BRAVES GO FOR THE KO; GLAVINE'S SEVEN STRONG INNINGS POWER ATLANTA TO BRINK OF SWEEP : ATLANTA 1 N.Y. METS 0.Byline: Paul Sullivan Paul Sullivan is a name shared by several people:
Daily newspaper published in Chicago. The Tribune is one of the leading U.S. newspapers and long has been the dominant voice of the Midwest. Founded in 1847, it was bought in 1855 by six partners, including Joseph Medill (1823–99), who made the paper Start spreading the news Spreading the News is a short one-act comic play by Lady Gregory, which she wrote for the opening night of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, 27 Dec. 1904. It was on a double bill with William Butler Yeats's On Baile's Strand. . The Subway Series may be nothing more than a Big Apple pipe dream. As they say in Queens, ``Fuhgeddaboutit.'' Atlanta edged the New York Mets
• • [ on Friday night to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series, one victory from their fifth World Series appearance in the 1990s. No team in major-league history has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series. Making the Mets' degree of difficulty even higher, the Braves have won 12 of 15 against them in '99 and Game 4 starter John Smoltz John Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967 in Warren, Michigan) is a Major League Baseball player currently playing with the Atlanta Braves. He is predominantly known as a starter and former Cy Young Award winner. has a lifetime postseason record of 12-3. Glavine outdueled Al Leiter in a brilliant matchup of veteran left-handers, shutting out the Mets on seven hits through seven innings.His performance brought back memories of his performance in the final game of the 1995 World Series. He allowed one hit in eight innings as the Braves claimed their only Series title of the decade with a 1-0 victory over Cleveland. ``This is up there,'' said Glavine, whose LCS LCS - Language for Communicating Systems record is just 4-8. ``Obviously, that game against Cleveland was a better game for a different reason. That game brought us a championship. This game just brings us one game closer to a situation where we can fight for a World Series. I'm just happy to be able to go out there and make one run in the first inning stand up.'' Leiter was equally impressive, allowing only one unearned run on three hits in seven, but was his own worst enemy with a costly error that led to the game's only run. Braves closer John Rocker, Public Enemy No. 1 in Queens, entered to a chorus of boos in the ninth and left tipping his cap to obscene catcalls cat·call n. A harsh or shrill call or whistle expressing derision or disapproval. v. cat·called, cat·call·ing, cat·calls v.tr. To express derision or disapproval of with catcalls. v. from hundreds of fans after recording the save. After Walt Weiss committed an error on a Benny Agbayani grounder leading off the ninth, Rocker bore down, striking out Todd Pratt, retiring Melvin Mora on a fly and then getting Rey Ordonez on a fielder's choice to end it. ``I don't think we have to wait for historians,'' Mets manager Bobby Valentine said. ``Their pitchers are as good as there is - in any era, in any decade.'' The Mets may have been the best fielding team in baseball in '99 with only 68 errors, but two huge miscues in the first did them in. A pair of errors by the Mets' battery of Leiter and Mike Piazza sealed their fate - the first time all season the Mets had committed two errors in the same inning. ``That makes it even weirder,'' Valentine said. ``Pretty amazing.'' After a leadoff walk to Gerald Williams, Leiter fielded Bret Boone's comebacker to the mound and briefly considered going to second for the force. But he changed his mind and made a wild throw to first, leaving men on first and second. ``I was thinking I should be throwing to second while I was throwing to first,'' Leiter said. ``To think my bonehead mistake, a poor throw, was the difference between a win and a loss. It was a total brain cramp.'' Chipper Jones popped out before Cox called for a double steal on the first pitch to Brian Jordan. Piazza decided to throw to second, and it sailed high over the head of shortstop Ordonez and into center, scoring Williams and sending Boone around to third. Piazza made amends moments later when Boone tried to score on a fly to shallow center by Jordan. Mora MORA, In civil law. This term, in mora, is used to denote that a party to a contract, who is obliged to do anything, has neglected to perform it, and is in default. Story on Bailm. Sec. 123, 259; Jones on Bailm. 70; Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 2, n. made a perfect peg to the plate, and Piazza survived a head-on collision with Boone for an inning-ending double play. Piazza suffered a slight concussion on the play but remained in the game. Atlanta ran itself out of potential rallies after leadoff singles in the fourth and fifth innings. Chipper Jones tried to stretch his hit into a double in the fourth and was thrown out at second easily by left fielder Rickey Henderson. Eddie Perez did likewise in the fifth and was also thrown out easily by Henderson, who tied an NLCS NLCS National League Championship Series (baseball) NLCS North Lawrence Community Schools (various locations, USA) NLCS National Landscape Conservation System record with two outfield assists in one game. ``We scored by being aggressive too,'' Cox said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos PHOTO (1 -- color) Mets catcher Mike Piazza hangs on despite being bowled over by Braves' Bret Boone trying to score in the first inning. Ron Frehm/Associated Press (2) Braves starter Tom Glavine gave up no runs through seven innings before yielding to the bullpen. G. Paul Burnett/The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times |
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