Held to five hits, the Braves bunched four of them for four runs in the third inning and succeeded in defeating the Cubs, 4-3. Felix Millan led off with a single and was forced by Marty Perez. After George Stone sacrificed, Ralph Garr singled to score Perez. Dusty Baker followed with a two-run homer.

Hank Aaron then walked and scored what proved to be the winning run on a double by Darrell Evans. The Cubs were held to six hits by Stone, but chased him in the ninth when Jim Hickman walked and Ron Santo homered. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      6, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   3  6  1
Braves       0  0  4    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  5  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cardenal rf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .278      Garr rf               3   1   2   1     0   1   .318
Kessinger ss          3   1   1   0     1   0   .259      Baker cf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .320
Williams lf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .316      Aaron 1b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .259
Hickman 1b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .285      Evans 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .262
Santo 3b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .296      Williams c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Popovich 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Lum lf                2   0   0   0     2   1   .255
Monday cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Millan 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Hundley c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Perez ss              2   1   0   0     1   0   .222
  Pepitone ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .140      Stone p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Hands p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  North ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .133
  McGinn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Fanzone ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     2   6             Totals               25   4   5   4     5   5

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  8,863
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Braves 5
DP: Cubs 3, Braves 1
Errors: Santo
Doubles: Williams (15), Evans (7)
Home Runs: Santo (10), Baker (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Stone 2 (4)
GIDP: Santo (9), Aaron (9), Baker (1)
Hit by Pitch: Monday (1,by Stone), Garr (4,by McGinn)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hands L(6-6)            4     5   4   4   2   0   1  17   3.42
McGinn                  3     0   0   0   2   3   0  12   4.05
Hamilton                1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   1.17
Totals                  8     5   4   4   5   5   1  33

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(2-6)            8     6   3   3   2   6   1  32   6.57
Upshaw SV(7)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.66
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   6   1  35

Hit by Pitch: McGinn (2), Stone (2)

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


CUBS 1ST: Cardenal struck out; Kessinger walked; Williams flied
out to right; Hickman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to second; Baker flied out to center;
Aaron grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Garr out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

CUBS 2ND: Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); Popovich
grounded out (pitcher to first); Monday was hit by a pitch;
Hundley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Williams
grounded out (third to first); Lum grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

CUBS 3RD: Hands struck out; Cardenal struck out; Kessinger flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Millan singled to shortstop; Perez forced Millan
(second to shortstop); Stone out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Perez to second]; Garr singled to center [Perez
scored]; Baker homered [Garr scored]; Aaron walked; Evans
doubled to left [Aaron scored]; Williams popped to first in foul
territory; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 4.

CUBS 4TH: Williams doubled to right; Hickman flied to right in
foul territory; Santo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Popovich flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Braves 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum walked; Millan forced Lum (shortstop to second);
Perez lined into a double play (second to first) [Millan out at
first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 4.

CUBS 5TH: Monday flied out to left; Hundley struck out; NORTH
BATTED FOR HANDS; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: MCGINN REPLACED NORTH (PITCHING); Stone was called
out on strikes; Garr was hit by a pitch; Baker grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garr out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Braves 4.

CUBS 6TH: Cardenal singled to center; Kessinger forced Cardenal
(third to second); Williams singled to center [Kessinger to
second]; Hickman singled to left [Kessinger scored, Williams to
second]; Santo grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Hickman out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Aaron struck out; Evans flied out to left; Williams
reached on an error by Santo [Williams to first]; Lum walked
[Williams to second]; Millan forced Lum (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 4.

CUBS 7TH: Popovich grounded out (pitcher to first); Monday
grounded out (first unassisted); Hundley popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Perez walked; Stone out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Perez to second]; Garr struck out; Baker lined to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 4.

CUBS 8TH: FANZONE BATTED FOR MCGINN; Fanzone flied out to left;
Cardenal popped to third in foul territory; Kessinger singled to
center; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: HAMILTON REPLACED FANZONE (PITCHING); Aaron popped
to catcher in foul territory; Evans struck out; Williams walked;
Lum struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 4.

CUBS 9TH: Hickman walked; Santo homered [Hickman scored]; UPSHAW
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Popovich grounded out (second to
first); Monday grounded out (second to first); PEPITONE BATTED
FOR HUNDLEY; Pepitone flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubs 3, Braves 4.