European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Chop chop chop braves head Back to dome after 7 4-5 win Home sweep the stars and stripes Orts october 26,1991 Page 28 by Ben Walker Atlanta a the Atlanta braves made it look easy for a change. Now Conics the hardest part. The braves breezed within one game of the world series championship thursday night blowing away Minnesota 14-5 when Lonnie Smith and David Justice homered again and Mark Lomke hit two More triples. Justice drove in five runs Smith world series game 5 became the first player since Reggie Jackson in 1977 to Homer in three straight series games and Brian Hunter also homered As Atlanta ripped 17 hits in taking a three games to two Edge. It was the third highest score by one team in series history and the biggest offensive show in 31 years since the new York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh pirates 16-3 in game 2 of 1960. It followed two straight games in which the braves won in their final at Bat on close plays at the plate and it gave the crowd of 50,878 one last Chance to chop chant and cheer. A we fell we owed the fans something. We wanted to thank them for supporting us All year. We wanted to take the Tine to show we appreciated them a Ron Gant said after getting three hits and scoring three times. A it did t Surprise me we scored that Many runs a he said. A but this is the kind of game we needed. We needed to break  now though the braves have to leave the Southern Comfort for Minnesota a great indoors As they aim for their first series championship since they were in Milwaukee in 1957. Minnesota is 0-9 in series Road games and the twins have lost a record 14 straight dating to the 1925 series when the franchise was in Washington but they Are 6-0 at Home in the metro Doc including two wins last week. Quot we know its going to be Tough a Justice said. Quot they re a different team at Home. Now they la have the do. But i think we Cun win one of two up  the braves became the eighth world series team to win three in a Row after dropping the first two. Six of those previous seven teams went on to win the title a the glaring exception being the 1987 St. Louis cardinals who went to Minnesota and got stung twice by the twins in the Only world series where the Home team won every game. Quot All 1 know is its the same scenario setting up As in 1987,�?� twins manager Tom Kelly said. A hopefully it will be the same  Steve Avery the no playoff map will face Scott Erickson in game 6 saturday night. They were the starters in game 3, and neither got a decision on a Day the braves won 5-4 in 12 innings. The braves led 5-0 after five innings before the twins chased a suddenly wild Tom Glavine with three runs in the sixth. Atlanta broke it open with a six run seventh triggered by Smiths Ludoff Homer it and added three More in the eighth with Hunters Homer putting an exclamation Point on the evening. A a in a sure they a like to stay Here a Minnesota a Kent Hrbek said a a in be had enough of Atlanta. The whole teams had  the braves however  get enough. Justices Homer off the lop of the left t l m 1 or a 1 n Atlanta braves David Justice and Ron Gant do the a Tomahawk chop in the dugout during a six run seventh inning  sports today a College games on to a Page 22 world series Box score a Page 23 redskins picked Over giants a Page 25 monarchs cheer Olaf decision a Page 27 Field Fence and just beyond Dan Gladden a leap touched off a four run burst in the fourth that saw the braves hit for the Cycle in a Span of Only five batters. The spurt featured a single that hit a runner a triple off Chili Davis Glove in right Field and Rafael billiard a a rally capping rib double. F Atlanta added a run in the fifth on justices rib grounder giving Glavine two More runs than he got in his previous three postseason starts combined. But Glavine after pitching like a 20-game Winner for five innings suddenly fell apart in the sixth. And it was Glavine not the twins hitters who was the biggest culprit a he walked four batters including two with the bases loaded. �?o1 tried to relax too much a Glavine said. A i think i was using reverse psychology on myself. I told myself to relax done to do this done to do that. But each pitch was going outside More and More and was compounding the  Kent Mercker relieved with the bases still loaded one out and Atlanta ahead 52. He got in rib groundnut from Hrbek now 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position in the series but the braves escaped further damage when Lemke made a nifty pickup of Greg Gagney a hard one Hopper to second. Glavine still wound up with his first Victory after losing his other three postseason starts Kevin Tapani who out pitched Glavine in game 2, stopped Atlanta on a Lone single until the fourth when the game began to come apart. Gant opened with a Sharp single that got the fans cheering and they stayed up when Justice followed with his second Home run of the series. Only two of his 21 homers this year went to the opposite Field and this one made it when it hit the top of the 10-foot Fence inches past Gladden s reach and bounced out. Tapani one of the Best control pitchers in baseball then threw four straight balls to Sid Bream and the braves tried to put on More pressure with a hit and run play Greg Olson did his part but the grounder to the right Side nipped Bream for a single and an out. That brought up the left handed Lemke and he looked out toward right Field where Davis was standing. Davis did not Start in the Outfield All season but with right fielder Shane Mack in an 0-Tor-15 skid and because Davis homered As the do off Glavine in game 2, Kelly started him. Davis who led the Al in errors with California two years ago and Onee tied for the no Lead had not gotten a Ball All evening and had spent the whole night pounding his Glove in anticipation. Then Lemke sent a Long drive his Way. Davis got a late jump and reached the Ball in the right Center Field Gap near the Wall. Davis made a backhanded try but the Ball glanced off his Glove for a triple and a 3-0  hit Only two triples All season but hit his second in two Days and later hit his third. Lemke singled Home the winning run in the 12th inning tuesday night and tripled to set up the winning run in the ninth inning wednesday night. A i guess in a just Lucky a said Lemke who hit .234 hitter for the season but is .438,7 for 16 in the series. Belliard the no. 8 hitter followed Lemke with a double to finish the inning. Singles by Terry Pendleton and Gant plus a hard slide by Gant on justices grounder made it 5-0 in the fifth. Glavine gave Back two runs in the sixth when with one out he walked Chuck Knoblauch allowed a single to Kirby Puckett and walked Davis Brian Harper and Scott Leius in order. At that Point Glavine had thrown eight straight balls and 16 of 20, and he was done. Smiths Lead off Homer in the seventh Oft David West began a six run barrage. Two walks set up rib singles by Justice and Pinch hitter Hunter and it got uglier for the twins when Lemke lined yet another triple for two More runs and then scored on Belliardo a single for an 11-3 Lead. In the eighth against Carl Willis Pendleton doubled Gant tripled and Justice had another rib grounder. Hunter who replaced Bream earlier hit the next pitch tar Over the left Field Fence for a 14-4 Lead