After a grand-slam homer by Bob Bailey helped rally the Expos to an 11-7 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, the Braves donned their slugging togs and won the nightcap, 15-6. Hank Aaron hit his 697th career homer, connecting with two men on base in the fifth inning, to pace the Braves to a 7-1 lead in the lidlifter, the Expos' tally coming on a round-tripper by Ken Singleton. Seemingly headed for sure defeat, the Expos suddenly exploded for seven runs in the sixth inning. Bailey hit his grand slam off Phil Niekro. Jim Lyttle added a two-run blow off Jim Panther and the Expos then went ahead with their eighth run on singles by Ron Hunt, Mike Jorgensen and Ron Fairly. The Expos added runs in each of the last three innings, one coming on a pinch-homer by Hal Breeden, who also delivered a three-run drive as a pinch-batter in the second game.

The Braves piled up 21 hits in the nightcap. Norm Miller homered with two men on base and Carl Morton with one aboard in the second inning. Miller later hit a sacrifice fly for his fourth RBI. Mike Lum also batted in four runs with a triple and single. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 11, Atlanta Braves 7 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, July      13, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Expos        0  1  0    0  0  7    1  1  1  -  11 15  1
Braves       0  0  2    0  5  0    0  0  0  -   7  9  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               5   2   1   0     1   0   .309      Garr rf               4   1   0   0     1   0   .277
Jorgensen 1b          5   1   3   0     0   0   .245      Perez ss              5   1   1   1     0   0   .229
Fairly lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .313      Evans 3b              2   0   0   1     1   1   .269
  Mashore lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Aaron lf              5   1   1   3     0   0   .247
Singleton rf          3   2   1   1     2   0   .287      Lum 1b                5   0   1   0     0   1   .299
Bailey 3b             5   1   1   4     0   3   .300      Baker cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .299
Day cf                3   0   2   0     0   0   .325      Oates c               4   2   3   0     0   0   .249
  Breeden ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .302      Goggin 2b             4   2   3   1     0   1   .289
  Marshall p          1   1   1   0     0   0   .250      P. Niekro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Boccabella c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .251        Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Frias ss              4   1   1   1     1   0   .206        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Stoneman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .077        Casanova ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .189
  Lyttle ph           1   1   1   2     0   0  1.000        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Gilbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Woods cf            1   0   0   0     1   0   .229        Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               38  11  15  10     5   5             Totals               34   7   9   6     3   5

Time of Game: 3:14
Left on Base: Expos 8, Braves 7
DP: Expos 0, Braves 1
Errors: Frias
Doubles: Jorgensen (8), Goggin (3)
Home Runs: Singleton (13), Bailey (18), Lyttle (1), Breeden (6), Aaron (24)
Stolen Bases: Jorgensen (9), Fairly (1)
Caught Stealing: Day (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Stoneman (2), Boccabella (7), P. Niekro 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (5)
GIDP: Boccabella (13)
Hit by Pitch: Fairly (2,by P. Niekro), Evans (2,by Marshall)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stoneman W(4-5)         5     7   7   7   1   2   1  23   6.79
Gilbert                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.44
Marshall SV(17)         3     1   0   0   1   3   0  13   3.09
Totals                  9     9   7   7   3   5   1  41

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Niekro               5     7   5   5   1   3   2  23   3.13
Panther L(1-3)          0.2   3   3   3   1   0   1   5   5.04
Hoerner                 0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.39
House                   1.2   1   2   2   3   1   1   9   6.06
Frisella                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.60
Devine                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   6.46
Totals                  9    15  11  11   5   5   4  46

Hit by Pitch: Marshall (2), P. Niekro (3)
Wild Pitches: Stoneman (4)
Balks: Frisella (1)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Jorgensen
grounded out (second to first); Fairly was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr made an out to shortstop; Perez flied out to
right; Evans was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Singleton homered; Bailey grounded out (third to
first); Day singled; Boccabella grounded out (first unassisted)
[Day to second]; Day was caught stealing third (catcher to third
to shortstop to catcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves
0.

BRAVES 2ND: Aaron made an out to second; Lum grounded out (third
to first); Baker flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Frias grounded out (third to first); Stoneman struck
out; Hunt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Oates singled; Goggin doubled [Oates scored]; P.
Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Goggin to
third]; Stoneman threw a wild pitch [Goggin scored]; Garr flied
out to left; Perez flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 2.

EXPOS 4TH: Jorgensen doubled; Jorgensen stole third; Fairly was
hit by a pitch; Fairly stole second; Singleton flied out to
center; Bailey struck out; Day flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Aaron
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lum singled; Baker struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Boccabella singled; Frias forced Boccabella (second
to shortstop); Stoneman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Frias to second]; Hunt grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Oates singled; Goggin singled [Oates to second]; P.
Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Oates to third,
Goggin to second]; Garr was walked intentionally; Perez singled
[Oates scored, Goggin to third, Garr to second]; Evans hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Goggin scored]; Aaron homered [Garr
scored, Perez scored]; Lum flied out to right; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 7.

EXPOS 6TH: Jorgensen singled; Fairly singled [Jorgensen to
second]; Singleton walked [Jorgensen to third, Fairly to
second]; Bailey homered [Jorgensen scored, Fairly scored,
Singleton scored]; PANTHER REPLACED P. NIEKRO (PITCHING); Day
singled; Boccabella grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Day out at second]; Frias walked; LYTTLE
BATTED FOR STONEMAN; Lyttle homered [Frias scored]; Hunt
singled; HOERNER REPLACED PANTHER (PITCHING); Jorgensen singled
[Hunt to second]; Fairly singled [Hunt scored, Jorgensen to
second]; Singleton flied out to right; 7 R, 8 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 8, Braves 7.

BRAVES 6TH: GILBERT REPLACED LYTTLE (PITCHING); Baker flied out
to center; Oates grounded out (second to first); Goggin singled;
CASANOVA BATTED FOR HOERNER; Casanova walked [Goggin to second];
Garr grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 8, Braves 7.

EXPOS 7TH: HOUSE REPLACED CASANOVA (PITCHING); Bailey struck
out; BREEDEN BATTED FOR DAY; Breeden homered; Boccabella flied
out to left; Frias grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 9, Braves 7.

BRAVES 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED BREEDEN (PITCHING); WOODS REPLACED
GILBERT (PLAYING CF); Perez flied out to right; Evans walked;
Aaron grounded out (third to first) [Evans to second]; Lum
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
9, Braves 7.

EXPOS 8TH: Woods walked; Hunt walked [Woods to second];
Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher) [Woods to third, Hunt
to second]; Fairly reached on a fielder's choice [Woods out at
home (shortstop to catcher), Hunt to third]; Singleton walked
[Fairly to second]; FRISELLA REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Frisella
balked [Hunt scored, Fairly to third, Singleton to second];
Bailey struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 10, Braves 7.

BRAVES 8TH: Baker flied out to center; Oates singled; Goggin was
called out on strikes; MILLER BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Miller was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 10, Braves 7.

EXPOS 9TH: DEVINE REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Marshall singled;
Boccabella out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Marshall
to second]; Frias singled [Marshall scored]; Woods grounded out
(second to first) [Frias to second]; Hunt grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 11, Braves 7.

BRAVES 9TH: MASHORE REPLACED FAIRLY (PLAYING LF); Garr reached
on an error by Frias [Garr to first]; Perez flied out to right;
Evans was hit by a pitch [Garr to second]; Aaron grounded out
(first unassisted) [Garr to third, Evans to second]; Lum struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 11, Braves 7.