Although Hank Aaron hit his 16th homer of the season and 655th of his career, the Braves fell apart on defense with five errors and lost to the Astros, 5-4. Aaron's homer followed a single by Marty Perez in the first inning. Dave Roberts hit a two-run homer for the Astros in the second. Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 4Game Played on Sunday, July 2, 1972 (Day game) at AstrodomeBraves 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 8 5 Astros 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 5 6 2 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Perez ss 3 1 2 0 1 1 .227 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .201 Garr rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Cedeno cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .339 Aaron 1b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .248 Watson lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .312 Carty lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .300 May 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Brown lf 3 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Rader 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .244 Williams 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Miller rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Lum cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Edwards c 2 1 0 0 1 0 .222 Casanova c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .214 Alou ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .288 Garrido 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .300 Howard c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Schueler p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .136 Helms 2b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .261 Jackson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .160 Roberts p 3 1 1 2 0 2 .282 Jarvis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Fenwick pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .184 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Breazeale ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .172 Totals 35 4 8 4 3 11 Totals 27 5 6 5 4 4 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 27,150 Left on Base: Braves 9, Astros 6 DP: Braves 0, Astros 1 Errors: Perez, Aaron, Brown 2, Casanova, Metzger, Rader Doubles: Brown (2), Cedeno (16), Helms (7) Home Runs: Aaron (16), Roberts (2) Caught Stealing: Alou (1) Sacrifice Hits: Perez (2), Metzger (4) Sacrifice Flies: Rader (4), Cedeno (2), Helms (3) GIDP: Aaron (8) Hit by Pitch: Garr (3,by Griffin) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Schueler 6 5 3 2 3 3 1 26 3.05 Jarvis L(6-4) 1.1 1 2 0 0 1 0 7 4.70 Hoerner 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.20 Totals 8 6 5 2 4 4 1 35 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts 7 6 3 2 2 8 1 30 4.11 Griffin W(3-2) 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 10 1.93 Totals 9 8 4 3 3 11 1 40 Hit by Pitch: Griffin (1) Wild Pitches: Jarvis (3), Roberts 2 (7) Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - John McSherry BRAVES 1ST: Perez singled; Roberts threw a wild pitch [Perez to second]; Garr struck out; Aaron homered [Perez scored]; Carty walked; Williams flied out to center; Lum walked [Carty to second]; Casanova struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger grounded out (first to pitcher); Cedeno doubled; Watson walked; May reached on an error by Perez [Cedeno to third, Watson to second, May to first]; Casanova dropped a foul fly hit by Rader for an error; Rader hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cedeno scored (unearned)]; Miller forced May (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 1. BRAVES 2ND: Garrido singled; Roberts threw a wild pitch [Garrido to second]; Schueler struck out; Perez was called out on strikes; Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Edwards walked; Helms was called out on strikes; Roberts homered [Edwards scored]; Metzger walked; Cedeno forced Metzger (third to second); Cedeno was picked off first (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 3RD: Aaron lined to second; Carty struck out; Williams reached on an error by Metzger [Williams to first]; Lum forced Williams (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 3RD: BROWN REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Watson struck out; May made an out to shortstop; Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 4TH: Casanova flied out to left; Garrido grounded out (third to first); Schueler struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 4TH: Miller grounded out (first to pitcher); Edwards made an out to shortstop; Helms doubled; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 5TH: Perez singled; Garr flied out to left; Aaron grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson singled; May singled [Watson to second]; Rader forced May (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 6TH: Brown struck out; Williams struck out; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards grounded out (first unassisted); Helms flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 7TH: Casanova singled; Garrido reached on an error by Rader [Casanova to second, Garrido to first]; JACKSON BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Jackson singled [Casanova scored (unearned), Garrido to second]; Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Garrido to third, Jackson to second]; Garr reached on a fielder's choice [Garrido out at home (shortstop to catcher), Jackson to third]; Aaron forced Garr (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: JARVIS REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Roberts struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; FENWICK RAN FOR ROBERTS; Metzger reached on an error by Aaron on a sacrifice bunt [Fenwick to third, Metzger to second]; Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fenwick scored (unearned)]; Watson grounded out (second to first) [Metzger to third]; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 4. BRAVES 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED FENWICK (PITCHING); Brown doubled; Williams grounded out (third to first); Lum flied out to left; Casanova singled [Brown scored]; Garrido was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: Rader singled to left [Rader to second (error by Brown)]; Miller grounded out (first unassisted) [Rader to third]; HOERNER REPLACED JARVIS (PITCHING); ALOU BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Alou was walked intentionally; Helms hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rader scored (unearned), Alou to third (error by Brown)]; Alou was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 5. BRAVES 9TH: HOWARD REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING C ); BREAZEALE BATTED FOR HOERNER; Breazeale made an out to shortstop; Perez walked; Garr was hit by a pitch [Perez to second]; Aaron struck out; Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 5. |
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