for quality one wiser the king of beers this Bud's for you makers of Advil things were said have you seen the recived and is here he has been just call can I Texas Tuesday when just us Oh Division Series updated years in the school to us get a pitch call to strike that's maybe a little off the cooler by setting the target there but so far they is the first walk of the game issued by ADA pitcher and brings up Ryan Klesko bass changed the scoring on that ball to Klesko in and uncharged the error injustice this guy was going for first and second one he's gone I thought so let's go man steep it sometimes it's just the velocity of his fastball slidin to associate with that pitch until he's trying for a brown this was a double play here's the one attention Fusco three sweet see the setup for Gerardi in the location of the pitch borderline might have been inside but you cannot take the pitch with two strikes in the count and hope for the two men out Charlie we work with six employers and the series on the charity Langston oho watson speaks well I can worship mr. and basically Donbas almost a southern man certain nights when Billy Swift could only go Brett Saberhagen maybe the same thing Kevin Ritz Moses Longman chosen just as the first paper that second Dante Bichette leads it off against Greg Maddux here's his comment on Greg grows every paper in case thanks Cory senator no doubt it you let's go credit to this guy great news till they and then Southwest look at that obesity Walker also telling his teammates that and headed incentive to that deploy season play this year in there last year after pen pal season with expos what are you those six games up in the bladder this isn't good reason look at 200a for hundred and eighty-one strikeouts to go with it they tell you three to one in motion same old it first and against it first time ago barkis crowd this ball was not hit that deep then he can't stay the plays let's get an update from Hannah Storm Eris videos you de Castilla KSM under this one in deep center these have the the score tied at one Greg Maddux pitching to Vinny Castilla gets that breaking ball up and it's got no downward movement and so it gets some upward movement and up up and away it goes 434 feet to be exact Maddox allowed only eight home runs during the course of the regular season it's just different as I think we're going to pitch a lot of games here with master even his first time here perhaps in history they is greater hitters advantage than any for example how many times would be co-manager I wasn't and believing you might see that both to my getting rich it's good being scattered 27 Yankees base percentage of their slugging percentage team considered that's what the Rockies on the road really slightly below average this Thursday is a travel day the Division Series to check out the most watched night on television must-see TV NBC Thursday episodes of friends the single guy Seinfeld Caroline the city and the biggest drama hit on call it must-see TV for nothing you can catch all the new episodes NBC Thursday takes a strike and you can see the confidence ten minutes allows to work with now all once right next I'll picture the first things first is the sixth or seventh inning saving himself for the postseason he's if it's still a 3-2 memorial should use my tongue in the crowd noise grows even more Vinny Castilla examining his glove hand as it gets you in a hurry Red's general manager Jim Boden came here for a series of home leaving he said this war machine the real baseball Kennesaw Mountain it's filled noise and everything in the surrounding atmosphere he said this place is like a dog on this one sports out of the school it's not a charge but it wasn't the injury to the glove hand to make this area was the Grissom at first with two the battery is single and flat we're going to talk out of the fifth who seems to be listen James back case finished the year of twenty nine stolen bases most of them coming in the second half of the air is bothered by a heel injury half of the season this year you know when consumed more than first base been around since 1991 justice good steady ballplayer he got some nice hands and he gonna really turn the biggest week for the gun as they make that they smoke the Cincinnati Reds realize hey we can play with especially in this book of course it pretty well knew they were going to win it game of the series here that's pretty well new the same thing when they were swept Grissom Randall born to secondhand that'll become a sore heel first half of the season didn't run much only speed Braes as a team stole only 73 vases all year 2900 postseason baseball continues with Game two the Division Series will be back here in Denver as the Rockies host the Braves some of you will see one of the other playoff games Boston at Cleveland Cincinnati at Los Angeles or Seattle at New York check your local listings regional coverage of Game two begins tomorrow night at 8:00 Eastern our pitching matchup John Wathan we're trying to paint my outside corner and Joyce by Don Baylor is go to what he calls Johnny whole staff tomorrow night he's got 12 pictures he's careless ball one strike Kevon rents leading off the bottom time for another Division Series update here's head sort of statistics and all the probabilities everyone says and is throw them out the window because nothing is anything right now Erewhon sir Maddox it's the Rockies workers were going out Maddox pitch Audio is soon during the season when Maddox is cruising along with almost completely ignored has been true this feel they can get the next couple of hitters pretty easy to steal on Maddox even when he is trying to watch you because he is not quick to the plate he likes to take the full leg kick and use his full delivery he concedes to the basement he's now is six hits in the game nicely as long as gone Jerome's to leadoff and rich regular season Thanks an extra base head of the end of the with success to baby justice and similar walks six delivers strategy when he gets to her get him into the the 50 shake silly strong Vulcan Steve Raymond 17 and 738 say that Steve Reed such a big part of to a certain extent it was his question I've already said it tomorrow is to get maybe fun Lance painter who normally over to the rest the justice majors it's nice to answer it's been justice Ryan Klesko we're Memphian satisfaction support on that band here's Klesko first a trend takes the turn at second in centerfield base hit for wine cask on and error charged to Ellis Burks enabling justice to move over to thorough this is not because the quickly this is what you might unforced error No to get down on the ball play a straight in front of him he was going to be no by justice first and third pretty quick reaction and also season Columbia has been announced as the pinch-hitter for Charlie if you again his team into the 6th inning rocky silly - three two - Kevin Ritz five in the third innings last six is the first in third all their power go that deep in this parking is still pitcher Steve green pitch 71 time regular CRA 2.14 but this is the role he really excelled a weary Dam is rich with Iraqis and he saved some games but then normally he's in a set of role improved in facing left hand main reason for his entry he's facing the left-hander a reminder on Sunday NBC Sports presents another exciting NFL doubleheader starting at 12:30 Eastern with the NFL on NBC future Montana Super Bowl champion coach Mike Ditka joint hosts Greg bevel and Ahmad Rashad is a preview week six action headlining the NBC schedule the amazing Marshall flopped in the Colts battled dolphins also the detroit or seattle face is open or other regional action check your local listings for the games and one of the most picturesque ballparks in the world so laughs tonight regular season or pro season and how will be Steve refacing Luis Polonia Polonia at the 264 hitter the Yankees an effort to strengthen their bench deals in August for Columbia and kind of a slasher movie those lakhs they called up Darryl Strawberry of attempted steals in this game has been won hit-and-run play and that's it they you don't to lose anybody please talk softly with everything they possibly could to get to it just wasn't in the curve and this slowly hit her bow good turn by Eric Young but first we got a time except you my first you might see a student two out really been lately so to get into scoring because a special edition of the in Stone Phillips take you through a day of extraordinary ammo LJ Simpson courtroom it's the end of the trial of the century a special edition of balloons don't miss it first again he's thinking about the other reason you might run is then you lead off the next inning with your hitting at the top of the lineup during his to the pitcher top of the sixth this doesn't seem taking the tranq leaves pulling onto the two much of the citizen frustrates part of this season tremendous people is such a difficult technique that you're writing hitter can the hills just can't make the adjustment sometimes it can be a living may be and as the forth stolen base third with two outs in the count of 101 to be just an excellent choice as a pinch-hitter in that particular situation DoublePlay speed has gotten a couple of extra bases feet away from getting around score or one strike blazer we just stances and Greg Maddux you see what the stolen bases to max the question so everything that has happened since Polonia came up to pinch-hit has worked in favor Maxton is old for two of the players twice when you look at what happened you that happened was a slow ground ball these two coming in this area in recent years he has not that quite so well still it wouldn't surprise me if we got cookies we go to the bottom half tied three-three tied three-three going to the bottom half of the sixth inning now it's time for tonight's Lexus diamond dust baseball fact whitey Ford started the opening game of eight postseason series an all-time record here's tonight's quiz who started them won the first game of five series we'll have the answer for you in the next half inning Greg Maddux on the mound I heard one scout call Greg Maddux a right-handed whitey Ford the Justice on the right that's a pretty high confidence the greatest winning percentages of all he's a difficult guy one extremely great fastball of it quick he has great command so you hear catfish mutters name bro automatics but that's a pretty good description don't see in great pictures Maddox has a new battery Lopez the sixth inning and as the southern Donald this 1995 Division Series game is brought to you by Lexus luxury automobile is the result of our relentless pursuit of perfection the most prescribed medication of its kind is now for heartburn and Burger King or you can get your burgers worth at first and a33 by the sixth the Rockies have hit that was in that does it seem to you watching manicure that he can almost will it almost seems as whitewalls to confer exam four six three four six four threes which seems to self the shortstop the second bawls it back up the musial simple he said that he tried to hit the tonight most hitters say try to hit the ball up the middle a good reason the deepest part of the pie he said they always put the best fielders up there space is empty towards the seats short of a single trying to work as well to know he lost his right to be this deep into a ballgame he's into the sixth inning with two outs in addition to the quarter strikeout you just don't get a the results of his petty he's used to man walkies still running hamstring still three with the 1995 Division Series the Braves in the Rockies after this localization which is Versailles mm fully to find Sara's monkeys this book comes out as well beep he scored a double for Marquis Grayson who homered back still a tip was even worse was 360 down the line 50 in center man in scoring position we Castilla get a chat with the Don Sutton between it another like Madison and I can't did not have the over power and he said that the man down the pitcher Steve Reed was able over and make the play very nice play you have to be decisive when you make this play you can't see the runner you just have to know and with Grissom you have to be very decisive because if you hesitate at all he's safe and rain did not hesitate and got his Walker's wife gathers great the ball over now to and their Bruce Ruffin disable is this season closer at the start of the year as it the breaking pitch this ballpark jeez quiz an answer the question was who started won the first game of five postseason series you have to go back aways for this one red Ruffing postseason series it's a long time by the guests it would be a Yankee as Chipper Jones does have some power with Chipper Jones ref just is impossible - forefathers found a home here was a journeyman pitcher early in the rockies scheme of things on our first one out laughter the set of them doesn't work which is in the season of you places a very small lead over first guy never stops moving always in motion expression for the emcee we can also put the three it's still out there for to get a pinch runner at second base now therapy is hovered ah twice outside second basemen this does not match by Maddox a long first and second he pounces on his way first to you just wanted to make sure why should tried to get out of wait and he but now patience in your gun to pinch-hit Jason Bates I'm caste and kicked but over the shortstop personally the door no ice back - surgically Jason basics it's a 267 hit over our season in the story first it's over the plane there is really screen as experience with that sherry gets in this from this that replay looked like he was it neva never did different it's hard to tell engineer yes back at satellite as you imagine a very tough call for hit a couple of times trying to bump and where he has been Jason Bates still hurting down he uses this opportunity to go out and talk to Greg Maddux Mason boots which is still at first executive ability you can see you know the math between his thumb and forefinger with the rest of his hand down below and that ball actually could have hit a little bit we know there's a fennel see from way back lay off his hand no sound it sounded like that the man the clicks on the legs in addition the faces the pitcher camp else recall Mattox in the game the second base got on the cyst short suit get some love Susan Hardy this is wrong pinch-hits this year 47:13 here when these two teams the Philistines the basis that in one situation still tied we have got a great first game in this division series playoff opener between Atlanta in Colorado tied at 3 as we go to the top path of the eighth-inning and a reminder the Saturday action is on NBC with a new hit jag starting at 8:00 7:00 central Marines and find a shocking cover-up from the quarry the excitement of Jamaican PC Saturday so in central I'll tell you what Larry by Bobby Cox first of all have intentionally walked Eric Young to pitch by Greg Maddux to get out a pitch down in a way it is if you're Greg Maddux they gotta be a Vinick who knows out there after Jason abate stays in the game Marcus in the seventh number two spot and the there's one for three day coming your way and this division series opening night here's headed a storm again Thank You heaven Larry the chance by justice in the fresco who knows for the Rockies if he can see pitch lights the second half of the season and activity the season yeah the situation dictated picture Superjail the fourth pitcher of the night for the work wrecking ball to see the body English new musical Salo constant the way here's David Justice walk twice and single-phase and windows the basis of the air me investors the guy who just made that big play to expire his Colorado Rockies will let's face it in the series but we're supposed to go in and take the Tigers won the World Series we can do the same thing World Series now you've got to another layer of playoffs to get there the cap to and one unjustice was it the regular season forty-seven let's go do it too it remains two balls two strikes there's a long ways out Bichette plays especially in your plays off the land against the defense of quick here's the tutu off against Dante too just looking like these to take advantage a little bit of the defensive set that there are keys a given you can see how far off the line the shed is it's almost as if they're inviting David dresses maybe they are in this ball park to take a shot at left field they'll settle for a vase welcome to the city yes defensive wizardry I'm not sure he did that that's the Scott welcome the same which time sells we'll set up on the inside views in the other side the outside and that's what Don Baylor then August I'm two strikes like a good extension and quit without them and these aboard we do a census third of the game thinking the first time fresco banquet tune a bunch of the season just begging for a chance to be able to get left-handers that's our food the score tied his life what set the strikeout gives up the one basic Lopez will have to face a right-hander homes coming into the game the relief pitchers for the Rockies have been excellent raves have not scored any rose against the relief stand sometimes if you bring it up a league pitchers and eventually Europe it doesn't happen to the Dodgers on this date of 1951 it was the date that Ralph Branca came and Bobby Thompson hit the shot heard around the world they're in homes the new pitcher the active relievers on this Colorado team appeared in 68 games during the regular season at a six in one record part of it very successful quartet out there of leskanic homes read in revenue 117 and saved 38 for this Colorado team and it has stuff well suited to groans very hard the breaking ball is fast and it moves and it's a good point to make because that's exactly what Bob barbers general manager is trying to do here go out and find players who have the kind of stuff suited for this ballpark tomorrow night at 8:00 Eastern five Pacific postseason baseball continues with Game two of the division series we'll be back here in Denver for the Rockies hosting the Bray's some of you will see one of the other playoff games Boston and Cleveland Cincinnati at Los Angeles or Seattle in New York check your local listings regional coverage of Game two begins tomorrow night at 8:00 Eastern five Pacific and we will have and slants Peter and game too and there is the architect of a Colorado Rockies an amazing story when you consider that the 1969 New York Mets and then the Kansas City Royals after that were the quickest to get to postseason doing it in eight years with the twins under aunty MacPhail and they did such a great job with a limited budget budget is not so limited under Gerry McMorris now with these they've averaged 53,000 actually a little more than that over the course their history here in Denver will afford you a little latitude to go get a guy like Brett Saberhagen we're sign a guy like Bill Swift in the off season and there you see brett saberhagen whip the series goes to a fourth game would be the pitcher in that fourth game and speaking of owners who aren't afraid to sign a check aren't afraid of anything dead tartar on hand and I a zombie Lopes steps in to face Darren homes Lopes 3:15 during the regular season 14 homers 51 RBIs I wonder if first two men out homes the walkies in Atlanta we're in Pittsburgh I guess it was when Ted Turner managed the team oh yes seven okay guys we're going to snap this losing streak didn't happen that night them to happen the next night he was the old one back up the middle and drill in the center field for a base hit Glasgow rounding second heads for third with runners at 1st and 3rd with to natal and now we're going to get a pinch-hitter jeff blauser Dwight Smith a little slump to hasni for the end of the season he was not swinging the bat quite as well wound up the season hitting 252 and one of the biggest hits for Atlanta a pinch-hit grand slam against the Florida Marlins in a scoreless game in the ninth inning Gerardi resetting the defendant right field just a little bit and the Bichette as well Smith one as a pensioner Regina Smith in 232 to pinch in homeruns in 18 the eyes pinch-hit specialists who come in in the first pitch they see that looks good there white spent a little different approach he likes to work the count a lot of his pension appearances one three and two the to open the Lopez took it and Klesko scores Pez as Dwight Smith delivers a live scoring pitch hit single like would not be a green light way back in the count to pinch-hit for Greg Maddux Deborah acquired from the Chicago White Sox in the same Louis Polonia can the Yankees as the Braves trying to shore up their late August he at 2:55 of the homer and eight RBIs during the regular season his lower one through seven all this happening with two outs Ryan Fresco's base hit Javy Lopez amazing blacksmith the run-scoring single a little upset basically trying to get so prefer to use him in a save situation they don't want to let this one get too far out of hand I've got a chance here they'll have a chance tomorrow which is a gamble this third bomb the first show at exactly Smit the learner at first Lopez let mrs. three another palms controller in the regular season quite pretty compared to 61 strikeouts Dwight Smith everyone and just receive we've seen from him in the past when he really chase that breaking ball when he saying they seem to be able to identify going for see the runners Lopez and things for the first nothing happen to the Braves bullpen it looks like Gregg McMichael is going to be coming on to pitch the eighth inning mark Wohlers of course the closer to use him and asmik this was 20 - on Devereaux nice thing about Smith and ever pinch-hitters yes but they also the speed to steal bases in the starting item do you have some speed on the team despite his long major lake in the postseason until tonight the 3-2 pitch hits lay in the there and he's better the Atlanta Braves raves make several changes Mike Devereaux stays in the game to play left mr. Raphael right-hander Greg McMichael 67 appearance the regular season pretty the chef is wine for three a single in the sixth inning first pitch swinging pops out miscommunication justice is going to take it justice that Limpy but second teams the grave see Lemke stop there and justice it stopped just before that watch this ballgame from the outset tonight you saw something that nobody who watched Greg Maddux picks on during the entire season Maddux made 28 starts here in the regular season never made at least once the game bases-loaded Jason Bennett here's the 11 all right how you do it it's just that you do it and he is in line two strikes against his gun and unusual delivery it's hard to pick the ball up and asbestos first first no swings very late - and to the scene we just barely the count 2 & 2 they're at Coors Field here's the to to nest outside fastball three to pitch on the way 22 times over getting a swag four six three two one he's turned around 3,600 except for Rocky change of jitters the defensive the hitters of and the pitches for the most part have been pitching pretty well but the fielders have been a little shaky we'd had five errors in the game injustice and lengthy if the shadow swing d4 previously wasn't a granite at the show great play Chipper Jones gets the out at second base what a Chipper Jones that was at least a double if it gets down the line how did he get to this ball it doesn't get any better than this Pete everything on the line on the backhand side the spin and he runners first and third with single the the sacrifice the second here comes Bobby parks michael has an exact Ponyo into the game amy is the kind of pitcher that is more likely to pitch out of this with a strikeout than a double play ball Jeff Porter the assistant trainer for letting out to see if Chipper Jones is okay diving he may have shaken himself up we will be right back the new pitcher Alejandro Pena Chipper Jones trying to do a little running here to prove the Bobby Cox that he's alright to stay in this game a defensive play he just made to preserve the braves late at the moment a little bit to his left just before the play - did you notice just as the pitch was game is moving about a handful step to his right I think it's a name and then head down hard on the ground but he will stay in there a man takes over acquired from the Florida Marlins by the braids just before the roster deadline of September first in 13 innings with 11 nine strikeouts in things on the season Larry is quite a remarkable story Banyon missed nearly two years with a bad elbow he's thirty-six a lot of times if your injury when you come back after is back to pitching the way he wasn't he was 26 years old he had your surgery when he was with the Dodgers as well when he was a starting pitcher have a great slider - the sucker basically the Ellis Burks regular season hit brave thirty-six to got the up there first movies that's how you feel in second of the there's a second info siege of over the regular season books Oh place you can see this pattern looks both of these teams game says this can the whole series as the one - I'm away - Mack Sennett Channel boys passport to the corn tonight over two the center was hit by a a little respect Jason Bates on let's do in the situation he has a sore hand this has been somebody by the way this game is wrong these two teams in so late traversing weather Tanner is patriarchal bases-loaded bases-loaded two outs for the livers thirty-six debates in town you see in the bass of course feeling thirty shortened season Oh of course on a regular season that's what 1817 and you see the waters six seconds two approaches as ahead stuff and once again a crowd their doors field check swing nice way from first Burkesville siding that's not so two outs at a time marquise grissom of the club the Rockies have tied it this copyrighted telecast is presented by the authority of the office of the Commissioner of baseball and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without express written consent from the office of the Commissioner Mike kingery has taken over in center the new pitcher curtis leskanic as two out of four SK our mobile number two spot pitcher curtis leskanic will be batting sixth astana co really came on second after year peace all the games he pitched in 78 games 98 innings that's a lot of work for 144 games season even the expansion graft he was just another hard thrower out of LSU a little bit in the Senate once again of the guy this 1985 Division Series game is brought to you by Gillette sensor and the Gillette series Gillette the best of an Indian texaco clean system three gasoline's and wendy's spicy chicken sandwich get it while it's hot away here's Lemke single back in the okay minutes when you see that here we know it well pitched game especially you consider the five to tell you about once stepping up in postseason Livi's Alice Alice Alice a just as Chipper Jones in the 6th inning this isn't the that's smart to the best and most important here's into Oh mr. Jones can you rate for his second home just yet to so chipper Joe in our season they allowed and the tempter which of the series with this one in the bathtub for girls when he sends this far away the fence the regular season all season his desk in first nice ninth inning bottom half five two four little Chipper Jones the hero of the almost every other one Jones did this the course of the regular season Chipper Jones game until now Motors sixty four and two the game in Cincinnati two months in the Dodger Stadium he's super Jones with his second home hundred and two miles one ball one strike on you there's two pictures for motors volatile not to be said for them we got like this this year compared is expected to claim that close he's been is he pitches and get in the spoil a slider times since Marvin said towards - 6:10 many castes - I'm over the Braves came back a Chipper Jones homerun miss plum by the time being single my boys to the top of the night together here is the Ola okay jeez home run by numbers so example with infield single he is so strong swing is so short as before justice keys are setting the table second with one out cars in the second 4-6-3 double play cymbal fight it in the shut first and second one and his career is 3 again CSD income first yes the basis by Andres Galarraga this is not to change there's a strike out this is it's been a seesaw affair never say die position player pitcher spot is due up next the tenors he has left goes to make time to starting pitcher else Oh to make some time and to think of the courage just a few days spins rails against a Commerce today I'm swinging against a pitcher Rocky's abused swinging by a fastball and there is no future Lance painter who has worked out of the bullpen all season only it was one for now we're starting Richard this happened to the America I'm starving this is a little bases-loaded basis all season ladies stay with us don't answer in this situation Pinterest app engine two outs trying to keep the adrenaline Oh and mistaken member cassa workout number cast wahoo the bases-loaded Slama missed like three five series Chipper Jones in the top half of the night his second home his first postseason game ever the Rockies Oh Larry there player of the game game-saving including the game-winner and in conjunction with this program total of 50,000 owners of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in the names all players of the game major league season not romantic start to the best-of-five divisional series Atlanta goes up one game to 9 five to four temperatures that stay tuned to this NBC station for a special edition of Dateline NBC the OJ Simpson verdict after your late local news and tomorrow postseason baseball continues at 8:00 p.m. Eastern five Pacific will Game two

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Keywords: Major League Baseball, ブレーブス, ロッキーズ, メジャー, Atlanta Braves, Baseball's Best Classic Games, メジャーリーグ, Colorado Rockies, アトランタ, 野球, コロラド, 大リーグ, 野球速報, コロラド・ロッキーズ, アトランタ・ブレーブス

Id: JymlAJarzB8

Length: 166min 17sec (9977 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 12 2010