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Friday June 9, 1972
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A triple by Larry Bowa in the eighth inning and a single by Pete Koegel gave the Phillies a 4-3 victory over the Braves. Chris Short was the winner on only one pitch, retiring Darrell Evans in the top half of the eighth after relieving Barry Lersch with two on base and two out. [The Sporting News]


Philadelphia Phillies 4, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Friday, June 9, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Braves       0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  6  0
Phillies     1  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   4 12  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .299      Doyle 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .278
Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Gamble rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .188
Aaron 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .190
Carty lf              3   2   3   0     1   0   .320        Champion pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Brown pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Williams c            3   0   1   1     1   0   .256      Montanez cf           4   1   1   1     1   1   .215
Baker cf              4   1   2   2     0   0   .303      Luzinski lf           4   0   2   0     1   0   .295
Evans 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .286      Hutton 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .271
Perez ss              3   0   0   0     1   1   .229        Short p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nash p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Browne ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Breazeale ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Money 3b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .238
  Stone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McCarver c            3   0   1   1     1   1   .211
  Casanova ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .133      Bowa ss               4   1   3   0     0   0   .246
                                                          Reynolds p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stone ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .216
                                                            Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Koegel 1b           1   0   1   1     0   0   .231

Totals               32   3   6   3     5   6             Totals               32   4  12   4     7   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 17,082
Left on Base: Braves 7, Phillies 13
DP: Braves 0, Phillies 1
Doubles: Carty (8), Williams (10), Luzinski (11), McCarver (8)
Triples: Bowa (5)
Home Runs: Baker (2), Montanez (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Doyle (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Doyle (3)
GIDP: Williams (7)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nash                    6     8   3   3   5   1   1  29   5.14
Stone L(0-4)            2     4   1   1   2   3   0  12   9.64
Totals                  8    12   4   4   7   4   1  41

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reynolds                6     5   3   3   4   3   1  26   2.88
Lersch                  1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.57
Short W(1-1)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86
Hoerner SV(3)           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.08
Totals                  9     6   3   3   5   6   1  37

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor


BRAVES 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Millan struck out (catcher
to first); Aaron flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Doyle grounded out (catcher to first); Gamble
popped to third in foul territory; Montanez homered; Luzinski
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
0, Phillies 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Carty singled to center; Williams grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Carty out at second];
Baker singled to center; Evans walked [Baker to second]; Perez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Hutton grounded out (second to first); Money
grounded out (third to first); McCarver walked; Bowa singled to
pitcher [McCarver to second]; Reynolds flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Phillies 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Nash grounded out (third to first); Garr was called
out on strikes; Millan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Doyle singled to center; Doyle was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Gamble walked; Montanez forced Gamble
(first to shortstop); Luzinski doubled to left [Montanez out at
home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Phillies 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Aaron popped to second; Carty doubled to right;
Williams doubled to center [Carty scored]; Baker grounded out
(third to first); Evans popped to third in foul territory; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hutton popped to second; Money singled to
shortstop; McCarver flied out to left; Bowa singled to center
[Money to second]; Reynolds popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Phillies 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Perez walked; Nash struck out; Garr flied out to
left; Millan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Doyle flied out to center; Gamble popped to
shortstop; Montanez walked; Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Phillies 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Aaron popped to catcher in foul territory; Carty
walked; Williams flied out to left; Baker homered [Carty
scored]; Evans walked; Perez forced Evans (second to shortstop);
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hutton walked; Money singled to left [Hutton to
second]; McCarver doubled to right [Hutton scored, Money to
third]; Bowa popped to third; STONE BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Stone
was walked intentionally; Doyle hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Money scored]; Gamble struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
3, Phillies 3.

BRAVES 7TH: LERSCH REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); BREAZEALE BATTED
FOR NASH; Breazeale struck out; Garr grounded out (pitcher to
first); Millan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
3, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: STONE REPLACED BREAZEALE (PITCHING); Montanez
struck out; Luzinski singled to right; Hutton singled to right
[Luzinski to second]; Money struck out; McCarver was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 3, Phillies 3.

BRAVES 8TH: Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
singled to right; BROWN RAN FOR CARTY; Williams walked [Brown to
second]; Baker flied out to left [Brown to third]; SHORT
REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); KOEGEL REPLACED LERSCH (PLAYING 1B);
Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 3, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bowa tripled to
left; Koegel singled to center [Bowa scored]; Doyle out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Koegel to second]; JOHNSON
BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Johnson was walked intentionally; CHAMPION
RAN FOR JOHNSON; Montanez flied out to left; Luzinski was walked
intentionally [Koegel to third, Champion to second]; BROWNE
BATTED FOR SHORT; Browne flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Braves 3, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 9TH: HOERNER REPLACED CHAMPION (PITCHING); BROWNE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Perez was called out on strikes; CASANOVA
BATTED FOR STONE; Casanova struck out; Garr flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Phillies 4.



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