Ernie McAnally, who had lost 14 games this season, gained his third victory with the help of Mike Marshall when the Expos defeated the Braves, 3-2. The Expos scored their first run in the opening inning on a single by Tim Foli, two wild pitches by Phl Niekro and a passed ball by Earl Williams. Montreal Expos 3, Atlanta Braves 2Game Played on Wednesday, August 30, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumExpos 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1 Braves 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bailey 3b 4 0 0 0 1 3 .238 Garr lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .321 Foli ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 .241 Millan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Singleton lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .267 Breazeale 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .258 Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Baker cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .317 Jorgensen cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Williams c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .264 Woods rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .247 Evans 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .243 Humphrey c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .196 Lum rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .232 Torres 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .156 Perez ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .221 McAnally p 3 1 1 0 1 1 .128 Aaron ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .185 Kelley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .094 Carty ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Totals 34 3 9 2 3 7 Totals 33 2 8 2 3 7 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 3,110 Left on Base: Expos 7, Braves 7 DP: Expos 2, Braves 2 Errors: Bailey Doubles: Millan (18) Home Runs: Woods (7), Garr (10), Williams (23) Stolen Bases: Woods (3), Garr (22) Caught Stealing: Breazeale (1) GIDP: Foli (4), Fairly (6), Baker (7) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McAnally W(3-14) 8.1 8 2 2 2 7 2 33 4.13 Marshall SV(14) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.57 Totals 9 8 2 2 3 7 2 36 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(12-11) 7.1 7 3 2 1 7 1 30 3.09 Kelley 1.2 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 4.54 Totals 9 9 3 2 3 7 1 37 Passed Balls: Williams (25) Wild Pitches: Marshall (7), Niekro 2 (6) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Tom Gorman EXPOS 1ST: Bailey struck out; Foli singled; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Foli to second]; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Foli to third]; Singleton struck out but Foli advanced to home and Singleton advanced to first on a passed ball; Fairly flied out to left; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Bailey dropped a foul fly hit by Garr for an error; Garr singled; Garr stole second; Millan flied out to right; Breazeale walked; Baker grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Breazeale out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 1, Braves 0. EXPOS 2ND: Woods homered; Humphrey flied out to center; Torres struck out; McAnally struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Williams struck out; Evans struck out; Lum struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 0. EXPOS 3RD: Bailey struck out; Foli singled; Singleton flied out to left; Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Perez struck out; Niekro struck out; Garr homered; Millan doubled; Breazeale grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. EXPOS 4TH: Jorgensen lined to second; Woods singled; Woods stole second; Humphrey struck out; Torres lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 4TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams made an out to first; Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. EXPOS 5TH: McAnally grounded out (third to first); Bailey walked; Foli grounded into a double play (second to first) [Bailey out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 5TH: Lum singled; Perez forced Lum (shortstop to second); Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first) [Perez to second]; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. EXPOS 6TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Fairly flied out to center; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: Millan struck out; Breazeale singled; Baker struck out while Breazeale was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. EXPOS 7TH: Woods flied out to center; Humphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: Williams flied out to right; Evans singled; Lum walked [Evans to second]; Perez flied out to right; Niekro grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 2, Braves 1. EXPOS 8TH: McAnally singled; Bailey struck out; Foli singled [McAnally to second]; Singleton singled [McAnally scored, Foli to third]; KELLEY REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Fairly grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Singleton out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 1. BRAVES 8TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Breazeale flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 1. EXPOS 9TH: Jorgensen flied out to right; Woods walked; Humphrey singled [Woods to second]; Torres singled to left [Woods out at home (left to catcher), Humphrey to third, Torres to second (on throw)]; McAnally walked; Bailey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 1. BRAVES 9TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Williams homered; Evans singled; MARSHALL REPLACED MCANALLY (PITCHING); Marshall threw a wild pitch [Evans to second]; Lum flied out to left; AARON BATTED FOR PEREZ; Aaron walked; CARTY BATTED FOR KELLEY; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Braves 2. |
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