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ESPN BASEBALL TONIGHT — 1934 NLCS GAME 3 RECAP
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS AT ATLANTA BRAVES — 10/18/1934

JON MILLER:
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. We are live from Truist Park in Atlanta, and the San Francisco Giants have just put on one of the most outrageous offensive performances you’ll ever see in postseason history.
JOE MORGAN:
I mean, it wasn’t just a beatdown. It was a baseball clinic. A demolition derby. A complete, utter obliteration.
MILLER:
And the man at the center of it all? Last year’s MVP, Edgar Perdomo. He goes 3-for-6 with THREE HOME RUNS, five RBIs, and three runs scored. The Giants scored 24 runs—TWENTY-FOUR—on 23 hits.
MORGAN:
And that’s the thing, Jon. It wasn’t like they got lucky. This was pure, consistent damage. You don’t get 24 runs without the whole lineup being locked in. This wasn’t a one-man show—Perdomo was the headline, but the supporting cast was screaming.
MILLER:
Atlanta struck first—Jesus Rivera with a first-inning homer. Braves up 1–0.
MORGAN:
And you’d think, “Alright, we’ve got a ballgame.” But then the Giants respond in the second inning, and that’s where the whole thing turns into a circus.
MILLER:
That second inning—Guillermo Barela hits a two-run single, and the Giants explode. The scoring just never stops.
MORGAN:
They weren’t just hitting—they were punishing. This was the kind of game where you look at the pitcher and you say, “Please, just make it through the inning.” But Atlanta couldn’t.
MILLER:
And then the 4th inning. Perdomo’s first homer of the day, a two-run shot off H. Garcia. The Braves are just trying to survive at that point.
MORGAN:
You know, when Perdomo hit that first homer, I didn’t think, “Okay, here comes three.” I thought, “Oh no, they’re about to get dismantled.”
MILLER:
And it only got worse. By the 5th inning, the Giants had five more runs, including Barela’s second homer, and suddenly it’s 14–5.
MORGAN:
At that point, it wasn’t even about winning. It was about damage control for Atlanta. Like, “How do we keep this from becoming a total embarrassment?”
MILLER:
They couldn’t. They couldn’t.
MORGAN:
And Perdomo, of course, isn’t done. His second homer comes in the 7th inning. No one is safe. No one is spared.
MILLER:
Then in the 9th inning, he finishes the hat trick—his third home run, and the Giants close it out at 24–5.
FINAL SCORE:
San Francisco Giants 24 — Atlanta Braves 5
Giants lead series 3–0
MORGAN:
Let me tell you what this is: this is a statement. This is a message. This is a team saying, “We are not just the better team — we are the dominant team.”
MILLER:
And Perdomo—last year’s MVP—just reminded everyone why he won that award. This wasn’t a performance. This was a postseason masterpiece.
MILLER:
And we’ll be back tomorrow, right here in Atlanta, for Game 4. Can the Braves stop the bleeding?
MORGAN:
At this point, Jon, they’re not trying to win. They’re trying to survive.