A triple by Darrell Evans was the big blow when the Braves scored three runs in the first inning en route to a 5-2 victory over the Phillies. Ralph Garr led off with a single and stole second. After a pass to Hank Aaron, Evans hit his triple and then scored himself on a sacrifice fly by Mike Lum. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April     25, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  9  1
Braves       3  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   5 12  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .317      Garr lf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .211
Tovar rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Oates c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .306
Montanez 1b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .236      Aaron rf              3   1   0   0     1   1   .133
B. Robinson lf        4   1   2   0     0   0   .333        Gilbreath 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Evans 3b,1b           4   1   2   2     0   1   .242
Unser cf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .320      Lum 1b,rf             2   0   1   1     1   1   .310
Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .222      Baker cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .290
Doyle 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Johnson 2b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .286
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Perez ss              2   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Jackson pr,ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gentry p              2   1   2   1     0   0   .417
  Harmon ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .286        P. Niekro p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Luzinski ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .255
  Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pagan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .077

Totals               35   2   9   2     1   5             Totals               29   5  12   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  2,866
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Braves 7
DP: Phillies 3, Braves 0
Errors: Tovar
Doubles: Garr (2), Evans (4)
Triples: Evans (1)
Stolen Bases: Garr 2 (2), Baker (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Gentry 2 (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Lum (1)
GIDP: Aaron (3), Baker (2)
Hit by Pitch: Perez (1,by Twitchell)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(1-3)          4.1   9   4   4   2   1   0  23   6.75
Selma                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  10.38
Twitchell               2     1   0   0   0   3   0   8   1.23
Wilson                  1     2   1   1   1   0   0   4   1.08
Totals                  8    12   5   5   3   4   0  36

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry W(2-2)           8.1   8   2   2   1   4   0  33   3.19
P. Niekro SV(1)         0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.93
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   5   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Twitchell (1)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Ed Sudol


PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa was called out on strikes; Tovar flied out to
center; Montanez made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to center; Garr stole second; Oates
grounded out (second to first) [Garr to third]; Aaron walked;
Evans tripled [Garr scored, Aaron scored]; Lum hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Evans scored]; Baker singled to left; Johnson
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
0, Braves 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: B. Robinson popped to shortstop; Boone popped to
catcher in foul territory; Unser grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 2ND: Perez struck out; Gentry singled to left; Garr
doubled [Gentry to third]; Oates singled to center [Gentry
scored, Garr to third]; Aaron grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Oates out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Phillies 0, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Doyle
singled to right; Lonborg was called out on strikes; Bowa flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 3RD: Evans flied out to left; Lum singled to right; Baker
flied out to right; Johnson lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez
grounded out (first to pitcher); B. Robinson grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Perez singled to pitcher; Gentry out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Perez to second]; Garr flied out to
left; Oates flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
0, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone grounded out (third to first); Unser singled
to second; Schmidt flied out to center; Doyle flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Aaron popped to first; Evans doubled; Lum was walked
intentionally; SELMA REPLACED LONBORG (PITCHING); Baker grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Lum out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: HARMON BATTED FOR SELMA; Harmon struck out; Bowa
singled to left; Tovar flied out to right; Montanez flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED HARMON (PITCHING); Johnson
singled to center; Perez was hit by a pitch [Johnson to second];
JACKSON RAN FOR PEREZ; Gentry out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Jackson to second, Johnson to third]; Garr reached on a
fielder's choice [Johnson out at home (shortstop to catcher),
Jackson to third]; Garr stole second; Oates popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); B. Robinson
singled; Boone forced B. Robinson (second to shortstop); Boone
was picked off first (catcher to first); Unser struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Aaron was called out on strikes; Evans struck out;
Lum struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: GILBREATH REPLACED AARON (PLAYING 3B); EVANS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Schmidt walked; Doyle forced Schmidt (second to first);
LUZINSKI BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Luzinski singled to right [Doyle
to second]; Bowa flied out to left; Tovar popped to first; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: WILSON REPLACED LUZINSKI (PITCHING); Baker singled;
Baker stole second; Johnson walked; Jackson flied out to right;
Gentry singled to right [Baker scored, Gentry out at second
(center to second), Johnson out at home (error by Tovar)
(catcher to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Montanez singled to right; B. Robinson singled to
center [Montanez to second]; Boone popped to first; Unser
singled to right [Montanez scored, B. Robinson to second]; P.
NIEKRO REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Schmidt singled to left [B.
Robinson scored, Unser to second]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR DOYLE;
Johnson struck out; PAGAN BATTED FOR WILSON; Pagan popped to
third in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Braves 5.