European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Braves win 1 -0, tie series National league playoffs �?~1 was just having fun a Steve Avery says after win Over pirates. By Ben Walker Pittsburgh a Steve Avery  rattle and neither would the Atlanta braves. Avery at 21 too Young to know the braves done twin in october again it itched with poise thursday night As at Anta beat the Pittsburgh pirates 1-0 a with a chop naturally a to Send the no playoffs South and tied at one game each. A i was just having fun a Avery said. A How can you not enjoy having 100 million people watching you a Mark Lemkes two Hopper eluded sure handed third baseman Steve Bue Chele for an rib double in the sixth inning and that was enough barely. Avery got game 1 hero Andy Van Slyke on a grounder with runners on first and third to end the eighth. Then Alejan Dro Pena lived up to his role As the braves Saver and Savior in the ninth by retiring Buechele on a grounder Ana striking out Pinch hitter Curtis Wilkerson with a runner on third to end the game. Avery and Atlanta stopped the braves 10-game postseason losing Streak one Short of the Philadelphia Phillies record skid. Avery gave up six hits in s a innings struck out nine and unlike Tom Glavine in the opener shut Down Pittsburgh a Middle of the order for the most part. A no he did no to look rattled. Did he look rattled to you a Van Slyke said. A a he a Young enough to almost have a  the baby Brave was the youngest Pitcher to Start a playoff game since Bret Saberhagen in 1984, and the youngest in the no since Fernando Valenzuela in 1981. Not that Avery pitched like a Rookie which he a not. He was 18-8 with two victories Over Pittsburgh this year after o 3-11 last season with two losses to rates. A it was just too much Steve Avery a Leyland said. A we probably could be played two More hours and not scored against him. It was the Best stuff in be seen this  \ still the pirates who led the majors in come from behind victories almost pulled out another one in the ninth. Bobby Bonilla led off with a double making him 6 for 12 lifetime against Avery. That brought up Bany Bonds and with the pirates Star showing no signs of Bunting he popped up to shortstop. Braves manager Bobby Cox Felt that was enough for Avery and summoned Pena. He immediately put himself in further trouble with a wild pitch that sent Bonilla to third but that was As far As the pirate got. Pena 12 for 12 in save situations since being acquired from the new York mets in late August got Buechele on a grounder Back to the Mound and fanned Wilkerson batting for Don Slaught on three pitches to finish the first 1-0 playoff game since St. Louis beat san Francisco in 1987. The braves rushed to the Mound to celebrate and ran off the Field signalling with Tomahawk chops. A fall we could be asked for was a split a Avery said. A we did no to score a lot of runs but we  Avery As he did All during Atlanta a stretch run when he beat the los an Beck fires pea record tying 59 Las vegas a Chip Beck shot a 13-under-Par 59 Friday and tied pro Golf Sall time Low score for 18 holes in the third round of the Las vegas invitational. Beck scored his 13th Birdie of the round with a 2-foot putt on the ninth Hole a his 18th of the Day a at the Sunrise Golf club. The Only other sub-60 score in the history of the pea tour was a 59 by a1 Geiberger in the second round of the 1977 Memphis classic. Geiberger a Effort was achieved on the much longer and much More difficult colonial country club course also a Par 72. Sunrise is being used on a one time Only fill in basis this year in the three course rotation for this unique event. The relatively Flat course is less than a year old is listed at 6,914 Yards but plays much Shorter in the dry desert air. Jim Colbert the designer and co owner of the Sunrise course said a it May the stars and stripes october 12,1991 c Page 28 be a Little Short for these Guys. It was built for the members to play and  Beck played the course in reverse order starting his round from the 10th tee. He played that Side in 7-under-Par 29, then came Home in 30 with birdies on his last three holes. His record Matching Effort was Worth $500,000 in Bonus Money from a hotel Chain. Beck 35, is in his 13th season on the pea tour and has scored three wins. Geles dodgers twice in five Days a including his Only shutout of the season a was in control. The left hander walked his first Batter of the game but if he was nervous it did not show As he struck out the next three batters and walked Only one More. A the sure does no to pitch like a 21-year-old,�?� Catcher Greg Olson said. A the pitched a lot of big games Down the stretch but none were As big As  even the largest crowd in pirates Home history 57,533, did not shake Avery. And when he walked off the Mound after getting Van Slyke in the eighth he punched at the air As a Small Section of braves fans began the teams War chant. It figures to be a lot louder saturday for game 3 in Atlanta in front of the braves frenzied fans. John Smiley 20-8 will Start for Pittsburgh against John Smoltz 14-13. The pirates were baseball a Best Road team this year going 46-32. But they were 0-6 at Fulton county stadium and 3-9 Overall against the braves. A Well we be got to win in Atlanta and we Haven tall year a Leyland said. The braves had not won in the postseason since Warren Spahn beat the new York Yankees in game 4 of the 1958 world series for the then Milwaukee braves. They lost the last three games in that series and were swept in three games in the no playoffs by the mets in 1969, again before Avery was born and St. Louis in 1982. The Phillies set the record for futility by getting swept in the 1915 and 1950 world series and losing three in a Row to Cincinnati in the 1976 playoffs. Zane Smith matched zeros with Avery and even escaped a bases loaded none out Jam in the second inning. He did it partly by striking out Avery who earlier this season became the first Pitcher to get four hits since 1988. In the sixth though the braves broke through. David Justice led off with a single and moved to second on Olson a one out grounder setting up the games critical play. Smith worked carefully with Lenke who had singled sharply and flied to the warning track. On a 3-2 pitch Lemke hit a chopper near the third base bag As Buechele and Justice both approached. Buechele acquired in a Trade with Texas in August had already set an Al record this year for the Best Fielding season by a third baseman. But this time he did not get the Job done. Inside sports Penn state is. Miami on to a Page 22 Csc playoff preview local Roundup a Page 25 Torborg signs As mets manager a Page 25 Zeier named starting Georgia a a a Page 26