Carl Morton, working out of a string of late-inning jams, hurled the Braves to a 1-0 victory over the Astros. The visitors had two men on base in each of the last three innings, but could not produce a run-scoring hit. The Braves scored the lone run of the day in the second inning on a leadoff single by Dusty Baker, a single by Davey Johnson which sent Baker to third, and an infield groundout by Mike Lum. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 1, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Tuesday, July      3, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0 10  0
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  9  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               4   0   2   0     0   1   .250      Garr rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .264
Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Perez ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Wynn rf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .230      Evans 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .282
Watson lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .330      Aaron lf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .230
Rader 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .249        Jackson pr,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .223
May 1b                4   0   1   0     0   1   .267      Baker cf              4   1   3   0     0   0   .282
Helms 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .295      Johnson 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Jutze c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Lum 1b                3   0   1   1     0   1   .299
Roberts p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .132      Oates c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  Batista ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Morton p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .178
  Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .220

Totals               35   0  10   0     1   4             Totals               32   1   9   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 22,894
Left on Base: Astros 9, Braves 8
DP: Astros 1, Braves 2
Errors: Perez
Doubles: Evans (15)
Stolen Bases: Baker 2 (10)
Caught Stealing: Wynn (9)
GIDP: Helms (4), Watson (7), Perez (9)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(7-6)          7     8   1   1   0   6   0  28   2.78
Griffin                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.88
Totals                  8     9   1   1   1   6   0  33

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(7-6)           9    10   0   0   1   4   0  36   3.45
Totals                  9    10   0   0   1   4   0  36

Passed Balls: Jutze (4)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Agee grounded out (second to first); Metzger flied
out to center; Wynn walked; Watson forced Wynn (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Perez singled to center;
Evans flied out to right; Aaron struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader lined to shortstop; May singled to center;
Helms grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker singled to center; Johnson singled to left
[Baker to third]; Lum grounded out (first to pitcher) [Baker
scored, Johnson to second]; Oates grounded out (first
unassisted) [Johnson to third]; Morton flied out to right; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Jutze lined to second; Roberts grounded out (first
to pitcher); Agee singled to center; Metzger struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr singled to center; On a bunt Perez grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Garr out at
second]; Evans singled to center; Aaron grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Wynn reached on an error by Perez [Wynn to first];
Watson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Wynn out at second]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker singled to left; Johnson flied out to right;
Baker stole second; Lum struck out; Oates grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

ASTROS 5TH: May lined to right; Helms flied out to center; Jutze
singled to center; Roberts grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Morton struck out; Garr struck out; Perez grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Agee struck out; Metzger flied out to left; Wynn
singled to left; Wynn was caught stealing second (catcher to
second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Evans flied out to left; Aaron struck out; Baker
singled to left; Baker stole second; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
singled to center; May struck out; Helms singled to left [Rader
to second]; Jutze flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Lum singled to right; Oates forced Lum (pitcher to
shortstop); Morton popped to shortstop; Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

ASTROS 8TH: BATISTA BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Batista struck out; Agee
singled to center; Metzger singled to right [Agee to third];
Wynn grounded out (third to first) [Metzger to second, Agee
stayed at third]; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED BATISTA (PITCHING); Perez popped to
first in foul territory; Evans doubled to right; Aaron was
walked intentionally; JACKSON RAN FOR AARON; Baker lined to
center; Jutze allowed a passed ball [Evans to third, Jackson to
second]; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Braves 1.

ASTROS 9TH: JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Rader singled
to center; May popped to third; Helms singled to left [Rader to
second]; Jutze forced Helms (second to shortstop) [Rader to
third]; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Gallagher grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 1.