Rick Wise hit a grand-slam homer to climax a seven-run outburst by the Cardinals in the third inning, but the Braves came pounding back to gain an 11-7 victory. After the Cardinals' outburst, the Braves scored six runs in their half of the third on a single by Ralph Garr, error by Joe Torre, single by Hank Aaron, double by Dusty Baker and homer by Davey Johnson. Atlanta Braves 11, St. Louis Cardinals 7Game Played on Tuesday, August 21, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta StadiumCardinals 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 13 1 Braves 0 0 6 0 3 2 0 0 x - 11 15 0 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .294 Garr rf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .299 Sizemore 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .271 Lum 1b 4 3 3 1 1 0 .302 McCarver 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .258 Evans 3b 3 3 2 1 2 0 .282 Simmons c 5 0 1 2 0 0 .287 Aaron lf 4 2 3 3 0 0 .263 Torre 3b 4 1 3 0 1 0 .298 Perez pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Agee cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .233 Baker cf 5 1 2 4 0 0 .295 Carbo rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .276 Johnson 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .263 Tyson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Jackson ss,lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .216 J. Cruz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Casanova c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Sprague p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrison p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Melendez ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .259 J. Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Wise p 3 1 1 4 0 1 .191 Goggin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Neibauer p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Folkers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 McBride ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .353 Velazquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 P. Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .119 Reitz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Totals 39 7 13 7 6 4 Totals 38 11 15 11 3 5 Time of Game: 3:02 Attendance: 15,502 Left on Base: Cardinals 11, Braves 6 DP: Cardinals 0, Braves 1 Errors: Torre Doubles: Baker 2 (25), Aaron (7) Triples: Evans (8) Home Runs: Wise (3), Johnson (33), Lum (14) Caught Stealing: Casanova (2), Garr (8) GIDP: Agee (6) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(13-9) 4 8 9 3 2 3 2 22 3.11 Pena 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.40 Folkers 1.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 7 3.36 Sprague 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 4.63 Totals 8 15 11 5 3 5 2 41 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Harrison 2.2 8 7 7 2 2 1 18 3.77 J. Niekro 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.69 Neibauer W(2-0) 2.2 0 0 0 3 1 0 11 4.26 Devine 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.24 P. Niekro SV(4) 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 14 3.27 Totals 9 13 7 7 6 4 1 45 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Shag Crawford CARDINALS 1ST: On a bunt Brock struck out; Sizemore singled to left; McCarver flied out to center; Simmons flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (third to first); Lum walked; Evans flied out to center; Aaron forced Lum (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Torre singled to right; Agee flied out to right; Carbo walked [Torre to second]; Tyson forced Carbo (third to second) [Torre to third]; Wise forced Tyson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Baker flied out to center; Johnson struck out; Jackson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to left; Sizemore singled to center [Brock to second]; McCarver singled to right [Brock to third, Sizemore to second]; Simmons singled to left [Brock scored, Sizemore scored, McCarver to second]; Torre forced Simmons (shortstop to second) [McCarver to third]; Agee walked [Torre to second]; Carbo singled to first [McCarver scored, Torre to third, Agee to second]; Tyson struck out; Wise homered [Torre scored, Agee scored, Carbo scored]; J. NIEKRO REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); Brock grounded out (catcher to first); 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Casanova struck out; GOGGIN BATTED FOR J. NIEKRO; Goggin grounded out (first unassisted); Garr singled to pitcher; Lum reached on an error by Torre [Garr to second, Lum to first]; Evans walked [Garr to third, Lum to second]; Aaron singled to center [Garr scored (unearned), Lum scored (unearned), Evans to second]; Baker doubled to center [Evans scored (unearned), Aaron scored (unearned)]; Johnson homered (unearned) [Baker scored (unearned)]; Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); 6 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 6. CARDINALS 4TH: NEIBAUER REPLACED GOGGIN (PITCHING); Sizemore flied out to left; McCarver walked; Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher) [McCarver to second]; Torre walked; Agee flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 6. BRAVES 4TH: Casanova singled to shortstop; Casanova was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); On a bunt Neibauer struck out; Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 6. CARDINALS 5TH: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Tyson grounded out (second to first); Wise struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 6. BRAVES 5TH: Lum homered; Evans singled to right; Aaron singled to center [Evans to second]; PENA REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Baker doubled to left [Evans scored, Aaron scored]; Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher) [Baker to third]; Jackson flied out to center; Casanova grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 9. CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); McCarver walked; DEVINE REPLACED NEIBAUER (PITCHING); Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 9. BRAVES 6TH: VELAZQUEZ BATTED FOR DEVINE; Velazquez was called out on strikes; Garr singled to center; FOLKERS REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Garr was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Lum singled to center; Evans tripled to right [Lum scored]; Aaron doubled to left [Evans scored]; PEREZ RAN FOR AARON; Baker grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 11. CARDINALS 7TH: P. NIEKRO REPLACED VELAZQUEZ (PITCHING); PEREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); JACKSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Torre singled to right; Agee grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Torre out at second]; Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 11. BRAVES 7TH: Johnson flied out to right; Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); Casanova grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 11. CARDINALS 8TH: J. CRUZ BATTED FOR TYSON; J. Cruz singled to right; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR FOLKERS; McBride forced J. Cruz (shortstop to second); Brock was called out on strikes; Sizemore singled to left [McBride to second]; McCarver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 11. BRAVES 8TH: SPRAGUE REPLACED J. CRUZ (PITCHING); KELLEHER REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING SS); P. Niekro struck out; Garr singled to shortstop; Lum singled to left [Garr to third]; Evans walked [Lum to second]; Perez popped to first; Baker forced Evans (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 11. CARDINALS 9TH: Simmons grounded out (first to pitcher); Torre singled to left; Agee singled to center [Torre to second]; Carbo grounded out (first unassisted) [Torre to third, Agee to second]; MELENDEZ BATTED FOR SPRAGUE; Melendez walked; REITZ BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Reitz flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cardinals 7, Braves 11. |
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