| Posting his first shutout of the season, Phil Niekro yielded only four hits and pitched the Braves to a 2-0 victory over the Padres. The Braves scored one run on consecutive singles by Dusty Baker, Oscar Brown and Marty Perez in the fifth inning and added their other tally on three straight singles by Brown, Perez and Bob Didier in the seventh. [The Sporting News] |
Atlanta Braves 2, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Friday, September 22, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Braves 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x - 2 7 3 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Garr lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Blefary ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .224 Millan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Thomas pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Aaron 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Roberts 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Williams 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Lee lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Baker cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .328 Colbert 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .248 Brown rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .218 Grubb cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Perez ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .230 Elliott rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .186 Didier c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .346 Hilton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .202 Kendall c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Gaston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Corrales c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Caldwell p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .146 Simpson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stahl ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .030 Totals 31 0 4 0 2 4 Totals 31 2 7 2 0 3 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 2,476 Left on Base: Padres 7, Braves 5 DP: Padres 0, Braves 1 Errors: Williams 2, Perez Sacrifice Hits: Caldwell (4) GIDP: Lee (8) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caldwell L(7-9) 6.2 6 2 2 0 2 0 26 3.49 Simpson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.29 Greif 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5.65 Totals 8 7 2 2 0 3 0 31 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(15-11) 9 4 0 0 2 4 0 34 2.94 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 4 0 34 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Andy Olsen PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (pitcher to first); Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee singled to center; Colbert forced Lee (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Millan flied out to right; Aaron flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. PADRES 2ND: Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Elliott struck out; Hilton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Williams popped to first in foul territory; Baker flied out to center; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. PADRES 3RD: Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); Caldwell singled to left; Hernandez forced Caldwell (third to second); Roberts flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Perez grounded out (second to first); Didier flied out to center; Niekro grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. PADRES 4TH: Lee flied out to right; Colbert walked; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first) [Colbert to second]; Elliott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. PADRES 5TH: Hilton reached on an error by Williams [Hilton to first]; Kendall reached on an error by Williams [Hilton to second, Kendall to first]; Caldwell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hilton to third, Kendall to second]; Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Hilton was out trying to advance to home (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Williams grounded out (third to first); Baker singled to center; Brown singled to right [Baker to third]; Perez singled to right [Baker scored, Brown to second]; Didier lined to left; Niekro struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 1. PADRES 6TH: Roberts singled to left; Lee grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Roberts out at second]; Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (third to first); Millan flied out to center; Aaron made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 1. PADRES 7TH: Grubb struck out (catcher to first); Elliott made an out to second; Hilton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: Williams struck out; Baker grounded out (third to first); Brown singled to center; Perez singled to left [Brown to second]; Didier singled to center [Brown scored, Perez to third, Didier to second (on throw)]; Mike Caldwell struck on knee; SIMPSON REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Niekro flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 2. PADRES 8TH: GASTON BATTED FOR KENDALL; Gaston reached on an error by Perez [Gaston to second]; STAHL BATTED FOR SIMPSON; Stahl struck out; BLEFARY BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Blefary walked; THOMAS RAN FOR BLEFARY; Roberts flied out to right; Lee grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 2. BRAVES 8TH: GREIF REPLACED STAHL (PITCHING); CORRALES REPLACED GASTON (PLAYING C ); THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan singled to left; Aaron forced Millan (third to second); Williams was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 2. PADRES 9TH: Colbert singled to left; Grubb popped to pitcher; Elliott made an out to first; Hilton made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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