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August 16, 1990

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 10 1
Pirates 3 9 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 10 1
Pirates 4 10 0

Andy Van Slyke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .292
OBP .500 .377
At Bats 3 339
Hits 1 99
• Singles 1 67
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 1 47
RBI’s 1 51

Kent Mercker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 2
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Three Rivers Stadium - August 16, 1990
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Home Run
Kent Mercker
Ernie Whitt
David Justice
Jeff Treadway
Mark Lemke
Andres Thomas
Lonnie Smith
Ron Gant
Jim Vatcher
Andy Van Slyke

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 3 10 1 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 10 0 10
Winning Pitcher Bob Kipper
Losing Pitcher Kent Mercker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Andy Van Slyke
Attendance 19,304
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count: 0-0, 1 Out
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

End of Game

Van Slyke hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lemke fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Lemke hits a fly ball into right field. Bonilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Justice hits a fly ball into center field. Van Slyke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bob Kipper now pitching. Mike LaValliere now catching. Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lind settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bonds hits a popup towards first. Justice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike LaValliere pinch hits for Bob Patterson. Kent Mercker now pitching. Mark Lemke now playing third base. LaValliere strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lind hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cangelosi moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jim Vatcher now playing right field. David Justice now playing first base. John Cangelosi pinch hits for Don Slaught. Cangelosi takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Tommy Gregg pinch hits for Francisco Cabrera. Bob Patterson now pitching. Jim Vatcher pinch hits for Tommy Gregg. Vatcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Presley strikes out.
Top 8 Gant bunts in front of the plate. Slaught fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to third. Treadway moves to second.
Top 8 Treadway hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Whitt scores. Smith moves to second.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Whitt moves to third.
Top 8 Barry Bonds now playing left field. Whitt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Van Slyke. Whitt reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Bream strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jeff Parrett now pitching. Ernie Whitt now catching. King hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bonilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Van Slyke moves to second.
Bottom 7 Van Slyke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Redus scores.
Bottom 7 Bell bunts towards first. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first, with Treadway covering, for the out. Redus moves to second.
Bottom 7 Redus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Stan Belinda now pitching. Olson strikes out.
Top 7 Justice hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Thomas strikes out.
Top 7 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tomlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lind hits a fly ball into right field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bonilla tags and scores. King tags and moves to third.
Bottom 6 Slaught is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Bream bunts towards first. Cabrera scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bream for the out. Bonilla moves to third. King moves to second.
Bottom 6 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Presley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bonilla moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bonilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Presley hits a fly ball into center field. Van Slyke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tomlin fires to first and has Gant trapped. There's the throw to Lind who tags Gant for the out.
Top 6 Gant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Treadway hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Van Slyke hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lind moves to second.
Bottom 5 Redus hits a fly ball into center field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tomlin bunts in front of the plate. Olson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lind takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Bonilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Glavine hits a fly ball into right field. Bonilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Justice moves to second.
Top 5 Justice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Slaught hits a fly ball into center field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bream hits a popup in front of the plate. Olson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 King hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bonilla hits a popup towards third. Presley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field. Van Slyke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Presley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Van Slyke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Treadway scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Redus strikes out.
Top 3 Gant hits a fly ball into right field. Bonilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Treadway hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Redus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tomlin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lind hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Slaught hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bream strikes out.
Bottom 2 King hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Glavine strikes out.
Top 2 Olson strikes out.
Top 2 Justice hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Bonilla settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bonilla hits a fly ball into center field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bonilla hits a fly ball, foul, down the left field line, foul. Smith chases it down, and drops the ball. That's an error on Smith.
Bottom 1 Van Slyke takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Redus hits a fly ball into right field. Justice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Van Slyke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cabrera hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Redus. Cabrera reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Presley moves to third.
Top 1 Presley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tomlin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Gant bunts towards the mound. Tomlin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Smith moves to third.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Tomlin Smith moves to second.
Top 1 Treadway hits a fly ball into center field. Van Slyke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.