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 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       6, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       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.