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Saturday September 1, 1973
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San Francisco Giants 5, Atlanta Braves 4

Game Played on Saturday, September 1, 1973 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Braves       0  0  0    1  1  2    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
Giants       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   5  8  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .307      Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Lum lf                5   0   0   0     0   3   .292      Fuentes 2b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .282
Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .275      Maddox cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .309
Baker cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .294      McCovey 1b            1   0   0   0     3   0   .264
Johnson 2b            4   2   2   0     0   0   .270        Thomasson pr,1b     0   1   0   0     0   0   .279
Tepedino 1b           3   1   2   2     1   0   .319      Matthews lf           3   2   1   0     1   0   .299
Jackson ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Kingman 3b            3   0   1   2     1   0   .203
Casanova c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .232      Phillips ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .224
P. Niekro p           3   1   1   1     0   1   .123        Arnold ph           1   0   1   2     0   0   .294
  Goggin ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .303        Speier ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                          Rader c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .223
                                                          Barr p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .130
                                                            Howarth ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .187
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
                                                            Sosa p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .091

Totals               35   4   8   3     2   6             Totals               30   5   8   5     6   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 44,256
Left on Base: Braves 7, Giants 7
DP: Braves 1, Giants 1
Errors: McCovey
Doubles: Casanova (7), Johnson (19), Tepedino 2 (4), Baker (27), Kingman (7), Maddox (24)
Home Runs: P. Niekro (1)
Stolen Bases: Baker (18), Jackson (5), Matthews (12), Maddox (20), Thomasson (2)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (14)
GIDP: Evans (6), Matthews (11)
Hit by Pitch: Baker (4,by Barr)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Niekro L(13-7)       8     8   5   5   6   4   0  36   3.40
Totals                  8     8   5   5   6   4   0  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr                    7     7   4   3   0   3   1  29   3.68
Moffitt                 0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.52
Sosa W(8-2)             1.2   0   0   0   1   3   0   6   3.01
Totals                  9     8   4   3   2   6   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Barr (5)
Wild Pitches: P. Niekro (10)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Bob Engel


BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to left; Lum struck out; Evans grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Garr out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled to right; Fuentes struck out; Maddox
struck out; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker was hit by a pitch; Baker stole second;
Johnson flied out to right; Tepedino lined to shortstop; Jackson
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews
singled to left; Matthews stole second; Kingman doubled to left
[Matthews scored]; Phillips grounded out (second to first)
[Kingman to third]; Rader grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Casanova doubled to left; P. Niekro struck out; Garr
grounded out (third to first); Lum flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Barr grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds popped
to catcher in foul territory; Fuentes singled to first; P.
Niekro threw a wild pitch [Fuentes to second]; Maddox singled to
center [Fuentes scored]; McCovey walked [Maddox to second];
Matthews forced McCovey (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans lined to second; Baker grounded out (shortstop
to first); Johnson doubled to left; Tepedino doubled to left
[Johnson scored]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); Phillips
popped to third in foul territory; Rader flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); P.
Niekro homered; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Lum
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Barr grounded out (third to first); Bonds popped to
catcher in foul territory; Fuentes singled to left; Maddox made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Evans made an out to third; Baker flied out to
center; Johnson singled to left; Tepedino doubled to right
[Johnson scored]; Jackson reached on an error by McCovey (assist
by Fuentes) [Tepedino scored (unearned) (no RBI), Jackson to
first]; Jackson stole second; Casanova flied out to center; 2 R
(1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: McCovey walked; Matthews grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [McCovey out at second]; Kingman
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4,
Giants 2.

BRAVES 7TH: P. Niekro flied out to left; Garr flied out to
center; Lum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: Phillips struck out; Rader grounded out (first
unassisted); HOWARTH BATTED FOR BARR; Howarth made an out to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 2.

BRAVES 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED HOWARTH (PITCHING); Evans walked;
Baker doubled to left [Evans to third]; Johnson grounded out
(third to first); SOSA REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); Tepedino was
walked intentionally; Jackson forced Evans (first to catcher)
[Baker to third, Tepedino to second]; Casanova forced Jackson
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Bonds struck out; Fuentes grounded out (pitcher to
first); Maddox doubled to left; McCovey walked; THOMASSON RAN
FOR MCCOVEY; Maddox stole third and Thomasson stole second;
Matthews walked; Kingman walked [Maddox scored, Thomasson to
third, Matthews to second]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Arnold
singled to center [Thomasson scored, Matthews scored, Kingman to
third, Arnold to second (on throw)]; Rader was walked
intentionally; Sosa flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 4, Giants 5.

BRAVES 9TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SPEIER
REPLACED ARNOLD (PLAYING SS); GOGGIN BATTED FOR P. NIEKRO;
Goggin was called out on strikes; Garr struck out; Lum struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 5.



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