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A Bat Night crowd of 40,754 saw Joe Torre drive in three runs with a sacrifice fly and homer to lead the Cardinals to a 4-2 victory over the Braves. Hank Aaron smashed the 645th homer of his career for the Braves in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News] St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 2Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 10 0 Cardinals 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 9 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Millan 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .261 Brock lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .299 Garr cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Melendez cf 2 2 1 0 2 0 .286 Aaron rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .270 Alou rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .342 Carty lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .370 Torre 3b 3 1 2 3 0 0 .371 Williams c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .236 Simmons c 3 0 0 1 1 0 .290 Cepeda 1b 4 0 3 1 0 1 .458 Clendenon 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Hague ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Perez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Crosby ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296 McQueen p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Maxvill 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Neibauer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wise p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .353 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Jarvis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Breazeale ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Totals 35 2 10 2 1 2 Totals 30 4 9 4 3 4 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 40,754 Left on Base: Braves 7, Cardinals 6 DP: Braves 2, Cardinals 2 Doubles: Carty (3), Cepeda (2), Brock (1) Triples: Melendez (1) Home Runs: Aaron (6), Torre (2) Sacrifice Flies: Torre (2) GIDP: McQueen (1), Perez (5), Alou (4) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McQueen L(0-1) 4.1 6 4 4 2 2 1 21 5.40 Neibauer 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 6.19 Jarvis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.45 Totals 8 9 4 4 3 4 1 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise W(2-2) 9 10 2 2 1 2 1 36 3.18 Totals 9 10 2 2 1 2 1 36 Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Ken Burkhart BRAVES 1ST: Millan grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Aaron grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock doubled to left; Melendez walked; On a bunt Alou singled [Brock to third, Melendez to second]; Torre hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored, Melendez to third, Alou to second]; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first) [Melendez scored, Alou to third]; Clendenon struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2. BRAVES 2ND: Carty flied out to right; Williams singled to center; Cepeda struck out; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 2ND: Crosby popped to third in foul territory; Maxvill flied out to center; Wise struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2. BRAVES 3RD: Perez singled to left; McQueen grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Perez out at second]; On a bunt Millan singled to third; Garr flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock grounded out (second to first); Melendez tripled to left; Alou flied out to center; Torre homered [Melendez scored]; Simmons flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 4TH: Aaron popped to second; Carty doubled to center; Williams walked; Cepeda singled to left [Carty scored, Williams to second]; Evans singled to right [Williams to third, Cepeda to second]; Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 4TH: Clendenon grounded out (shortstop to first); Crosby flied out to center; Maxvill flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 5TH: McQueen struck out; Millan singled to center; Garr flied out to center; Aaron flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 5TH: Wise singled to left; Brock flied out to center; Melendez walked [Wise to second]; Alou singled to center [Wise to third, Melendez to second]; NEIBAUER REPLACED MCQUEEN (PITCHING); Torre lined into a double play (second to first) [Alou out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 6TH: Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams flied out to left; Cepeda doubled to left; Evans popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 6TH: Simmons walked; HAGUE BATTED FOR CLENDENON; Hague was called out on strikes; Crosby singled to right [Simmons to second]; Maxvill struck out; Wise forced Simmons (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 7TH: HAGUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Perez flied out to center; LUM BATTED FOR NEIBAUER; Lum flied out to center; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 7TH: JARVIS REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Brock singled to right; On a bunt Melendez forced Brock (third to shortstop); Alou grounded into a double play (second to first) [Melendez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 8TH: Garr flied out to center; Aaron homered; Carty grounded out (second to first); Williams flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. CARDINALS 8TH: Torre singled to third; Simmons forced Torre (pitcher to shortstop); Hague popped to third in foul territory; Crosby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 9TH: Cepeda singled to left; Evans popped to shortstop; Perez flied out to right; BREAZEALE BATTED FOR JARVIS; Breazeale forced Cepeda (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cardinals 4. |
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