| 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 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1973 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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