After being shut out for seven innings, the Braves erupted for four runs in the seventh and beat the Dodgers, 4-3, to give Denny McLain his second victory in an Atlanta uniform. McLain gave up two runs, including a homer by Bill Buckner. Atlanta Braves 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3Game Played on Monday, July 31, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumDodgers 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 4 8 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lacy 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Brown rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .211 Buckner lf,1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .327 Garr lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .331 Davis cf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .285 Aaron 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Robinson rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Williams c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Parker 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .271 Casanova c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Richert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 Baker cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .319 Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .262 Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Russell ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .269 Evans 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .248 Wills 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .117 Perez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Garvey ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 McLain p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Osteen p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .269 Blanks ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .421 Crawford lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Hardin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Totals 33 3 7 3 6 5 Totals 32 4 8 4 1 3 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 10,023 Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Braves 5 DP: Dodgers 0, Braves 1 Errors: Aaron Doubles: Evans (8) Triples: Brown (1) Home Runs: Buckner (3) Sacrifice Flies: Davis (3) GIDP: Robinson (6) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Osteen L(11-8) 6 6 3 3 1 2 0 25 2.37 Richert 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.16 Totals 8 8 4 4 1 3 0 33 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McLain W(2-1) 7 5 2 2 6 5 1 32 5.32 Hardin SV(1) 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.38 Totals 9 7 3 2 6 5 1 40 Balks: McLain (1) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Ken Burkhart DODGERS 1ST: Lacy struck out; Buckner made an out to third; Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Brown popped to first in foul territory; Garr singled to center; Aaron walked [Garr to second]; Williams flied out to center; Baker flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 2ND: Robinson lined to center; Parker walked; Cannizzaro struck out; Russell walked [Parker to second]; Wills forced Russell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Millan flied out to right; Evans grounded out (second to first); Perez singled to center; McLain forced Perez (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 3RD: Osteen struck out; Lacy grounded out (third to first); Buckner homered; Davis walked; McLain balked [Davis to second]; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Brown made an out to second; Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Aaron struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 0. DODGERS 4TH: Parker walked; Cannizzaro singled to right [Parker to second]; Russell struck out; Wills flied out to left; Osteen singled to center [Parker scored, Cannizzaro to second]; Lacy flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Williams singled to left; Baker flied out to center; Millan forced Williams (third to second); Evans lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0. DODGERS 5TH: Buckner singled to center; Davis flied out to center; Robinson singled to left [Buckner to second]; Parker flied out to right; Cannizzaro walked [Buckner to third, Robinson to second]; Russell lined to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Perez flied out to left; McLain struck out; Brown flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0. DODGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Osteen grounded out (second to first); Lacy lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0. DODGERS 7TH: CASANOVA REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING C ); Buckner walked; Davis flied out to center; Robinson flied out to center; Parker forced Buckner (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 7TH: Baker singled to second; Millan singled to right [Baker to third]; Evans doubled to right [Baker scored, Millan to third]; RICHERT REPLACED PARKER (PITCHING); CRAWFORD REPLACED OSTEEN (PLAYING LF); BUCKNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Perez grounded out (third to first); BLANKS BATTED FOR MCLAIN; Blanks struck out; Brown tripled to right [Millan scored, Evans scored]; Garr singled to center [Brown scored]; Aaron popped to first in foul territory; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 4. DODGERS 8TH: HARDIN REPLACED BLANKS (PITCHING); Cannizzaro grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell singled to center; GARVEY BATTED FOR WILLS; Garvey grounded out (third to first) [Russell to second]; Crawford grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 4. BRAVES 8TH: GARVEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Casanova flied out to center; Baker popped to first in foul territory; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 4. DODGERS 9TH: Lacy singled to center; Buckner reached on an error by Aaron [Lacy to third, Buckner to first]; Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lacy scored (unearned)]; Robinson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Buckner out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Braves 4. |
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