Dramatic relief work by Wayne Granger enabled the Cardinals to win the opening game of a doubleheader, 4-3, but the Braves came back behind the pitching of Roric Harrison, who allowed only one hit in eight innings, to win the second game, 5-2. Ted Simmons drove in three of the Cardinals' runs in the lidlifter with a sacrifice fly and single. The Braves had the bases loaded with two out in the ninth when Granger was summoned to face Hank Aaron. Hammerin' Hank fouled off eight straight pitches as the tension built up before flying out to end the game.

In the nightcap, Harrison hit a homer in his own behalf to start the Braves' scoring in the third inning. Ken Reitz tripled in the sixth for the only hit off Harrison and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jose Cruz. Harrison was lifted after walking Ted Sizemore in the ninth and the Cards added their other run after Danny Frisella relieved on a single by Joe Torre and sacrifice fly by Luis Melendez. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      10, 1973 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cardinals    1  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   2   2   0     1   0   .294      Oates c               3   0   1   0     2   0   .241
Sizemore 2b           2   1   1   0     3   0   .279      Garr rf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .249
Torre 3b              4   1   0   0     0   0   .316      Evans 3b              3   0   2   0     2   0   .264
Simmons c             3   0   1   3     0   0   .270      Aaron lf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .223
McCarver 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .321      Lum 1b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .283
Melendez cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Baker cf              3   2   2   0     1   0   .264
J. Cruz rf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .223      Johnson 2b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .263
Tyson ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Perez ss              4   0   2   1     0   0   .251
Foster p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Gentry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Segui p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Schueler p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tepedino ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .000
                                                            Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Jackson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .225
                                                            Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dietz ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .290
                                                            Morton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Goggin pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               32   4   7   4     5   0             Totals               32   3   8   3     7   6

Time of Game: 3:07
Left on Base: Cardinals 7, Braves 10
DP: Cardinals 2, Braves 1
Errors: Perez
Doubles: Brock (7), Johnson (9), Baker (10), Perez (7)
Caught Stealing: Brock (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Simmons (2), Tepedino (1)
GIDP: Torre (4), Aaron (5), Oates (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Foster W(4-3)           6.2   7   3   3   1   1   0  26   2.23
Segui                   1.2   1   0   0   5   4   0  11   1.30
Hrabosky                0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   3.86
Granger SV(4)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.46
Totals                  9     8   3   3   7   6   0  40

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry L(4-6)           2     0   1   1   3   0   0   9   3.58
Schueler                2.2   4   3   3   1   0   0  13   4.81
Hoerner                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2  13.50
Panther                 2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   0.00
Frisella                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.79
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   0   0  38

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Bruce Froemming


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Sizemore walked [Brock to second];
Torre grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brock to third, Sizemore
to second]; Simmons hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brock
scored]; McCarver flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Oates walked; Garr flied out to right; Evans singled
to right [Oates to third]; Aaron popped to first; Lum struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Melendez grounded out (pitcher to first); J. Cruz
walked; Tyson flied out to center; Foster forced J. Cruz
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker flied out to center; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: SCHUELER REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Brock
grounded out (second to first); Sizemore singled to left; Torre
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Schueler grounded out (shortstop to first); Oates
grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Simmons flied out to left; McCarver flied out to
left; Melendez reached on an error by Perez [Melendez to first];
J. Cruz lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans singled to second; Aaron grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Evans out at second];
Lum popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves
0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson popped to second; Foster singled to center;
Brock doubled to right [Foster to third]; Sizemore walked; Torre
forced Foster (third to catcher) [Brock to third, Sizemore to
second]; Simmons singled to right [Brock scored, Sizemore
scored, Torre to third]; HOERNER REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING);
McCarver singled to left [Torre scored, Simmons to second];
Melendez flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Baker singled to right; Johnson doubled to left
[Baker scored]; Perez singled to right [Johnson to third];
TEPEDINO BATTED FOR HOERNER; Tepedino hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Johnson scored]; Oates grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Perez out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: PANTHER REPLACED TEPEDINO (PITCHING); J. Cruz
singled to center; Tyson forced J. Cruz (second unassisted);
Foster popped to first in foul territory; Brock popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Evans flied out
to center; Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: Sizemore walked; Torre forced Sizemore (shortstop
to second); Simmons flied out to left; McCarver flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Lum flied out to center; Baker doubled to left;
Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Perez doubled to
right [Baker scored]; JACKSON BATTED FOR PANTHER; SEGUI REPLACED
FOSTER (PITCHING); Jackson walked; Oates walked [Perez to third,
Jackson to second]; Garr struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Braves 3.

CARDINALS 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Melendez
flied out to left; J. Cruz grounded out (first unassisted);
Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Braves 3.

BRAVES 8TH: Evans walked; Aaron struck out; Lum struck out;
Baker walked [Evans to second]; Johnson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 3.

CARDINALS 9TH: Segui popped to second; Brock singled to second;
Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sizemore
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Braves 3.

BRAVES 9TH: Perez popped to first in foul territory; DIETZ
BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Dietz walked; MORTON RAN FOR DIETZ; Oates
singled to second [Morton to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED SEGUI
(PITCHING); GOGGIN RAN FOR MORTON; Garr struck out; Evans walked
[Goggin to third, Oates to second]; GRANGER REPLACED HRABOSKY
(PITCHING); Aaron flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Braves 3.