Ending the longest game in the major leagues this season, the Phillies scored in the 20th inning and defeated the Braves, 5-4. After the clubs finished regulation distance in a 2-2 tie, Darrell Evans homered with a man on base to put the Braves ahead in the 13th, but the Phillies rallied to knot the count again in their half.

Singles by Mike Anderson, Tommy Hutton and Larry Bowa loaded the bases and one run scored on a wild pitch by Ron Schueler. After Cesar Tovar walked, Del Unser hit a sacrifice fly. In the 20th, Denny Doyle led off with a triple, the next two batters were passed intentionally and Jose Pagan broke up the five-hour, 18-minute marathon by lofting a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Friday, May       4, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Braves       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   4 17  1
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   5  9  4


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf               1   0   1   0     0   3   .192      Bowa ss               8   0   1   0     1   1   .267
Jackson ss            3   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Tovar lf              6   0   1   0     1   1   .255
  Perez ph,ss         4   0   0   0     2   1   .233        Lersch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Aaron lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .179        B. Robinson ph      1   0   0   0     0   1   .281
  Brown lf            4   1   2   0     1   2   .227        Lonborg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Evans 3b              9   1   3   4     1   0   .250        Pagan ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .125
Lum 1b                8   0   3   0     0   0   .283      Unser cf              7   0   0   1     0   0   .250
Baker cf              8   0   1   0     2   2   .291      Montanez 1b           6   0   0   0     2   2   .210
Johnson 2b            8   0   2   0     1   2   .270      Boone c               8   0   2   0     0   1   .217
Oates c               8   0   1   0     2   1   .264      Schmidt 3b            7   0   0   0     1   4   .225
Reed p                4   1   0   0     0   2   .133      Anderson rf           8   2   2   0     0   0   .333
  Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Doyle 2b              7   2   2   1     1   1   .262
  Gilbreath ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Ruthven p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  P. Niekro p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Rogodzinski ph      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dietz ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Scarce p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Pierce ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hutton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .318
  Schueler p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .500        Harmon pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .231
  Blanks ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .231        Twitchell p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kelley p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Luzinski ph,lf      2   0   0   0     1   0   .211

Totals               76   4  17   4    10  15             Totals               64   5   9   3     7  12

Time of Game: 5:16   Attendance: 10,158
Left on Base: Braves 27, Phillies 11
DP: Braves 1, Phillies 0
Errors: Baker, Lonborg, Schmidt, Doyle 2
Doubles: Evans (5), Johnson (4), Lum (2), Tovar (5), Anderson (3), Boone (2)
Triples: Doyle (2)
Home Runs: Evans (7)
Caught Stealing: Baker (1), Johnson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Lum (1), Brown (1), Rogodzinski (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Unser (2), Pagan (1)
GIDP: Luzinski (3)
Hit by Pitch: Jackson (1,by Ruthven), Lum (1,by Scarce), Johnson (1,by Twitchell)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed                    7     3   2   1   2   2   0  26   4.79
Frisella                3     0   0   0   0   3   0  10   0.00
P. Niekro               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.40
House                   1     1   1   1   0   1   0   4   3.86
Schueler                5     3   1   1   3   4   0  20   5.40
Kelley L(0-1)           2.1   2   1   1   2   2   0  11   3.38
Totals                 19.1   9   5   4   7  12   0  74

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven                 8     6   2   0   3   6   0  36   1.85
Scarce                  3.2   2   0   0   3   4   0  17   0.00
Wilson                  1.1   3   2   2   0   2   1   7   2.31
Twitchell               2     1   0   0   2   3   0   9   1.98
Lersch                  3     4   0   0   1   0   0  14   2.84
Lonborg W(2-4)          2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   6.60
Totals                 20    17   4   2  10  15   1  91

Passed Balls: Oates (4)
Hit by Pitch: Ruthven (2), Scarce (1), Twitchell (2)
Wild Pitches: Schueler (1)
Balks: Ruthven (1)

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


BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Jackson grounded out (catcher to first); Aaron struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa flied out to left; Tovar struck out; Unser
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
0, Phillies 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans popped to third in foul territory; Lum singled
to right; Baker struck out; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez flied out to left; Boone grounded out
(shortstop to first); Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Phillies 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Oates grounded out (shortstop to first); Reed
reached on an error by Schmidt; Garr flied out to center;
Jackson singled to right [Reed to second]; Ruthven balked [Reed
to third, Jackson to second]; Aaron walked; Evans doubled to
right [Reed scored (unearned), Jackson scored (unearned), Aaron
to third]; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Anderson flied out to right; Doyle flied out to
left; Ruthven grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker walked; Baker was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Johnson was called out on strikes; Oates
reached on an error by Doyle; Reed reached on an error by Doyle
[Oates to second]; Garr forced Reed (second to shortstop); 0 R,
0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); Tovar
doubled to right; Unser grounded out (first to pitcher) [Tovar
to third]; Montanez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Phillies 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Aaron
singled to left; Evans popped to shortstop; Lum flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Boone grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
walked; Anderson flied out to right; Doyle flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Baker flied out to center; Johnson doubled to left;
Oates flied out to left; Reed was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Ruthven popped to first in foul territory; Bowa
flied out to right; Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Jackson was
hit by a pitch; Aaron flied out to center; Evans flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: BROWN REPLACED AARON (PLAYING LF); Unser flied out
to right; Montanez walked; Oates allowed a passed ball [Montanez
to second]; Boone flied out to center; Schmidt grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Lum singled to center; Baker forced Lum (third to
second); Johnson was called out on strikes; Oates was walked
intentionally [Baker to second]; Reed was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Anderson doubled to right; Doyle singled to right
[Anderson scored]; ROGODZINSKI BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; FRISELLA
REPLACED REED (PITCHING); Rogodzinski out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Doyle to second]; Debut game for Mike
Rogodzinski; Bowa reached on an error by Baker [Doyle scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Bowa to second]; Tovar flied out to left;
Unser popped to second; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Phillies 2.

BRAVES 9TH: SCARCE REPLACED ROGODZINSKI (PITCHING); Garr struck
out; PEREZ BATTED FOR JACKSON; Perez lined to shortstop; Brown
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: PEREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Montanez flied
out to left; Boone struck out; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 2.

BRAVES 10TH: Evans singled to left; Lum out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Evans to second]; Baker was walked
intentionally; Johnson popped to third in foul territory; Oates
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
2, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 10TH: Anderson flied out to center; Doyle flied out to
right; Scarce struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Phillies 2.

BRAVES 11TH: GILBREATH BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Gilbreath struck
out; On a bunt Garr singled to third; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Garr to second]; Brown struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 11TH: P. NIEKRO REPLACED GILBREATH (PITCHING); Bowa
flied out to left; Tovar made an out to shortstop; Unser popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Phillies 2.

BRAVES 12TH: Evans flied out to right; Lum was hit by a pitch;
Baker grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lum to second]; Johnson
was walked intentionally; Oates walked [Lum to third, Johnson to
second]; DIETZ BATTED FOR P. NIEKRO; WILSON REPLACED SCARCE
(PITCHING); PIERCE BATTED FOR DIETZ; Pierce flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 12TH: HOUSE REPLACED PIERCE (PITCHING); Montanez struck
out; Boone grounded out (third to first); Schmidt grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Phillies 2.

BRAVES 13TH: Garr struck out; Perez was called out on strikes;
Brown singled to center; Evans homered [Brown scored]; Lum
doubled to right; Baker flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 13TH: Anderson singled to pitcher; SCHUELER REPLACED
HOUSE (PITCHING); Doyle flied out to left; HUTTON BATTED FOR
WILSON; Hutton singled to right [Anderson to second]; HARMON RAN
FOR HUTTON; Bowa singled to shortstop [Anderson to third, Harmon
to second]; Schueler threw a wild pitch [Anderson scored]; Tovar
walked [Harmon to third, Bowa to second]; Unser hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Harmon scored]; Montanez was walked intentionally
[Bowa to third, Tovar to second]; Boone flied out to center; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 14TH: TWITCHELL REPLACED HARMON (PITCHING); Johnson was
hit by a pitch; Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Oates struck out; Schueler singled to right; Garr
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 14TH: Schmidt was called out on strikes; Anderson flied
out to center; Doyle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
4, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 15TH: Perez walked; Brown out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Perez to second]; Evans was walked
intentionally; Lum popped to first; Baker was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 15TH: LUZINSKI BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Luzinski grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bowa was called out on strikes; Tovar
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 16TH: LUZINSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LERSCH
REPLACED TOVAR (PITCHING); Johnson grounded out (third to
first); Oates singled to second; Schueler forced Oates (third to
shortstop); Garr popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 16TH: Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Montanez
struck out [Montanez out at first (catcher to first)]; Boone
singled to left; Schmidt flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 17TH: Perez walked; Brown singled to shortstop [Perez to
second]; Evans flied out to left; Lum popped to shortstop; Baker
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 17TH: Anderson flied out to center; Doyle walked;
Luzinski grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Doyle out at second]; Phillies Manager Danny Ozark
ejected by 2B umpire Chris Pelekoudas; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 4, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 18TH: Johnson singled to left; On a bunt Oates made an
out to pitcher; BLANKS BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Blanks singled to
center [Johnson to second]; Garr popped to first; Perez forced
Johnson (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 18TH: KELLEY REPLACED BLANKS (PITCHING); Bowa flied out
to center; B. ROBINSON BATTED FOR LERSCH; B. Robinson struck
out; Unser grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 4, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 19TH: LONBORG REPLACED B. ROBINSON (PITCHING); Brown
walked; Evans forced Brown (first to shortstop) [Evans to first
(error by Lonborg)]; Lum forced Evans (second to shortstop);
Baker singled to left [Lum to second]; Johnson popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 19TH: Montanez flied out to right; Boone doubled to
left; Schmidt struck out; Anderson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

BRAVES 20TH: Oates grounded out (pitcher to first); Kelley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 20TH: Doyle tripled to right; Luzinski was walked
intentionally; Bowa was walked intentionally [Luzinski to
second]; PAGAN BATTED FOR LONBORG; Pagan hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Doyle scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Phillies 5.