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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 4Game Played on Sunday, May 7, 1972 (Day game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 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. |
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