An error by Wayne Garrett opened the gates for three unearned runs in the eighth inning and enabled the Braves to defeat the Mets, 11-7. Earl Williams homered for the Braves, but the Mets had round-trippers by John Milner, Garrett, Rusty Staub and Ken Boswell to help them take a 7-4 lead. Atlanta Braves 8, New York Mets 7Game Played on Monday, June 12, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumMets 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 - 7 7 3 Braves 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 x - 8 9 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Agee cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .275 Millan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Harrelson ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .227 Garr rf,lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .298 Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Aaron 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .234 Milner lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .291 Carty lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .318 Staub rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .305 Jackson pr,cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .270 Evans 3b 3 2 0 0 1 1 .279 Boswell 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .182 Williams c 3 2 2 1 1 0 .262 Garrett 3b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .195 Baker cf,rf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .304 Dyer c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .327 Perez ss 2 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Gentry p 2 0 1 2 0 0 .120 Lum ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .244 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Garrido ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .162 Cepeda ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .318 Hardin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Upshaw p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 7 7 7 4 6 Totals 33 8 9 5 2 7 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 16,349 Left on Base: Mets 4, Braves 4 DP: Mets 0, Braves 1 Errors: Agee 2, Garrett, Perez Home Runs: Milner (6), Garrett (1), Staub (9), Boswell (2), Williams (6) Caught Stealing: Baker (1) Sacrifice Hits: Gentry (1) Sacrifice Flies: Baker (4) GIDP: Dyer (2) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gentry 6.1 4 4 3 2 5 1 25 3.45 McGraw L(3-2) 1.2 5 4 1 0 2 0 11 1.50 Totals 8 9 8 4 2 7 1 36 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 7 5 5 4 3 6 2 30 3.68 Hardin 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2.84 Upshaw W(1-1) 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 7 3.00 Totals 9 7 7 6 4 6 4 38 Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Dick Stello METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson was called out on strikes; Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Millan grounded out (second to first); Garr struck out; Aaron popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones flied to right; Boswell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Carty flied to right; Evans was called out on strikes; Williams walked; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. METS 3RD: Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Dyer singled to left; Gentry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Dyer to second]; Agee was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Perez struck out; Niekro popped to third in foul territory; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. METS 4TH: Harrelson flied to center; Milner homered; Staub popped to third in foul territory; Jones struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Garr lined to second; Aaron flied to center; Carty was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Braves 0. METS 5TH: Boswell flied to center; Garrett homered; Dyer flied to left; Gentry grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Evans popped to shortstop; Williams homered; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez singled to right; Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. METS 6TH: Agee struck out; Harrelson flied to left; Milner popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: Millan popped to catcher in foul territory; Garr flied to center; Aaron popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. METS 7TH: Staub walked; Jones walked [Staub to second]; Boswell grounded out (first unassisted) [Staub to third, Jones to second]; Garrett was walked intentionally; Dyer forced Staub (pitcher to catcher) [Jones to third, Garrett to second]; Gentry singled to left [Jones scored, Garrett scored, Dyer to second]; Agee reached on an error by Perez [Dyer to third, Gentry to second]; Harrelson singled [Dyer scored (unearned), Gentry to third, Agee to second]; Milner was called out on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: Carty grounded out (second to first); Evans walked; Williams singled to left [Evans to second]; Baker singled to center [Evans scored, Williams to second]; LUM BATTED FOR PEREZ; MCGRAW REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Lum singled to center [Williams scored, Baker scored (error by Agee) (unearned) (no RBI), Lum to third]; CEPEDA BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Cepeda struck out; Millan struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Braves 4. METS 8TH: GARRIDO REPLACED LUM (PLAYING SS); HARDIN REPLACED CEPEDA (PITCHING); Staub homered; UPSHAW REPLACED HARDIN (PITCHING); Jones grounded out (second to first); Boswell homered; Garrett walked; Dyer grounded into a double play (second to second to first) [Garrett out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Braves 4. BRAVES 8TH: Garr singled; Aaron singled to right [Garr to third]; Carty singled to right [Garr scored, Aaron to third]; JACKSON RAN FOR CARTY; Evans reached on an error by Garrett [Aaron scored (unearned) (no RBI), Jackson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Evans to third]; Williams grounded out (third to first); Baker reached on an error by Agee on a sacrifice fly [Evans scored (unearned), Baker to first]; Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Garrido singled to left; Upshaw forced Garrido (shortstop unassisted); 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Mets 7, Braves 8. METS 9TH: JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GARR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Kranepool popped to second; Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); MARSHALL BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Marshall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Braves 8. |
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