The Braves collected only five hits, including a homer by Darrell Evans, but bunched them in the fourth inning to defeat the Expos, 4-1. Marty Perez singled for the first hit off Balor Moore and Evans followed with his homer. A double by Hank Aaron and singles by Dusty Baker and Dick Dietz added another run. Baker then scored when Johnny Oates hit into a forceout.

The Braves got even tighter pitching from Roric Harrison and Gary Gentry. Harrison gave up only two hits in six innings and Gentry, who had just been reactivated, allowed one hit in the last three frames to get credit for his first save. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Saturday, July      14, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0
Braves       0  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  5  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .305      Garr rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Jorgensen 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Perez ss              2   1   1   0     2   0   .233
Fairly lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .306      Evans 3b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .268
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .284      Aaron lf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .248
Day cf                4   0   1   1     0   0   .317        Jackson lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Bailey 3b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .299      Baker cf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .306
Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .147      Johnson 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .258
  Lyttle ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .500      Dietz 1b              3   0   1   1     0   1   .300
  Boccabella c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Tepedino 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Frias ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Oates c               3   0   0   1     0   1   .249
  Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Harrison p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .071
  Jarvis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gentry p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Moore p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .061
  Mashore ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .260
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .305
  Lintz ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   3   1     6   3             Totals               28   4   5   4     2   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 11,511
Left on Base: Expos 6, Braves 2
DP: Expos 1, Braves 0
Doubles: Jorgensen (10), Aaron (5)
Home Runs: Evans (26)
Stolen Bases: Hunt (5)
GIDP: Evans (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(4-10)           4     5   4   4   1   4   1  18   4.93
Walker                  2     0   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.24
Jarvis                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.82
Totals                  8     5   4   4   2   6   1  30

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Harrison W(6-2)         6     2   1   1   6   3   0  25   2.75
Gentry SV(1)            3     1   0   0   0   0   0   9   3.45
Totals                  9     3   1   1   6   3   0  34

Wild Pitches: Harrison (6), Gentry (5)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt popped to second; Jorgensen grounded out (first
to pitcher); Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (third to first); Perez walked;
Evans struck out; Aaron forced Perez (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Singleton struck out; Day flied out to left; Bailey
walked; Humphrey popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker popped to shortstop; Johnson flied out to
center; Dietz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves
0.

EXPOS 3RD: Frias grounded out (second to first); Moore grounded
out (shortstop to first); Hunt walked; Hunt stole second;
Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Oates grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrison
was called out on strikes; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Fairly singled; Singleton walked [Fairly to second];
Harrison threw a wild pitch [Fairly to third, Singleton to
second]; Day singled to center [Fairly scored, Singleton to
third, Day out at second (center to first to shortstop)]; Bailey
popped to second; Humphrey grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Perez singled; Evans homered [Perez scored]; Aaron
doubled; Baker singled [Aaron to third]; Johnson struck out;
Dietz singled [Aaron scored, Baker to third]; Oates forced Dietz
(second to shortstop) [Baker scored]; Harrison popped to first
in foul territory; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 4.

EXPOS 5TH: Frias grounded out (second to first); MASHORE BATTED
FOR MOORE; Mashore walked; Hunt flied out to right; Jorgensen
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: WALKER REPLACED MASHORE (PITCHING); Garr flied out
to left; Perez walked; Evans grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 4.

EXPOS 6TH: Fairly grounded out (second to first); Singleton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Day grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Aaron grounded out (third to first); Baker flied out
to center; Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 4.

EXPOS 7TH: Bailey walked; LYTTLE BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Lyttle
walked [Bailey to second]; GENTRY REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING);
WOODS BATTED FOR FRIAS; Woods popped to first in foul territory
[Bailey to third]; BREEDEN BATTED FOR WALKER; Bailey was out
trying to advance to home and Lyttle advanced to second (catcher
to pitcher); Gentry threw a wild pitch [Lyttle to third];
Breeden grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: BOCCABELLA REPLACED LYTTLE (PLAYING C ); JARVIS
REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); LINTZ REPLACED BREEDEN (PLAYING SS);
Dietz grounded out (shortstop to first); Oates struck out;
Gentry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 4.

EXPOS 8TH: Hunt flied out to left; Jorgensen doubled; Fairly
grounded out (second to pitcher) [Jorgensen to third]; Singleton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1,
Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: Garr flied out to left; Perez flied out to left;
Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 4.

EXPOS 9TH: JACKSON REPLACED AARON (PLAYING LF); TEPEDINO
REPLACED DIETZ (PLAYING 1B); Day flied out to center; Bailey
grounded out (third to first); Boccabella grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 4.