The Cardinals ripped off five straight hits without a batter being retired in a ninth-inning rally and scored three runs to defeat the Braves, 5-4. After the Braves counted twice in the top half of the ninth to take a 4-2 lead, Ted Simmons started the comeback with a double and Joe Hague, Ed Crosby, Jose Cruz and Mike Fiore followed with successive singles. Fiore's hit, driving in the winning run, was his first in the N. L. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 5, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Sunday, May       7, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 10  0
Cardinals    1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  3  -   5 13  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Millan 2b             5   1   2   1     0   0   .269      Brock lf              4   1   3   0     0   0   .321
Garr cf,lf            4   1   3   2     1   0   .318      Melendez cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Carty lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .353      Alou rf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .342
  Baker cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .103      Torre 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .369
Cepeda 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .429      Simmons c             4   1   1   0     0   1   .288
Williams 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Hague 1b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .275
  Garrido 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spinks pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .273
Lum rf                3   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Crosby ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .310
Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .136      Maxvill 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Perez ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .276        Cruz ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .273
Reed p                3   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Cleveland p           3   0   0   0     0   0   .067
  Evans ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .233        Fiore ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .333
  Stone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  10   3     3   2             Totals               33   5  13   5     1   2

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 11,773
Left on Base: Braves 8, Cardinals 7
DP: Braves 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Melendez 2
Doubles: Reed (1), Simmons (3)
Home Runs: Garr (3), Hague (2)
Stolen Bases: Garr (5), Brock 2 (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Melendez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Alou (1)
GIDP: Casanova (4), Simmons (1), Torre (4)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed                    8     8   2   2   1   2   1  31   5.54
Stone                   0     1   1   1   0   0   0   1  14.85
Niekro L(3-3)           0     3   2   2   0   0   0   3   2.88
Schueler                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8    13   5   5   1   2   1  36

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(3-0)        9    10   4   3   3   2   1  39   3.03
Totals                  9    10   4   3   3   2   1  39

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Lee Weyer


BRAVES 1ST: Millan flied out to right; Garr singled to center;
Carty singled to center [Garr to third]; Cepeda struck out;
Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second;
Melendez flied out to right [Brock to third]; Alou hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Brock scored]; Torre singled to left;
Simmons struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum grounded out (pitcher to first); Casanova
grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hague popped to first; Crosby flied out to
center; Maxvill struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Reed grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
singled to shortstop; Garr homered [Millan scored]; Carty popped
to second; Cepeda grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Cleveland popped to shortstop; Brock singled to
second; Melendez flied out to right; Brock stole second; Alou
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Williams flied out to center; Lum grounded out
(second to first); Casanova flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre walked; Simmons grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Torre out at second]; Hague
homered; Crosby singled to right; Maxvill forced Crosby (second
to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Reed doubled
to right; Millan flied out to center; Garr popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Cleveland flied out to center; Brock flied out to
left; Melendez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
2, Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Carty grounded out (first unassisted); Cepeda
singled to center; Williams singled to center [Cepeda to third,
Williams to second (error by Melendez)]; Lum was walked
intentionally; Casanova grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Lum out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Alou singled to right; Torre grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Alou out at second];
Simmons grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Perez flied out to center; Reed grounded out
(pitcher to first); Millan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Hague singled to right; Crosby flied out to
center; Maxvill flied out to left; Cleveland flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Garr singled to shortstop; Carty flied out to
center; Garr stole second; Cepeda grounded out (third to first);
Williams popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: Brock singled to right; Melendez out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Brock to second]; Alou
grounded out (second to first) [Brock to third]; Torre popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Cardinals 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Lum grounded out (first unassisted); Casanova struck
out; Perez singled to left; EVANS BATTED FOR REED; Evans walked
[Perez to second]; Millan singled to center [Perez scored, Evans
scored (error by Melendez) (unearned) (no RBI), Millan to
second]; Garr was walked intentionally; Carty popped to first in
foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: GARR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BAKER
REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING CF); STONE REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING);
GARRIDO REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING 3B); Simmons doubled to
center; NIEKRO REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Hague singled to
center [Simmons scored]; SPINKS RAN FOR HAGUE; Crosby singled to
right [Spinks to third]; CRUZ BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Cruz singled
to right [Spinks scored, Crosby to third]; FIORE BATTED FOR
CLEVELAND; SCHUELER REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Fiore singled to
center [Crosby scored, Cruz to second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 4, Cardinals 5.