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Saturday September 8, 1973
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Atlanta Braves 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1973 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium

Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  6  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   3  8  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               3   1   0   0     1   1   .344      Garr rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Morgan 2b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .283      Lum 1b                4   0   1   0     0   0   .293
Driessen 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .310      Aaron lf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .279
Bench c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .258        Jackson lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .410        Goggin ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .299
Geronimo cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .200      Baker cf              4   1   1   1     0   2   .288
Chaney ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .168      Johnson 2b            3   1   2   1     1   0   .273
  Tolan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .207      Perez ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .249
  Menke ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Casanova c            3   0   2   0     0   0   .243
Billingham p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .036      Morton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .165
  King ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .212        J. Niekro p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .045

Totals               32   2   6   2     2   3             Totals               31   3   8   3     1   5

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 16,381
Left on Base: Reds 5, Braves 6
DP: Reds 0, Braves 1
Errors: Lum
Doubles: Billingham (1), Tolan (14), Johnson (23)
Home Runs: Morgan (21), Aaron (36), Baker (18), Johnson (39)
Caught Stealing: Geronimo (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Morton (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham              7     5   2   2   1   4   2  27   3.00
Hall L(7-5)             1     3   1   1   0   1   1   6   3.56
Totals                  8     8   3   3   1   5   3  33

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton                  8     5   2   2   2   3   1  31   3.72
J. Niekro W(2-3)        1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.29
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   3   1  34

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ken Burkhart, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - John Kibler


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan
grounded out (second to first); Driessen popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr popped to third in foul territory; Lum grounded
out (catcher to first); Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Aaron struck out; Baker struck out; Johnson doubled;
Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Braves 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo reached on an error by Lum [Geronimo to
first]; Chaney lined into a double play (second to first)
[Geronimo out at first]; Billingham doubled to center; Rose
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); Morton
grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 4TH: Morgan grounded out (third to first); Driessen flied
out to left; Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

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

REDS 5TH: Bench walked; Griffey flied out to right; Geronimo
singled to left [Bench to second]; Chaney forced Geronimo (first
to shortstop) [Bench to third]; Billingham grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Baker struck out; Johnson popped to second; Perez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Braves 0.

REDS 6TH: Rose walked; Morgan flied out to right; Driessen
forced Rose (second to shortstop); Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Casanova singled to right; Morton out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Casanova to second]; Garr flied out to
left; Lum grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 7TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied
out to center; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Evans popped to second; Aaron homered; Baker
homered; Johnson walked; Perez struck out; Casanova singled to
left [Johnson to second]; Morton flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 2.

REDS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED AARON (PLAYING LF); TOLAN BATTED FOR
CHANEY; Tolan doubled to right; KING BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM; King
struck out; Rose reached on a fielder's choice [Tolan out at
third (shortstop to third)]; Morgan homered [Rose scored];
Driessen singled to center; Perez flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: MENKE REPLACED TOLAN (PLAYING SS); HALL REPLACED
KING (PITCHING); Garr singled to left; Lum singled to third
[Garr to second]; Evans forced Garr (catcher to third) [Lum to
second]; GOGGIN BATTED FOR JACKSON; Goggin struck out; Baker
popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 2.

REDS 9TH: GOGGIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J. NIEKRO REPLACED
MORTON (PITCHING); Bench grounded out (shortstop to first);
Griffey grounded out (first unassisted); Geronimo singled to
left; Geronimo was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Johnson homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Braves 3.



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