KOD 13 - Tier C Playoffs - Jints win over Braves in 5

10/8/1981 - GAME 1 - Fulton County Stadium
Alexander (2-4) vs Niekro (4-6)
Giants 4, Braves 0

Doyle Alexander spins a complete game 3 hit shutout vs a frustrated Braves lineup.  Alexander was protecting a 1-0 lead until his mates supplied him with 3 insurance runs over the final 2 innings.  Jack Clark had 2 RBI's on one swing of the bat, as he recorded his 13th roundtripper of the season.
Giants lead series 1-0

10/9 - GAME 2
Griffin (3-7) vs Mahler (5-3)
Giants 6, Braves 4

Tom Griffin gave up just 1 run on 5 hits in 6 innings of work.  Fred Breining did his best to get the Braves back into the game by surrendering 3 runs in he 7th to make it a 6-4 ball game.  Al Holland would come to the rescue and get the final out in the 8th and a scoreless 9th for the save.  Darrell Evans hit is 5th homer and went 3 for 5 with 2 RBI's.  Larry Herndon had 2 RBI's as well.
Giants lead series 2-0

10/11 - GAME 3 - Candlestick
Boggs (2-6) vs Blue (4-3)
Braves 6, Giants 4

Atlanta scored early and often, but had to hold on to dear life to avoid elimination.  San Fran scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th off of Rick Camp, which made the game much closer than anyone in the Atlanta dugout wanted.  3 of Atlanta's 13 hits came off the bat of Chris Chambliss, who is no stranger to post season heroics (refer to 1976 ALCS).  Linares, Murphy, Chambliss, Washington and Ramirez all had multi-hit days for the victors.
Giants lead series 2-1

10/12 - GAME 4
Perry (2-7) vs Whitson (2-8)
Braves 14, Giants 2

In their second attempt to close out the series the Giants failed miserably.  Heading into the 5th Ed Whitson was doing a great job protecting a 2-1 lead.  Over the course of the next 5 innings the Braves beat up on the Giants to the tune of 13 runs.  Whitson gave up 5 of those runs.  Rowland was responsible for 1 run and Hargesheimer was victimized for 7.  Bob Horner had one of those magical days at the plate going 5 for 6 with 3 runs scored and 4 RBI.  Horner had a double and a homer to punish the Giants and force a decisive game 5.
Series tied at 2-2

10/13 - GAME 5 - Fulton County Stadium
Alexander (3-6) vs Niekro (4-7)
Giants 7, Braves 1

In a series where the home team was incapable of winning the first 4 games, the series finale would be no different.  The Giants jumped all over future HOF'er Phil Niekro in the top of the first for 4 big runs and never looked back.  Every Giant partook in the 14 hit barrage with both Darrell Evans and Milt May posting 3 hits apiece.  May and Johnny LeMaster each notched 2 RBI's.  Doyle Alexander had himself a shutout until the bottom of the 9th when he gave up a solo run before leaving the game with 1 out to go.  Greg Minton got the final out to put away the Braves.
Giants win series 3-2