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A wild pitch by Lowell Palmer with the bases loaded and two out in the 15th inning enabled the Braves to defeat the Cardinals, 5-4. Lou Brock had five hits in six trips for the Cardinals. Hank Aaron hit his 658th homer for the Braves, connecting with two men on base in the seventh inning, and also walked five times. Atlanta Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4Game Played on Tuesday, July 11, 1972 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 2
Cardinals 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 0
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Lum rf 7 0 1 1 0 1 .247 Brock lf 6 2 5 0 1 0 .327
Baker cf 7 1 3 0 0 2 .339 Sizemore 2b 6 0 1 1 0 0 .258
Aaron 1b 3 1 1 3 5 1 .257 Alou 1b,rf 7 0 1 0 0 2 .318
Carty lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .296 Torre 3b 7 1 3 1 0 0 .309
Brown pr,lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Simmons c 6 0 0 0 0 0 .288
Evans 3b 6 0 0 0 1 0 .251 Carbo rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .230
Williams c 7 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Clendenon ph,1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .189
Perez ss 7 0 1 0 0 0 .218 Cruz cf 3 1 0 0 0 2 .203
Garrido 2b 4 2 1 0 3 0 .289 Melendez ph,cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .240
Niekro p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Maxvill ss 5 0 0 0 1 0 .228
Jackson ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .161 Santorini p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Hardin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crosby ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236
Upshaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Casanova ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 McNertney ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Jarvis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Breazeale ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Alyea ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .172
Stone p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Cloninger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Anderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 53 5 11 4 12 7 Totals 52 4 11 3 5 5
Time of Game: 4:02 Attendance: 18,712
Left on Base: Braves 17, Cardinals 11
DP: Braves 3, Cardinals 1
Errors: Aaron, Williams
Doubles: Baker (11), Brock (10)
Triples: Torre (3)
Home Runs: Aaron (19)
Stolen Bases: Garrido (1), Aaron (4), Brock 2 (31)
Sacrifice Hits: Baker (2), Simmons (1), McNertney (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Sizemore (3)
GIDP: Williams (11), Sizemore (4)
Hit by Pitch: Lum (2,by Grzenda)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro 6 7 3 2 0 3 0 26 3.25
Hardin 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 3.13
Hoerner 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.67
Upshaw 1.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 4.41
Jarvis 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.98
Stone W(3-6) 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 15 5.93
Totals 15 11 4 2 5 5 0 60
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Santorini 6.1 8 4 4 4 3 1 31 4.40
Segui 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.84
Drabowsky 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 2.00
Grzenda 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 3.98
Cloninger 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 4.24
Palmer L(0-1) 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 6 6.48
Totals 15 11 5 5 12 7 1 67
Passed Balls: Williams (15)
Hit by Pitch: Grzenda (3)
Wild Pitches: Niekro (3), Palmer 2 (2)
Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello
BRAVES 1ST: Lum grounded out (first to second to pitcher); Baker
struck out; Aaron walked; Carty walked [Aaron to second]; Evans
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves
0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Sizemore grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Brock out at second]; On
a bunt Alou singled to first; Torre forced Alou (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Williams struck out; Perez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Garrido walked; Niekro singled to center [Garrido to
third]; Lum singled to right [Garrido scored, Niekro to second];
Baker singled to left [Niekro to third, Lum to second]; Aaron
flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals
0.
CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Carbo
flied out to center; Cruz struck out but advanced to second on a
passed ball; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Cruz to third]; Maxvill
reached on an error by Aaron [Cruz scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Maxvill to first]; Santorini popped to first in foul territory;
1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 3RD: Carty grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded
out (first unassisted); Williams singled to center; Perez forced
Williams (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1,
Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Sizemore singled to left
[Brock to second]; Alou grounded out (first unassisted) [Brock
to third, Sizemore to second]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Brock scored, Sizemore to third]; Simmons popped to
catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1,
Cardinals 2.
BRAVES 4TH: Garrido grounded out (third to first); Niekro
grounded out (second to first); Lum grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 4TH: Carbo grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Cruz
struck out; Maxvill lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
BRAVES 5TH: Baker singled to center; Aaron struck out; Carty
forced Baker (second to shortstop); Evans popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 5TH: Santorini grounded out (third to first); Brock
doubled to left; Brock stole third; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Alou struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
BRAVES 6TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Perez flied
out to right; Garrido grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 6TH: Torre tripled to left; Simmons grounded out
(second to first); Carbo singled to first [Torre scored]; Cruz
flied out to right; Maxvill grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 3.
BRAVES 7TH: JACKSON BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Jackson singled to
second; Lum flied out to right; Baker doubled to left [Jackson
to third]; Aaron homered [Jackson scored, Baker scored]; Carty
walked; BROWN RAN FOR CARTY; SEGUI REPLACED SANTORINI
(PITCHING); Evans walked [Brown to second]; Williams grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Evans out at
second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 3.
CARDINALS 7TH: HARDIN REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); BROWN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CROSBY BATTED FOR SEGUI; Crosby grounded
out (first to pitcher); Brock singled to center; Brock stole
second [Brock to third (error by Williams)]; Sizemore hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Brock scored (unearned)]; Alou flied out
to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 8TH: DRABOWSKY REPLACED CROSBY (PITCHING); Perez popped
to second; Garrido flied out to left; Hardin was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 8TH: Torre singled to right; HOERNER REPLACED HARDIN
(PITCHING); Simmons out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Torre to second]; CLENDENON BATTED FOR CARBO; Clendenon was
walked intentionally; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR CRUZ; UPSHAW REPLACED
HOERNER (PITCHING); Melendez lined into a double play (shortstop
to second) [Torre out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves
4, Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 9TH: CLENDENON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
Lum flied out to center; Baker popped to second; Aaron walked;
Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 9TH: Maxvill walked; MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY;
McNertney out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Maxvill to
second]; Brock was walked intentionally; Sizemore popped to
second; Alou forced Maxvill (shortstop to third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 10TH: GRZENDA REPLACED MCNERTNEY (PITCHING); Evans
grounded out (second to first); Williams grounded out (third to
first); Perez singled to left; Garrido walked [Perez to second];
CASANOVA BATTED FOR UPSHAW; Casanova flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 10TH: JARVIS REPLACED CASANOVA (PITCHING); Torre
grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons lined to right;
Clendenon popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4,
Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 11TH: Lum was hit by a pitch; Baker out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Lum to second]; Aaron was walked
intentionally; Brown singled to right [Lum out at home (right to
catcher), Aaron to second]; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 11TH: Melendez flied out to right; Maxvill flied out
to center; ALYEA BATTED FOR GRZENDA; Alyea struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 12TH: CLONINGER REPLACED ALYEA (PITCHING); Williams
popped to first; Perez flied out to left; Garrido walked;
BREAZEALE BATTED FOR JARVIS; Garrido stole second; Breazeale
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals
4.
CARDINALS 12TH: STONE REPLACED BREAZEALE (PITCHING); Brock
singled to right; Sizemore hit into a double play (pitcher to
first) [Brock out at second]; Alou flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 13TH: Lum struck out; Baker lined to first; Aaron walked;
Aaron stole second; Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 13TH: Torre flied out to center; Simmons flied out to
right; Clendenon walked; Melendez walked [Clendenon to second];
Maxvill grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 4, Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 14TH: Evans flied out to center; Williams flied out to
left; Perez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves
4, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 14TH: ANDERSON BATTED FOR CLONINGER; Anderson flied
out to right; Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4,
Cardinals 4.
BRAVES 15TH: PALMER REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Garrido
singled to center; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Garrido to
second]; Stone walked; Lum flied out to left [Garrido to third];
Baker was called out on strikes; Aaron was walked intentionally
[Stone to second]; Palmer threw a wild pitch [Garrido scored,
Stone to third]; Brown popped to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 5, Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 15TH: Alou struck out; Torre singled to right; Simmons
flied out to center; Clendenon flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Braves 5, Cardinals 4.
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