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Bill Buckner collected a double and two singles, scored three runs and drove in two as the Dodgers' pacesetter in a 6-5 victory over the Braves. Hank Aaron hit his 34th homer of the season and 673rd of his career for the Braves with a man on base in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News] Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Atlanta Braves 5Game Played on Tuesday, October 3, 1972 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumDodgers 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 6 9 3
Braves 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 7 2
Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Lopes 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .237 Garr lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .322
Buckner rf 5 3 3 2 0 0 .319 Jackson ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .238
Davis cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .291 Aaron 1b 5 1 1 2 0 2 .265
Paciorek 1b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .233 Williams c 4 1 0 0 1 2 .258
Cey 3b 2 0 0 1 1 1 .273 Baker cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .321
Crawford lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .251 Evans 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .254
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Lum rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .228
Russell ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Blanks 2b 2 1 1 1 1 0 .346
Sutton p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Breazeale ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .247
Garrido 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194
Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190
Didier ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Jarvis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Totals 34 6 9 6 5 3 Totals 35 5 7 4 5 9
Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 2,066
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Braves 9
DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 3
Errors: Lopes, Russell 2, Garr, Evans
Doubles: Buckner (14), Lopes (4)
Home Runs: Aaron (34)
Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (11)
GIDP: Buckner (13), Ferguson (2), Paciorek (1)
Hit by Pitch: Cey (1,by Niekro)
Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Sutton W(19-9) 9 7 5 3 5 9 1 41 2.08
Totals 9 7 5 3 5 9 1 41
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro L(16-12) 4 7 5 4 3 3 0 22 3.06
Schueler 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 12 3.73
Jarvis 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.10
Totals 9 9 6 4 5 3 0 40
Passed Balls: Williams (28)
Hit by Pitch: Niekro (5)
Wild Pitches: Sutton (9)
Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Dick Stello
DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Buckner grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Lopes out at second]; Davis
singled to center; Paciorek forced Davis (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Aaron struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.
DODGERS 2ND: Cey was hit by a pitch; Williams allowed a passed
ball [Cey to second]; Crawford struck out; Ferguson walked;
Russell was called out on strikes; Sutton lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Williams was called out on strikes; Baker made an
out to second; Evans singled to right; Lum struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.
DODGERS 3RD: Lopes walked; Buckner doubled to center [Lopes
scored, Buckner to third (on throw)]; Davis made an out to
shortstop; Paciorek singled to center [Buckner scored]; Cey
struck out; Crawford grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Blanks singled to center; Niekro out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Blanks to second]; Garr reached on an
error by Russell [Blanks stayed at second, Garr to first];
Jackson singled to center [Blanks scored (unearned), Garr to
third]; Aaron hit into a double play (first to catcher) [Garr
out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 1.
DODGERS 4TH: Ferguson flied out to right; Russell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 1.
BRAVES 4TH: Williams walked; Baker reached on a fielder's choice
[Williams to second (error by Lopes; assist by Russell)]; Evans
walked [Williams to third, Baker to second]; Lum popped to third
in foul territory; Blanks walked [Williams scored (unearned),
Baker to third, Evans to second]; Sutton threw a wild pitch
[Baker scored, Evans to third, Blanks to second]; Niekro popped
to catcher in foul territory; Garr flied out to left; 2 R (1
ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 3.
DODGERS 5TH: Lopes doubled to left; Buckner singled to center
[Lopes scored]; Davis singled to center [Buckner to second];
Paciorek singled to left [Buckner scored, Davis to third (error
by Garr)]; SCHUELER REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Cey forced
Paciorek (third to second) [Davis scored (unearned)]; Crawford
walked [Cey to second]; Ferguson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Crawford out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 5, Braves 3.
BRAVES 5TH: Jackson lined to shortstop; Aaron made an out to
shortstop; Williams flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Braves 3.
DODGERS 6TH: Russell grounded out (third to first); Sutton made
an out to shortstop; Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Braves 3.
BRAVES 6TH: Baker flied out to right; Evans struck out; Lum
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 5, Braves 3.
DODGERS 7TH: Buckner singled to right; Davis flied out to
center; Paciorek reached on an error by Evans [Buckner to third,
Paciorek to second]; Cey walked; Crawford grounded out (second
to first) [Buckner scored (unearned), Paciorek to third, Cey to
second]; Ferguson flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Dodgers 6, Braves 3.
BRAVES 7TH: Blanks grounded out (third to first); DIDIER BATTED
FOR SCHUELER; Didier walked; Garr struck out; Jackson popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6,
Braves 3.
DODGERS 8TH: JARVIS REPLACED DIDIER (PITCHING); Russell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Sutton flied out to center; Lopes
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6,
Braves 3.
BRAVES 8TH: Aaron struck out; Williams struck out; Baker singled
to left; Evans singled to right [Baker to third]; Lum walked
[Evans to second]; BREAZEALE BATTED FOR BLANKS; Breazeale struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 6, Braves 3.
DODGERS 9TH: GARRIDO REPLACED BREAZEALE (PLAYING 2B); Buckner
flied out to right; Davis singled to right; Paciorek grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Davis out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 6, Braves 3.
BRAVES 9TH: BROWN BATTED FOR JARVIS; Brown popped to third in
foul territory; Garr singled to second; Jackson popped to third
in foul territory; Aaron homered [Garr scored]; Williams reached
on an error by Russell [Williams to first]; Baker struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 6, Braves 5.
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