1995 NLCS Game 4

With the Reds beating the Braves ace Greg Maddux in game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead, the Braves turned to Steve Avery in the hopes that he could help them win the pivotal game 4.

The Reds countered with Pete Schourek on 3 days rest.  The Braves got on board first in the 4th inning behind a leadoff Chipper Jones homerun.  They loaded the bases on three singles with one out, but Schourek got out of the jam, retiring Belliard and Avery.

Avery was magnificent, allowing only two hits and holding the Reds scoreless through the first 7 innings.  A two-out two-run Ron Gant homerun gave the Reds a 2-1 lead and they were only 6 outs away from taking a 3-1 series lead.  Avery finished with a line of 7.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 12 K.

Fred McGriff tied things up in the bottom of the 8th with a solo homerun, his sixth of the postseason, off of Dave Burba.

Things would remain deadlocked until the bottom of the 11th, when Javy Lopez blasted a 2-run walkoff homerun off of Hector Carrasco, sending Braves fans happy and tying up the NLCS at 2 games a piece.