The Braves gained their 11th victory in the last 15 games by defeating the Expos, 6-1, behind the five-hit pitching of Ron Schueler. After the Expos picked up their run on a homer by John Boccabella in the second inning, the Braves broke the game wide open with five runs in the third.

In succession, Schueler singled, Ralph Garr doubled and Johnny Oates, Darrell Evans and Dusty Baker singled to produce the first three runs. Then, after Davey Johnson walked to load the bases, two more runs were forced in on passes to Frank Tepedino and Marty Perez. Tepedino accounted for the last run with a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 6, Montreal Expos 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      15, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Expos        0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Braves       0  0  5    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Garr rf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .275
Jorgensen 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Oates c               5   1   1   2     0   0   .248
Fairly lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .302      Evans 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .271
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Baker cf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .305
Day cf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .315      Lum lf,1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Bailey 3b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .295      Johnson 2b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .259
Boccabella c          3   1   1   1     0   1   .251      Tepedino 1b           2   1   1   2     1   1   .280
Frias ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Jackson lf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .226
  Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .303      Perez ss              3   0   1   1     1   0   .234
  Gilbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schueler p            4   1   1   0     0   2   .154
Torrez p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .225
  Walker p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  M. Scott p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyttle ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Lintz ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     1   8             Totals               34   6  10   6     3   3

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  8,620
Left on Base: Expos 5, Braves 8
DP: Expos 0, Braves 0
Errors: Jorgensen, Oates
Doubles: Garr (14)
Triples: Evans (6)
Home Runs: Boccabella (5), Tepedino (2)
Stolen Bases: Hunt (6)
Caught Stealing: Garr (6)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (4,by M. Scott)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez L(5-8)           2.2   6   5   5   3   1   0  17   4.69
Walker                  2.1   3   1   1   0   1   1  10   3.26
M. Scott                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   8   4.58
Gilbert                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.97
Totals                  8    10   6   6   3   3   1  38

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler W(5-4)         9     5   1   1   1   8   1  33   4.00
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   8   1  33

Hit by Pitch: M. Scott (1)

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


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt singled; Hunt stole second [Hunt to third (error
by Oates)]; Jorgensen flied out to center; Fairly struck out;
Singleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Oates grounded out (second
to first); Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Day grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailey was
called out on strikes; Boccabella homered; Frias grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker flied out to right; Lum flied out to left;
Johnson singled; Tepedino struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Torrez singled; Hunt forced Torrez (pitcher to
shortstop); Jorgensen flied out to right; Fairly grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Schueler
singled; Garr doubled [Schueler to third]; Oates singled
[Schueler scored, Garr scored]; Evans singled [Oates to second];
Baker singled [Oates scored, Evans to second]; Lum flied out to
center; Johnson walked [Evans to third, Baker to second];
Tepedino walked [Evans scored, Baker to third, Johnson to
second]; Perez walked [Baker scored, Johnson to third, Tepedino
to second]; WALKER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Schueler struck
out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 5.

EXPOS 4TH: Singleton flied out to left; Day flied out to left;
Bailey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 5.

BRAVES 4TH: Garr reached on an error by Jorgensen; Garr was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Oates grounded
out (second to first); Evans tripled; Baker flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 5.

EXPOS 5TH: Boccabella grounded out (third to first); Frias
grounded out (first unassisted); Walker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 5.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum popped to second; Johnson flied out to right;
Tepedino homered; Perez singled; Schueler popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 6.

EXPOS 6TH: Hunt made an out to second; Jorgensen made an out to
shortstop; Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 6.

BRAVES 6TH: M. SCOTT REPLACED WALKER (PITCHING); Garr flied out
to right; Oates grounded out (first unassisted); Evans grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 6.

EXPOS 7TH: JACKSON REPLACED TEPEDINO (PLAYING LF); LUM CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Singleton flied out to center; Day
singled; Bailey struck out; Boccabella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 6.

BRAVES 7TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Lum grounded
out (second to first); Johnson was hit by a pitch; Jackson
singled [Johnson to second]; Perez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 6.

EXPOS 8TH: BREEDEN BATTED FOR FRIAS; Breeden struck out; LYTTLE
BATTED FOR M. SCOTT; Lyttle was called out on strikes; Hunt
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1,
Braves 6.

BRAVES 8TH: LINTZ REPLACED LYTTLE (PLAYING SS); GILBERT REPLACED
BREEDEN (PITCHING); Schueler struck out; Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); Oates grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 6.

EXPOS 9TH: Jorgensen grounded out (third to first); Fairly
walked; Singleton singled [Fairly to second]; Day flied out to
left; Bailey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves
6.