Yielding only two hits, Don Sutton pitched the Dodgers to a 4-0 victory over the Braves. Maury Wills tripled in the first inning for his first hit in 19 times at bat this season and scored on an infield out by Bill Buckner. Sutton worked with that slim lead until the ninth when the Dodgers iced the game with three runs, two scoring on a single by Manny Mota. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April     19, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   4  6  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              4   1   1   0     0   1   .045      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Buckner 1b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .182      Garr rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .348
  Russell pr,rf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Aaron 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .056
Davis cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .400      Williams c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Robinson rf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .133      Carty lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .429
  Mota ph,lf          3   1   1   2     0   0   .462      Evans 3b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .286
Lefebvre 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .350      Lum cf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Crawford lf,rf        4   0   0   0     0   1   .182      Perez ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Parker 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Niekro p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garvey 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .231        Breazeale ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Cannizzaro c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .364        Nash p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               32   4   6   3     1   7             Totals               29   0   2   0     1   2

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  5,391
Left on Base: Dodgers 3, Braves 4
DP: Dodgers 0, Braves 1
Errors: Garvey, Evans 2
Doubles: Carty (1)
Triples: Wills (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (1), Niekro (1)
GIDP: Crawford (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(2-0)           9     2   0   0   1   2   0  31   0.56
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1   2   0  31

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(0-2)           8     3   1   1   0   7   0  28   4.61
Nash                    1     3   3   3   1   0   0   6  11.57
Totals                  9     6   4   4   1   7   0  34

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson


DODGERS 1ST: Wills tripled to center; Buckner grounded out
(second to first) [Wills scored]; Davis struck out; Robinson
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr flied
out to right; Aaron grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Lefebvre flied out to center; Crawford flied out to
right; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams grounded out (third to first); Carty
doubled to right; Evans struck out (catcher to first); Lum flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Cannizzaro made an out to second; Sutton made an
out to first; Wills struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Perez singled to center; Niekro out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Perez to second]; Millan grounded out
(third to first); Garr grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Davis
popped to third in foul territory; MOTA BATTED FOR ROBINSON;
Mota grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: MOTA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CRAWFORD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Aaron struck out; Williams lined to
left; Carty reached on an error by Garvey [Carty to second];
Evans walked; Lum grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Lefebvre struck out (catcher to first); Crawford
flied out to left; Garvey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; Niekro
grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Cannizzaro flied out to center; Sutton flied out to
center; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Aaron flied out
to center; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Buckner singled to left; Davis grounded out (first
unassisted) [Buckner to second]; Mota grounded out (second to
first); Lefebvre made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied
out to center; Lum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Crawford struck out; Garvey singled to right;
Cannizzaro reached on an error by Evans [Garvey to second,
Cannizzaro to first]; Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Garvey to third, Cannizzaro to second]; Wills flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Perez flied out to right; BREAZEALE BATTED FOR
NIEKRO; Breazeale grounded out (second to first); Millan
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Braves 0.

DODGERS 9TH: NASH REPLACED BREAZEALE (PITCHING); Buckner walked;
RUSSELL RAN FOR BUCKNER; Davis singled to third [Russell to
third (error by Evans), Davis to second]; Mota singled to
shortstop [Russell scored, Davis scored]; Lefebvre singled to
shortstop [Mota to third]; Crawford grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Mota scored (no RBI), Lefebvre
out at second]; Garvey flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 9TH: RUSSELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PARKER REPLACED
CRAWFORD (PLAYING 1B); Garr lined to shortstop; Aaron grounded
out (shortstop to first); Williams grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Braves 0.