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Wednesday August 22, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Hank Aaron hit his 705th career homer and Davey Johnson also rapped a round-tripper for the Braves, but the Cardinals came up with circuit clouts by Ted Sizemore, Joe Torre and Jose Cruz to gain a 6-4 victory. Cruz, pinch-hitting after a single by Carbo in the ninth inning, delivered the game-winning blow. [The Sporting News]


St. Louis Cardinals 6, Atlanta Braves 4

Game Played on Wednesday, August 22, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Cardinals    0  1  0    0  0  3    0  0  2  -   6 10  0
Braves       0  0  0    2  0  1    1  0  0  -   4  8  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              4   0   2   0     1   0   .296      Garr rf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .299
Sizemore 2b           3   1   1   1     2   1   .272      Lum 1b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .298
McCarver 1b           4   1   1   0     0   2   .258      Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
  Reitz 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Aaron lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .266
Simmons c             3   0   1   1     1   0   .288      Baker cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .295
Torre 3b,1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .300      Johnson 2b            4   1   2   2     0   1   .265
Agee cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .234      Perez ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Carbo rf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .276      Casanova c            4   1   2   0     0   1   .238
Tyson ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Schueler p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .178
  J. Cruz ph          1   1   1   2     0   0   .235        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Kelleher ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .171        Jackson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .216
Cleveland p           4   0   0   0     0   1   .255        J. Niekro p         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               33   6  10   6     4   4             Totals               33   4   8   4     1   6

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 14,550
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Braves 4
DP: Cardinals 1, Braves 1
Errors: Garr
Doubles: Agee (6), McCarver (10)
Home Runs: Sizemore (1), Torre (12), J. Cruz (9), Johnson (34), Aaron (32)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (48)
Caught Stealing: Brock (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Schueler (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Carbo (3)
GIDP: Agee (7), Perez (16)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(13-6)       9     8   4   4   1   6   2  35   3.19
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   6   2  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler                5     6   3   3   2   2   1  21   3.96
House                   2     2   1   1   0   0   1   7   4.75
J. Niekro L(1-1)        2     2   2   2   2   2   1  10   3.68
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   4   3  38

Wild Pitches: J. Niekro (2)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Sizemore walked; McCarver struck
out; Simmons walked [Sizemore to second]; Torre flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

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

CARDINALS 2ND: Agee doubled to right [Agee to third (error by
Garr)]; Carbo hit a sacrifice fly to center [Agee scored]; Tyson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cleveland grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Aaron singled to center; Baker popped to shortstop;
Johnson flied out to left; Perez forced Aaron (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second;
Sizemore struck out; McCarver flied out to center; Simmons
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Casanova singled to left; Schueler out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Casanova to second]; Garr
popped to first in foul territory; Lum lined to first; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre singled to third; Agee grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Torre out at
second]; Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans flied out to center; Aaron popped to first;
Baker singled to left; Johnson homered [Baker scored]; Perez
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to center; Cleveland grounded out
(third to first); Brock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cardinals 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Casanova struck out; Schueler struck out; Garr flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore homered; McCarver doubled to right;
HOUSE REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Simmons singled to left
[McCarver scored, Simmons out at second (left to catcher to
second)]; Torre homered; Agee popped to first in foul territory;
Carbo grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Lum grounded out (first unassisted); Evans grounded
out (second to pitcher); Aaron homered; Baker grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 3.

CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson flied out to right; Cleveland grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brock flied to left in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Perez lined to
left; Casanova singled to center; JACKSON BATTED FOR HOUSE;
Jackson walked [Casanova to second]; Garr singled to right
[Casanova scored, Jackson to third]; Lum struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: J. NIEKRO REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Sizemore
walked; McCarver struck out; Simmons popped to shortstop; Torre
forced Sizemore (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 4, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Aaron flied
out to left; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
4, Braves 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: Agee flied out to right; Carbo singled to left;
J. CRUZ BATTED FOR TYSON; J. Cruz homered [Carbo scored];
Cleveland struck out (catcher to first); Brock walked; Brock
stole second; J. Niekro threw a wild pitch [Brock to third];
Sizemore flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6,
Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: KELLEHER REPLACED J. CRUZ (PLAYING SS); REITZ
REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING 3B); TORRE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Johnson singled to left; Perez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; Casanova
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves
4.



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