2010-11 Holiday Festivus Tourny

GAME 4 - Fulton County Stadium - BKN 9, ATL 8
Preacher Roe vs Denny Neagle
Braves manager Douglas Zaner eloquently called this game, "The Turning Point".  After an explosive 5 run outburst in the bottom of the 7th inning Atlanta looked to have this game put away.  With the score 8-5 and Brooklyn's hopes seemingly crushed the suspect pen of the Braves gave 4 runs back in the top of the 8th.  Greg McMichael and Mark Wohlers combined in their generosity.  Between the two they could only get 1 out.  Brad Clontz came on to bail them out and he too couldn't get an out.  It wasn't until Pedro Borbon Jr. got Duke Snider to hit into a DP did the inning end.  Just like that Atlanta went from the brink of going up 3-1 in the series to allowing Brooklyn to get right back into it with the series now tied at 2. The heart of the Dodger order (3-4-5) was unstoppable.  Jackie Robinson (2-4, 2 RBI), Carl Furillo (4-5, 3 RBI) and Duke Snider (2-5, RBI) broke the collective backs of the Brave pen.  Jermaine Dye made two huge errors in the outfield, which could not be made up by his good (2-4, RBI) day at the plate.  Snider hit Brooklyn's lone homer on the day.  Atlanta wasted 4 round trippers (Lopez, Dye, Blauser & Klesko).  Ben Wade notched the win for Brooklyn even though he gave up a run in his only inning of work.  Jim Hughes finished out the game allowing just 1 hit and no runs to protect Brooklyn's 1 run lead over the final 2 frames.
Series tied 2-2