Cone left the game after six innings and gave way to Todd Stottlemyre, who recorded the first two outs of the seventh, and David Wells, who finished the inning. Duane Ward, who had won Games 2 and 3 of the series, shut down the Braves in the eighth. Avery was pulled after the fourth inning, but Pete Smith, Mike Stanton and Mark Wohlers combined for five scoreless innings and kept the score at 2-1 entering the home half of the ninth inning.