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Sunday June 4, 1972
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Darrell Evans batted in five runs and Ron Schueler pitched 6 1/3 innings of three-hit relief as the Braves defeated the Mets, 9-3, before a Shea Stadium crowd of 52,216. Evans drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the third inning and homered for his other RBIs with two aboard in the fourth. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 9, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Sunday, June 4, 1972 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Braves       2  0  3    4  0  0    0  0  0  -   9 12  1
Mets         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  6  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Millan 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Harrelson ss          2   1   0   0     2   2   .228
Garr rf               3   2   0   0     2   1   .307        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Aaron 1b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .237        Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Carty lf              5   2   3   1     0   0   .306      Martinez 2b,ss        3   0   0   0     1   1   .239
  Lum lf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Agee cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .297
Williams c            4   1   1   0     1   2   .258      Staub rf              4   1   2   2     0   0   .317
Baker cf              3   2   1   2     1   1   .316      Milner lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .294
Evans 3b              4   1   2   5     1   0   .279      Jones 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Perez ss              5   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Garrett 3b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .222
Nash p                2   0   1   1     0   0   .333      Grote c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .246
  Schueler p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Matlack p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .136
                                                            Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Koosman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Boswell ph,2b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .173

Totals               38   9  12   9     5   5             Totals               31   3   6   3     6   7

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 52,216
Left on Base: Braves 8, Mets 7
DP: Braves 2, Mets 0
Errors: Garr
Doubles: Carty (6), Perez (8)
Home Runs: Evans (8), Staub (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Baker (3)
GIDP: Matlack (1), Agee (8)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nash                    2.2   3   2   2   4   0   1  13   5.32
Schueler W(2-1)         6.1   3   1   1   2   7   0  24   2.37
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   7   1  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(6-1)          2.1   5   5   5   4   0   0  16   2.55
Taylor                  1.2   4   4   4   1   0   1  10   6.08
Koosman                 3     1   0   0   0   3   0  10   5.79
Frisella                2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.61
Totals                  9    12   9   9   5   5   1  44

Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


BRAVES 1ST: Millan grounded out (third to first); Garr walked;
Aaron singled to center [Garr to third]; Carty doubled to right
[Garr scored, Aaron to third]; Williams was walked
intentionally; Baker hit a sacrifice fly to center [Aaron
scored]; Evans walked [Carty to third, Williams to second];
Perez forced Evans (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 2, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Martinez popped to third; Agee
singled to right [Harrelson to second]; Staub flied to center;
Milner lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets
0.

BRAVES 2ND: Nash flied to left; Millan popped to first in foul
territory; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
walked; Grote singled to right [Garrett to third]; Matlack
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Grote out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Aaron grounded out (third to first); Carty singled
to right; Williams singled to center [Carty to third, Williams
to second (on throw)]; Baker was walked intentionally; Evans
singled to left [Carty scored, Williams scored, Baker to
second]; TAYLOR REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Perez flied to
left; Nash singled to left [Baker scored, Evans to third];
Millan forced Nash (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 5, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson walked; Martinez walked [Harrelson to
second]; Agee grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Harrelson to third, Martinez out at second]; Staub
homered [Harrelson scored]; SCHUELER REPLACED NASH (PITCHING);
Milner popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Mets 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Garr walked; Aaron flied to center; Carty singled to
center [Garr to third]; Williams popped to second; Baker singled
[Garr scored, Carty to second]; Evans homered [Carty scored,
Baker scored]; Perez popped to second; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 9, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Jones was called out on strikes; Garrett singled to
right; Grote struck out; MARSHALL BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Marshall
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 2.

BRAVES 5TH: KOOSMAN REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Schueler
grounded out (third to first); Millan grounded out (pitcher to
first); Garr was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 9, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Harrelson was called out on strikes; Martinez grounded
out (third to first); Agee popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Aaron popped to shortstop; Carty grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Milner singled
to right; Jones flied to right; Garrett walked [Milner to
second]; Grote was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 9, Mets 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Baker grounded out (first unassisted); Evans
grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez doubled to left; Schueler
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR KOOSMAN; Boswell flied to right;
Harrelson struck out; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 9, Mets 2.

BRAVES 8TH: BOSWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MARTINEZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); FRISELLA REPLACED HARRELSON
(PITCHING); Millan singled; Garr grounded out (catcher to first)
[Millan to second]; Aaron singled [Millan to third]; Carty
forced Aaron (third to second); Williams struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: LUM REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Agee walked; Staub
singled to right [Agee to third (error by Garr)]; Milner
grounded out (second to first) [Agee scored, Staub to second];
Jones flied to center; Garrett flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 3.

BRAVES 9TH: Baker struck out; Evans grounded out (second to
first); Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: Grote flied to left; Boswell flied to right; KRANEPOOL
BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Kranepool flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 3.



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