Hank Aaron collected three hits, including the 681st homer of his major league career, to lead the Braves to a 7-0 victory over the Phillies behind the pitching of Carl Morton. Dusty Baker also homered, while Dick Dietz drove in two runs with a single for his first RBIs of the season. Atlanta Braves 7, Philadelphia Phillies 0Game Played on Saturday, May 5, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans StadiumBraves 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 - 7 12 0 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brown rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .222 Bowa ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Perez ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .234 Tovar lf,3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Aaron lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .208 Unser cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .269 Montanez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .224 Baker cf 4 2 1 1 1 0 .289 Boone c 2 0 0 0 2 1 .210 Evans 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .261 Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Dietz 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .357 Selma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Casanova c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Luzinski ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .208 Morton p 4 0 1 1 0 1 .176 Anderson rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .324 Lersch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Doyle 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .244 Carlton p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Rogodzinski lf,rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Totals 38 7 12 7 3 6 Totals 34 0 7 0 3 8 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 11,368 Left on Base: Braves 7, Phillies 10 DP: Braves 0, Phillies 1 Doubles: Aaron (2), Brown (2), Schmidt (3) Home Runs: Aaron (8), Baker (3) GIDP: Dietz (1) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morton W(2-2) 9 7 0 0 3 8 0 37 2.15 Totals 9 7 0 0 3 8 0 37 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Carlton L(4-4) 6 9 6 6 1 6 2 27 3.18 Selma 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 5.63 Lersch 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 3.29 Totals 9 12 7 7 3 6 2 41 Wild Pitches: Carlton (3) Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry BRAVES 1ST: Brown struck out; Perez flied out to center; Aaron homered; Johnson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Phillies 0. BRAVES 2ND: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans singled to center; Dietz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Boone walked; Schmidt doubled to left [Boone to third]; Anderson was called out on strikes; Doyle was walked intentionally; Carlton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Phillies 0. BRAVES 3RD: Casanova struck out; Morton grounded out (second to first); Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar flied out to center; Unser singled to center; Montanez singled to center [Unser to third]; Boone flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Phillies 0. BRAVES 4TH: Perez singled to right; Aaron doubled to left [Perez to third]; Johnson struck out; Baker was walked intentionally; Evans singled to right [Perez scored, Aaron to third, Baker to second]; Dietz singled to center [Aaron scored, Baker scored, Evans to second]; Casanova flied out to left; Morton singled to right [Evans scored, Dietz to second]; Carlton threw a wild pitch [Dietz to third]; Brown flied out to center; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt popped to second; Anderson flied out to right; Doyle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Phillies 0. BRAVES 5TH: Perez flied out to center; Aaron flied out to center; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Carlton made an out to second; Bowa flied out to right; Tovar singled to shortstop; Unser flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Phillies 0. BRAVES 6TH: Baker homered; Evans struck out; Dietz singled to shortstop; Casanova popped to third in foul territory; Morton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Boone struck out; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Phillies 0. BRAVES 7TH: ROGODZINSKI REPLACED CARLTON (PLAYING LF); SELMA REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez walked; Aaron popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnson walked [Perez to second]; Baker forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Anderson singled to center; Doyle flied out to right; Rogodzinski singled to right [Anderson to second]; Bowa was called out on strikes; Tovar forced Rogodzinski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Phillies 0. BRAVES 8TH: Evans flied out to center; Dietz flied out to left; Casanova flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 8TH: Unser struck out; Montanez singled to right; Boone walked [Montanez to second]; LUZINSKI BATTED FOR SELMA; Luzinski struck out; Anderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Phillies 0. BRAVES 9TH: LUZINSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ROGODZINSKI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LERSCH REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Morton flied out to center; Brown doubled to left; Perez flied out to center [Brown to third]; Aaron singled to center [Brown scored]; Johnson singled [Aaron to second]; Baker flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 7, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 9TH: Doyle was called out on strikes; Rogodzinski grounded out (first to pitcher); Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 7, Phillies 0. |
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