Baseball: Berryhill leads the onslaught

Damon Berryhill's three- run home run in the sixth inning was all the scoring Tom Glavine needed as he threw a complete- game four-hitter to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of the World Series in Atlanta on Saturday.

'It felt outstanding,' said Berryhill, who is playing only because Atlanta's No 1 catcher Greg Olson is injured. Berryhill praised Glavine, saying: 'He had all his pitches working tonight, and that was outstanding.' Glavine yielded no walks while striking out six for Atlanta, who lost the seventh and deciding game of last year's World Series to the Toronto starter Jack Morris, then with the Minnesota Twins.

Morris came in with a 4-0 World Series record with the Detroit Tigers and the Twins and his 10-inning, 1-0 shutout of the Braves last year enhanced his reputation as the ultimate post- season campaigner. But in this game he lost his command.

Morris cruised through the first three innings, but he started falling behind in the fourth. Morris threw 98 pitches in six innings, 44 of them balls.

Berryhill's homer snapped an 18-inning World Series scoreless streak for Morris and a 19-inning World Series scoreless streak for the Braves, both dating back to last year. Joe Carter had given the Jays a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when he homered to left-centre for his third home run in post- season play.