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Alan Foster pitched a five-hitter and came out ahead in his duel with Ron Reed when the Cardinals scored three runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Braves, 4-1. Ralph Garr homered for the Braves' run. The Cards, after tying the score with the aid of an error by Reed in the sixth, opened the eighth with a single by Ted Sizemore. Tim McCarver sacrificed. St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 1Game Played on Friday, May 25, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 x - 4 7 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .244 Brock lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .277 Oates c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .320 Evans 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .269 McCarver 1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .244 Pepitone 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Simmons c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Baker cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .259 J. Cruz rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .227 Lum lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Melendez cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .241 Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .206 Perez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Tyson ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .260 Reed p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .120 Foster p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Totals 30 1 5 1 1 4 Totals 31 4 7 4 3 3 Time of Game: 1:54 Attendance: 18,387 Left on Base: Braves 3, Cardinals 8 DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 2 Errors: Johnson, Reed Doubles: Tyson (2), McCarver (2), J. Cruz (8) Home Runs: Garr (1) Sacrifice Hits: McCarver (1) GIDP: Johnson (4), Pepitone (3) Hit by Pitch: McCarver (1,by Reed) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reed L(2-5) 8 7 4 3 3 3 0 36 4.02 Totals 8 7 4 3 3 3 0 36 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Foster W(3-3) 9 5 1 1 1 4 1 31 1.83 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 4 1 31 Hit by Pitch: Reed (2) Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Art Williams BRAVES 1ST: Garr flied to left in foul territory; Oates flied out to center; Evans singled to right; Pepitone walked [Evans to second]; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore lined to second; McCarver was hit by a pitch; Simmons lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 2ND: Lum grounded out (second to first); Johnson singled to left; Perez flied out to left; Reed forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: J. Cruz grounded out (second to first); Melendez popped to catcher in foul territory; Reitz singled to center; Tyson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 3RD: Garr homered; Oates grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Pepitone flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 4TH: Baker struck out; Lum grounded out (first to pitcher); Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: McCarver popped to first in foul territory; Simmons reached on an error by Johnson [Simmons to first]; J. Cruz struck out; Melendez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 5TH: Perez flied out to center; Reed struck out; Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson doubled to left; Foster popped to second; Brock walked; Sizemore flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 6TH: Oates grounded out (third to first); Evans struck out; Pepitone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: McCarver doubled to left; Simmons popped to third in foul territory; J. Cruz grounded out (second to first) [McCarver to third]; Reed dropped a foul fly hit by Melendez for an error; Melendez singled to third [McCarver scored (unearned)]; Reitz forced Melendez (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 1. BRAVES 7TH: Baker singled to shortstop; Lum flied out to right; Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Baker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson grounded out (pitcher to first); Foster popped to second; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 1. BRAVES 8TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Reed popped to third in foul territory; Garr flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 1. CARDINALS 8TH: Sizemore singled to left; McCarver out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Sizemore to second]; Simmons was walked intentionally; J. Cruz doubled to right [Sizemore scored, Simmons to third]; Melendez was walked intentionally; Reitz forced Simmons (second to catcher) [J. Cruz to third, Melendez to second]; Tyson singled to right [J. Cruz scored, Melendez scored, Reitz to third, Tyson to second (on throw)]; Foster grounded out (catcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 4. BRAVES 9TH: Oates grounded out (second to first); Evans singled to right; Pepitone grounded into a double play (second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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