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Making his first start since his no-hitter against the Padres August 5, Phil Niekro allowed five hits in pitching the Braves to a 5-4 victory over the Pirates. Niekro retired the first three batters, but Willie Stargell doubled in the second inning and Richie Zisk homered. Atlanta Braves 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4Game Played on Friday, August 10, 1973 (Night game) at Three Rivers StadiumBraves 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 - 5 7 1
Pirates 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 5 0
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Garr rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Clines cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .280
Lum lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .297 Cash 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .272
Evans 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .282 Oliver 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281
Baker cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .298 Stargell lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .291
Johnson 2b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .265 Zisk rf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .345
Tepedino 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .330 Alley pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
Perez ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .243 Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Casanova c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .218 Stennett 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .248
P. Niekro p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .117 Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Hebner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270
J. Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .105
Robertson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429
R. Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 5 7 5 3 3 Totals 31 4 5 4 2 6
Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 25,781
Left on Base: Braves 4, Pirates 2
DP: Braves 0, Pirates 1
Errors: P. Niekro
Doubles: Baker (23), Stargell (27)
Home Runs: Lum (13), Zisk (6), Stargell (33)
Stolen Bases: Baker (17), Clines (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Tepedino (3)
GIDP: Casanova (4)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
P. Niekro W(12-5) 9 5 4 4 2 6 2 33 3.44
Totals 9 5 4 4 2 6 2 33
Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Ellis L(11-10) 8 4 3 3 3 3 1 30 2.87
Giusti 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 1.78
R. Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.52
Totals 9 7 5 5 3 3 1 36
Wild Pitches: P. Niekro (9)
Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Bob Engel
BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Lum grounded
out (second to first); Evans walked; Baker forced Evans
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates
0.
PIRATES 1ST: Clines singled to right; Clines stole second;
Clines was picked off second (pitcher to second); Cash struck
out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Cash was picked off
first but was safe on an error by P. Niekro [Cash to second];
Cash was out trying to advance to third (right to third); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0,
Pirates 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Johnson struck out; Tepedino grounded out (shortstop
to first); Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Stargell doubled to right; Zisk homered [Stargell
scored]; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Stennett
grounded out (catcher unassisted); Maxvill popped to first; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 2.
BRAVES 3RD: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); P.
Niekro struck out; Garr grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 3RD: Ellis struck out; Clines flied out to left; Cash
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0,
Pirates 2.
BRAVES 4TH: Lum singled to center; Evans walked [Lum to second];
Baker singled to right [Lum scored, Evans to third]; Baker stole
second; Johnson lined to third; Tepedino hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Evans scored]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 4TH: Oliver flied out to right; Stargell flied out to
center; Zisk singled to left; Sanguillen lined to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 2.
BRAVES 5TH: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); P.
Niekro struck out; Garr singled to left [Garr out at second
(second to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates
2.
PIRATES 5TH: Stennett grounded out (pitcher to first); Maxvill
grounded out (third to first); Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 2.
BRAVES 6TH: Lum homered; Evans made an out to second; Baker
grounded out (third to first); Johnson flied out to center; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 6TH: Clines was called out on strikes; Cash flied out to
center; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 2.
BRAVES 7TH: Tepedino flied out to left; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Casanova walked; P. Niekro flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 7TH: Stargell grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (first to pitcher); Sanguillen flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 2.
BRAVES 8TH: Garr lined to center; Lum made an out to shortstop;
Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 3, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 8TH: Stennett popped to catcher in foul territory;
HEBNER BATTED FOR MAXVILL; Hebner popped to shortstop; ROBERTSON
BATTED FOR ELLIS; Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 3, Pirates 2.
BRAVES 9TH: J. HERNANDEZ REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING SS); GIUSTI
REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Baker doubled to center; Johnson
reached on a fielder's choice [Baker to third]; Tepedino singled
to right [Baker scored, Johnson to second]; Perez singled to
center [Johnson scored, Tepedino to second]; R. HERNANDEZ
REPLACED GIUSTI (PITCHING); Casanova grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Tepedino to third, Perez out at
second]; P. Niekro flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 5, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 9TH: Clines walked; Cash struck out; Oliver flied out to
right; Stargell homered [Clines scored]; Zisk walked; ALLEY RAN
FOR ZISK; Sanguillen popped to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 5, Pirates 4.
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