'96-Braves sweep '68-Redbirds

GAME 1: The series opener featured a HOF matchup between Bob Gibson and future HOF'er Greg Maddux. Atlanta scored firsto on a single by Mark Lemke was followed by Gibson beaning the crime dog Fred McGriff. Chipper, don't call me Larry, Jones knocked in Lemke with an RBI single. Gibby then proceeded to strike out the next to batters to end the inning. Atlanta added 1 more in the 5th and 6th innings (Ryan Klesko HR). The Cards began to scrape back with 1 in the 6th and 8th, but fell short thanks to leaving 12 men on base. Maddux allowed 2 runs in 8 innings of work and Wohlers came on to save it. Gibson took the loss, as he gave up 3 and did not get any run support due to Maddux's clutch performance.
GAME 2: John Smoltz faced Nelson Briles in this matchup. The big story was the 4 errors made by the Cards to undo Briles, who was outdueling Smoltz. Klesko homered again for Atlanta and Wohlers notched his 2nd save in 2 days.
GAME 3: Lefty Steve Carlton got rocked by the Brave offense allowing 7 runs (6 earned) in only 6 1/3 innings pitched. Atlanta's lefty, Tom Glavine, was almost flawless in a 3 hit CG Shutout. The big blow occurred in the first inning as Klesko hit a grand slam to spot Glaving 4 runs.
GAME 4: Steve Avery went 7 innings and gave up only 2 runs (1 earned). Brad Clontz pitched the final 2 scoreless innings to notch the save. The big story was Ryan Klesko hitting his 4th homer in 4 consecutive games, which is a KOD record. Klesko went 7-14, 4HR and 7 RBI in the series. Cards made 3 huge errors to open the floodgates in this one.
Offensive stars: Orlando Cepeda is hitting .375 and Chipper Jones is hitting at a .563 clip.