On October 17, 1996 — The Atlanta Braves have the biggest blowout in postseason history, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, 15 – 0, in Game 7 of the NLCS to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit. The Cardinals become the only club to blow a 3-1 edge three times in the postseason.
Tom Glavine pitched 7 shutout innings, and helped his own cause with 3 RBI’s. Fred McGriff had 4 RBI’s and a homerun and Javy Lopez and Andruw Jones also homered for the Braves. Donovan Osbourne didn’t make it out of the first for the Cardinals. Atlanta also won game 5 of the series 14-0.
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Atlanta Braves 15, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Day
League Championship Series Game 7 Played on Thursday, October 17, 1996 (N) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 ATLANTA 6 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 x - 15 17 0
WP: Glavine (1-1) LP: Osborne (1-1) HR: McGriff (2), Lopez (2), A. Jones (1)
Play by Play
Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Mark Hirschbeck, 2B - Bob Davidson, 3B - Joe West, LF - Jerry Crawford, RF - Ed Montague
Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 52067
Starting Lineups: St. Louis Cardinals Atlanta Braves 1. Clayton ss Grissom cf 2. McGee rf Lemke 2b 3. Gant lf C. Jones 3b 4. Jordan cf McGriff 1b 5. Gaetti 3b Lopez c 6. Young 1b Dye rf 7. Pagnozzi c A. Jones lf 8. Gallego 2b Blauser ss 9. Osborne p Glavine p CARDINALS 1ST: Clayton lined to right; McGee was called out on strikes; Gant grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Grissom singled to center; Lemke doubled to left [Grissom to third]; C. Jones grounded out (third to first); McGriff reached on a fielder's choice [Grissom scored, Lemke out at third (shortstop to third to shortstop to third)]; Lopez walked [McGriff to second]; Dye singled to left [McGriff scored, Lopez to third]; A. Jones singled to left [Lopez scored, Dye to second]; Blauser was hit by a pitch [Dye to third, A. Jones to second]; Jeff Blauser hit on left knee; Glavine tripled to center [Dye scored, A. Jones scored, Blauser scored]; ANDY BENES REPLACED OSBORNE (PITCHING); Grissom grounded out (pitcher to first); 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 6. CARDINALS 2ND: BELLIARD REPLACED BLAUSER (PLAYING SS); Jordan popped to first; Gaetti flied to center; Young struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 6. BRAVES 2ND: Lemke flied to center; C. Jones singled to right; McGriff flied to left; Lopez forced C. Jones (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 6. CARDINALS 3RD: Pagnozzi lined to second; Gallego popped to center; Andy Benes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 6. BRAVES 3RD: Dye was called out on strikes; A. Jones popped to second; Belliard singled to center; Glavine struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 6. CARDINALS 4TH: Clayton singled to right; McGee flied to right; Gant flied to left; Clayton was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 6. BRAVES 4TH: Grissom grounded out (third to first); Lemke walked; C. Jones walked [Lemke to second]; McGriff singled to right [Lemke scored, C. Jones scored (error by McGee) (no RBI), McGriff to second]; Lopez homered [McGriff scored]; Dye flied to right; A. Jones reached on an error by Clayton; Belliard grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 10. CARDINALS 5TH: Jordan flied to center; Gaetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Young lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 10. BRAVES 5TH: Glavine flied to left; Grissom grounded out (third to first); Lemke singled to center; C. Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 10. CARDINALS 6TH: Pagnozzi singled to left; Gallego was called out on strikes; SMITH BATTED FOR ANDY BENES; Smith flied to right; Ozzie Smith's last major league at bat; he received a long ovation from the crowd; Clayton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 10. BRAVES 6TH: PETKOVSEK REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); McGriff tripled to right; Lopez doubled to center [McGriff scored]; Dye popped to left; A. Jones homered [Lopez scored]; Belliard singled to right; Glavine struck out; Grissom singled to right [Belliard to second]; HONEYCUTT REPLACED PETKOVSEK (PITCHING); Lemke struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 13. CARDINALS 7TH: McGee singled to left; Gant flied to right; Jordan grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [McGee out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 13. BRAVES 7TH: SWEENEY REPLACED MCGEE (PLAYING LF); SHEAFFER REPLACED GANT (PLAYING C ); MEJIA REPLACED JORDAN (PLAYING CF); MABRY REPLACED PAGNOZZI (PLAYING RF); C. Jones singled to third; McGriff homered [C. Jones scored]; Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); Dye grounded out (third to first); A. Jones walked; Belliard grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 15. CARDINALS 8TH: BIELECKI REPLACED MCGRIFF (PITCHING); PEREZ REPLACED C. JONES (PLAYING 1B); PENDLETON REPLACED GLAVINE (PLAYING 3B); Gaetti popped to first; Young was called out on strikes; Mabry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 15. BRAVES 8TH: FOSSAS REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Pendleton lined to third; Grissom grounded out (third to first); MORDECAI BATTED FOR LEMKE; Mordecai flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 15. CARDINALS 9TH: MORDECAI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); AVERY REPLACED BIELECKI (PITCHING); Gallego singled to center; ALICEA BATTED FOR FOSSAS; Alicea grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Gallego out at second]; Clayton flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 15. Final Totals R H E LOB Cardinals 0 4 2 1 Braves 15 17 0 8
