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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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