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A slugging outburst by the Braves produced four runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Cardinals, 4-1. Mike Lum led off with a homer and, after two out, Darrell Evans walked, Hank Aaron tripled and Dusty Baker capped the inning with a round-tripper. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 1Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 1
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Lum rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .297 Brock lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .295
Perez ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Evans 3b 3 1 2 0 2 0 .284 McBride cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .444
Aaron lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .252 Simmons c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292
Jackson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 McCarver 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .252
Baker cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .296 J. Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229
Johnson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .262 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Dietz 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Tyson ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .241
Tepedino ph,1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .337 Folkers p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .059
Casanova c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Sprague p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Schueler p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .171 Carbo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269
P. Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Nagy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Melendez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .257
Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 4 11 4 3 4 Totals 32 1 5 1 1 7
Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 38,041
Left on Base: Braves 10, Cardinals 5
DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 1
Errors: Evans
Doubles: Brock (18)
Triples: Aaron (1)
Home Runs: Lum (12), Baker (11)
Stolen Bases: Lum (2)
Caught Stealing: Lum (5)
GIDP: Perez (13)
Hit by Pitch: Lum (5,by Folkers), Baker (3,by Nagy)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Schueler W(7-6) 8 5 1 1 1 6 0 30 3.94
P. Niekro SV(3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.42
Totals 9 5 1 1 1 7 0 33
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Folkers L(3-4) 4.2 7 4 4 3 3 2 24 3.31
Sprague 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.87
Nagy 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00
Pena 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.15
Totals 9 11 4 4 3 4 2 41
Hit by Pitch: Folkers (2), Nagy (1)
Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Satch Davidson
BRAVES 1ST: Lum was hit by a pitch; Perez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Lum out at second]; Evans walked;
Aaron grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock struck out; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); McBride singled to second; Simmons
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0,
Cardinals 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Baker struck out; Johnson singled to left; Dietz
flied out to left; Casanova struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 2ND: McCarver walked; J. Cruz grounded out (second to
first) [McCarver to second]; Reitz flied out to left; Tyson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Schueler singled to center; Lum forced Schueler
(second to shortstop); Lum stole second; Perez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Evans singled to second [Lum to third];
Aaron popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0,
Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 3RD: Folkers struck out; Brock grounded out (second to
first); Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Baker walked; Johnson struck out; Dietz grounded out
(third to first) [Baker to second]; Casanova grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 4TH: McBride flied out to center; Simmons flied out to
center; McCarver singled to right; J. Cruz grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Schueler popped to second; Lum homered; Perez flied
out to center; Evans walked; Aaron tripled to right [Evans
scored]; Baker homered [Aaron scored]; Johnson singled to left;
SPRAGUE REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); TEPEDINO BATTED FOR DIETZ;
Tepedino singled to right [Johnson to second]; Casanova flied
out to left; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 5TH: TEPEDINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); Tyson singled to left; CARBO
BATTED FOR SPRAGUE; Carbo was called out on strikes; Brock
doubled to left [Tyson scored]; Sizemore flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 6TH: NAGY REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); Schueler grounded
out (second to first); Lum singled to right; Lum was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Perez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 6TH: McBride struck out; Simmons grounded out (second
to first); McCarver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 7TH: Evans popped to third in foul territory; Aaron
popped to second; Baker was hit by a pitch; Johnson flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 7TH: J. Cruz grounded out (second to first); Reitz
grounded out (third to first); Tyson flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
BRAVES 8TH: Tepedino flied out to center; Casanova grounded out
(second to first); Schueler struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 8TH: MELENDEZ BATTED FOR NAGY; Melendez singled to
third [Melendez to second (error by Evans)]; Brock was called
out on strikes; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); McBride
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals
1.
BRAVES 9TH: PENA REPLACED MELENDEZ (PITCHING); Lum flied out to
center; Perez flied out to left; Evans singled to right; Aaron
singled to left [Evans to second]; Baker flied out to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 9TH: JACKSON REPLACED AARON (PLAYING LF); P. NIEKRO
REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (first to
pitcher); McCarver flied out to right; J. Cruz struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Cardinals 1.
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