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After failing to hold a 5-0 lead, the Braves came back to beat the Cardinals, 8-7, when Dusty Baker homered in the 10th inning to give Denny McLain his first victory in an Atlanta uniform. McLain, appearing in the 10th as the Braves' fourth pitcher of the game, retired the Cardinals in order and then was the winner when Baker homered on the first pitch thrown by Tony Cloninger, who had just taken over in relief for the Cards. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7Game Played on Saturday, July 22, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumCardinals 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 7 13 3 Braves 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 8 11 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 6 0 2 0 0 0 .320 Baker cf 4 2 1 1 2 0 .327 Sizemore 2b 5 0 0 1 1 0 .252 Garr lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Carbo rf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .250 Aaron 1b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .254 Torre 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .304 Williams c 4 1 1 0 1 0 .266 Simmons c 4 2 2 3 1 0 .287 Lum rf 4 2 1 2 0 0 .230 Alou 1b 5 2 4 0 0 0 .322 Evans 3b 3 1 1 2 2 0 .246 Cruz cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .207 Perez ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 .218 Melendez ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Blanks 2b 5 0 2 2 0 1 .429 Maxvill ss 5 0 0 1 0 2 .234 Reed p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .176 Cleveland p 2 0 0 1 0 1 .204 Schueler p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Clendenon ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .192 Hoerner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Segui p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Crosby ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 McLain p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McNertney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Cloninger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 7 13 7 5 7 Totals 39 8 11 8 6 2 Time of Game: 3:04 Attendance: 17,245 Left on Base: Cardinals 10, Braves 11 DP: Cardinals 0, Braves 1 Errors: Sizemore, Torre, Maxvill Doubles: Alou 2 (15), Carbo (4) Triples: Torre (4) Home Runs: Simmons (10), Baker (5) Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (37), Alou (10) Sacrifice Flies: Lum (1) GIDP: Simmons (8) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cleveland 5 7 6 4 4 0 0 29 3.25 Segui 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 9 3.00 Drabowsky 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 2.74 Cloninger L(0-2) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 5.19 Totals 9 11 8 6 6 2 1 46 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reed 5 8 5 5 3 3 0 25 3.41 Schueler 3.1 5 2 2 2 3 1 17 3.64 Hoerner 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.02 McLain W(1-1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.89 Totals 10 13 7 7 5 7 1 47 Wild Pitches: Cleveland (2), Drabowsky (2), Reed (7), Schueler (4), Hoerner (3) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Shag Crawford CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to right; Brock stole second; Sizemore flied out to right; Carbo popped to shortstop; Torre struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Baker walked; Garr flied out to center; Aaron reached on an error by Torre [Baker to second, Aaron to first]; Cleveland threw a wild pitch [Baker to third]; Williams walked [Aaron to second]; Lum singled to left [Baker scored, Aaron to third, Williams to second]; Evans walked [Aaron scored (unearned), Williams to third, Lum to second]; Perez singled to pitcher [Williams scored, Lum to third, Evans to second]; Blanks singled to left [Lum scored, Evans scored, Perez to second]; Reed forced Blanks (pitcher to shortstop) [Perez to third]; Baker flied out to right; 5 R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 5. CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons flied out to left; Alou singled to left; Alou stole second; Reed threw a wild pitch [Alou to third]; Cruz struck out; Maxvill flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 2ND: Garr lined to shortstop; Aaron reached on an error by Maxvill [Aaron to first]; Williams popped to first in foul territory; Lum flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 5. CARDINALS 3RD: Cleveland struck out; Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 3RD: Evans flied out to center; Perez grounded out (third to first); Blanks singled to center; Reed forced Blanks (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 5. CARDINALS 4TH: Carbo singled to left; Torre tripled to right [Carbo scored]; Simmons singled to left [Torre scored]; Alou singled to right [Simmons to second]; Cruz walked [Simmons to third, Alou to second]; Maxvill grounded out (third to first) [Simmons scored, Alou to third, Cruz to second]; Cleveland grounded out (third to first) [Alou scored, Cruz to third]; Brock flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 5. BRAVES 4TH: Baker flied out to right; Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Aaron singled to left; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 5. CARDINALS 5TH: Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Carbo walked; Torre singled to left [Carbo to second]; Simmons grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Torre out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 5. BRAVES 5TH: Lum reached on an error by Sizemore [Lum to second]; Evans singled to right [Lum scored (unearned)]; Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; Blanks flied to right in foul territory; Reed singled to center [Evans to second]; Baker walked [Evans to third, Reed to second]; Garr grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 6. CARDINALS 6TH: Alou doubled to right; Cruz walked; SCHUELER REPLACED REED (PITCHING); Maxvill struck out; CLENDENON BATTED FOR CLEVELAND; Clendenon singled to shortstop [Alou to third, Cruz to second]; Brock flied out to center; Sizemore walked [Alou scored, Cruz to third, Clendenon to second]; Carbo struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 6. BRAVES 6TH: SEGUI REPLACED CLENDENON (PITCHING); Aaron walked; Williams singled to right [Aaron to third]; Lum hit a sacrifice fly to right [Aaron scored]; Evans forced Williams (second to shortstop); Perez singled to right [Evans to third]; Evans was picked off third (catcher to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. CARDINALS 7TH: Torre flied out to left; Simmons walked; Schueler threw a wild pitch [Simmons to second]; Alou flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. BRAVES 7TH: Blanks struck out; Schueler singled to right; Baker flied out to center; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. CARDINALS 8TH: Maxvill was called out on strikes; CROSBY BATTED FOR SEGUI; Crosby grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock singled to second; Brock stole second; Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. BRAVES 8TH: DRABOWSKY REPLACED CROSBY (PITCHING); Aaron grounded out (third to first); Williams grounded out (third to first); Lum flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Braves 7. CARDINALS 9TH: Carbo doubled to center; Torre flied out to right; Simmons homered [Carbo scored]; Alou doubled to right; HOERNER REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); MELENDEZ BATTED FOR CRUZ; Hoerner threw a wild pitch [Alou to third]; Melendez struck out; Maxvill grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. BRAVES 9TH: MELENDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Evans walked; Drabowsky threw a wild pitch [Evans to second]; Perez popped to first; Blanks flied out to right; JACKSON BATTED FOR HOERNER; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. CARDINALS 10TH: MCLAIN REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); MCNERTNEY BATTED FOR DRABOWSKY; McNertney lined to third; Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 7. BRAVES 10TH: CLONINGER REPLACED MCNERTNEY (PITCHING); Baker homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 8. |
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