GAME 1 - Turner Field - 88-MON 8, 06-ATL 5:
El Presidente, Dennis Martinez was just ordinary, but thankfully his teammates were not. Martinez yielded 4 runs in 6 innings of work, but still notched the win. Down 3-1 in the 4th Montreal exploded for 4 huge runs on back to back Jacks from backup catcher Mike Fitzgerald and banjo hitting Luis Rivera. Fitzgerald's blow was a 3 run shot that went deep into the Southern night. Atlanta chipped away by making it 5-4 with a solo run in the 6th. Montreal had to rely on 4 relievers and 2 ninth inning insurance runs before the could rest easy. Tim Burke came on to notch the save. Atlanta's Tim Hudson gave up 5 runs in 7 innings of work despite fanning 7 Expos. GAME 2 - Turner Field - 88-MON 6, 06-ATL 1:
Montreal scored early and often in this contest and Atlanta's bats went cold. Brave manager
Terry Priest said this at his post game press conference, "After scoring 17 vs LA in the play in game I feared it would catch up to us and we would struggle for runs vs Montreal". After scoring 5 in the opener the Braves managed only 1 run in game 2 and could not capitalize on their 8 hits. Expo starter Bryn Smith threw 5 shutout innings before running out of gas. The bullpen carried them the rest of the way. John Smoltz did not come up aces for the Braves as he didn't survive the 6th inning and gave up 4 runs. Every Expo starter had at least 1 hit, except for catcher Nelson Santovenia. Tim Wallach had 3 hits, but did not score or knock in any runs. Luis Rivera continued his hot hitting by homering in his second consecutive game.
Terry Priest said this at his post game press conference, "After scoring 17 vs LA in the play in game I feared it would catch up to us and we would struggle for runs vs Montreal". After scoring 5 in the opener the Braves managed only 1 run in game 2 and could not capitalize on their 8 hits. Expo starter Bryn Smith threw 5 shutout innings before running out of gas. The bullpen carried them the rest of the way. John Smoltz did not come up aces for the Braves as he didn't survive the 6th inning and gave up 4 runs. Every Expo starter had at least 1 hit, except for catcher Nelson Santovenia. Tim Wallach had 3 hits, but did not score or knock in any runs. Luis Rivera continued his hot hitting by homering in his second consecutive game.GAME 3 - Olympic Stadium - 88-MON 9, 06-ATL 1:
The Expos enjoyed their first sellout of the year. Youpi and the fans were all anticipating a LDS clincher at home and they were not disappointed. Montreal got out of the gate quick by posting 2 runs in the first 2 innings to give starter Pascual Perez a 4-0 lead. Perez has been lights out all year and 4 runs in his back pocket is almost insurmountable. El Ghato, Andres Galarraga hit a 2 run shot for the first 2 runs in the 1st. Mitch Webster and Tracy Jones single home runs in the 2nd off of Brave starter Chuck James, who would be gone after 5 innings of work. James gave up 5 runs, but 2 of them came off of errors, so you have to feel that he didn't pitch all that terrible. The fielding got worse as Oscar Villarreal gave up 3 unearned runs himself and by that point the game was out of reach. Perez pitched 8 full innings and the only blemish on his record was a meaningless solo shot by Brian McCann. Tim Burke worked the ninth even though it wasn't a save situation. Rex Hudler had 3 hits and scored 3 runs as he made one of his rare starts. Santovenia also banged out 3 hits as well as the Expos closed out the 3-0 sweep of the Braves and wait for the winner of the Cubs/Pirates series.
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