1993 N.L. Championship Series Replay (Game 6)

The Braves have now won two straight, winning the last game on a walk-off single by Terry Pendleton, off of unpredictable reliever Mitch Williams. Now the Braves send their ace Greg Maddux to the mound, as they attempt to tie the series.

GAME 6

On the mound: Greg Maddux (Grade A-YZ) for Atlanta vs Tommy Greene (Grade B-X) for Philadelphia, at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia.

Bottom of the 1st: John Kruk draws a two-out walk. Dave Hollins followed with a single off Maddux, moving Kruk up to second. For a moment, Greg Maddux appeared to be against the ropes when he plunked 'Dutch' Darren Daulton with a pitch. Bases loaded for their #6 hitter Jim Eisenreich, but he misses out on a big opportunity as he goes down swinging.

Top of the 2nd: Tommy Greene allows back-to-back walks to sluggers Fred McGriff and David Justice. Game 5 hero, Terry Pendleton grounds out to deep third, while the base runners move up. Damon Berryhill singles to right, McGriff scores, Justice rounds third, while the throw by right fielder Jim Eisenreich comes to the plate, the tag & he's out! Berryhill advances to second. Mark Lemke strikes out, as Greene gets out, allowing only one run.

Top of the 3rd: Otis Nixon with one out, reaches second on a throwing error by pitcher Tommy Greene, who threw the ball over the first baseman John Kruk's head. Jeff Blauser struck out for out number two. Ron Gant hits a ball to left center for a RBI double. Fred McGriff flies out to right for the third out. Braves lead 2-0, while the Phillies have already committed 2 fielding errors.

Top of the 4th: David Justice leads the inning off with a solo blast over the right field wall, while Veterans Stadium is quiet. Justice now has 3 HR for the series, while his teammate Fred McGriff has 4 home runs during this series. Braves 3, Phillies 0

Top of the 7th: The Phillies' Tommy Greene settled down from 5th inning on, while striking out the side during the seventh -- striking out Mark Lemke (for the 3rd time), Greg Maddux & Otis Nixon. Greene now has 10 strikeouts.

Bottom of the 8th: Pete Incaviglia, who has 3 HR this series, comes in to pinch-hit for Milt Thompson, grounds out to short. Kevin Stocker grounds out for the second out. Ricky Jordan comes in to pinch-hit for the pitcher Greene; Jordan strikes out. Braves still lead, 3-0.

Tommy Greene exits with 11 strikeouts in 8 innings of work, 6 hits, 2 earned runs (3 runs) & 2 walks allowed. Reliever David West comes in with 2.1 scoreless innings of relief this series.

Bottom of the 9th: Greg Maddux will stay in to close this one out, as the Braves are 3 outs away from tying up the series, 3-3. Bill Pecota (who came in to pinch-hit for Mark Lemke) will stay in at second base. Sid Bream comes in as a fielding upgrade for Fred McGriff at first base. [The Braves stay at an overall fielding 1 (41), while their infield (34) is a fielding 2].

The Phillies' Lenny Dykstra reaches first on a lead-off walk. Phils' Manager Jim Fregosi will pinch-hit Mariano Duncan for Mickey Morandini. Duncan grounds it to deep short, the throw from Jeff Blauser is in time, while Dykstra reaches second, one out.

Stepping up to the plate is John Kruk, who is batting 10-for-18 (.556 AVG) while drawing 6 walks (.667 OBP) -- He has simply been automatic this series, so Maddux will have to be careful...Maddux delivers, and Kruk strikes out! It is all up to Dave Hollins to keep the Phillies chances in this game alive, the pitch, and he hits it to right, Dykstra will score, score that as an RBI single! Hollins has been the only one able to get a hit off Maddux all day, with two. Darren Daulton steps up, but flies out to right, as Atlanta ties the series up!

Despite his 4 walks, the reigning N.L. Cy Young Greg Maddux was brilliant, allowing only 2 hits & 1 earned run. Maddux recorded 7 straight innings (Innings 2-8) without allowing a hit.