With the Blue Jays three outs away from baseball history, Gaston again turned to his closer Tom Henke. He and his fellow relievers had not given up an earned run in the previous 77 postseason innings to this point, and the Blue Jays had also not blown any of their save opportunities in the ALCS or World Series. Jeff Blauser led off the inning with a single and with Damon Berryhill batting next, Braves manager Bobby Cox called for a sacrifice bunt. Berryhill, who had not been called on to sacrifice to advance a runner in either the regular season or the NLCS and also had a failed bunt attempt in a crucial point in game 4, did as he was asked and successfully Blauser moved into scoring position with one out. Cox then called Lemke back to the dugout and sent up Lonnie Smith, whose home rn in Game 5 clinched the victory and gave Atlanta the opportunity to play Game 6, to pinch hit. Smith got behind 0-2 but battled back to work the count full and drew a walk on the eighth pitch of the at bat.