Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Atlanta Braves 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 19, 1973 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Braves       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  x  -   4  7  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf               5   0   2   0     0   1   .302      Lopes 2b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .270
Lum lf                4   0   0   0     0   2   .295      Buckner 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .281        Garvey ph,1b        0   1   0   0     1   0   .298
Baker cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .287      Davis cf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .286
Johnson 2b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .273      Ferguson c            3   0   0   1     0   1   .261
Tepedino 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .304      Crawford lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .299
Jackson ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Cey 3b                4   0   3   2     0   0   .243
  Goggin ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Paciorek rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Casanova c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Russell ss            2   1   2   0     1   0   .268
P. Niekro p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Messersmith p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .169
  Closter p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mota ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .317
  J. Niekro p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Perez ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .249

Totals               33   1   6   1     3   7             Totals               28   4   7   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 31,012
Left on Base: Braves 9, Dodgers 5
DP: Braves 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Cey
Doubles: Baker (28), Russell (26)
Home Runs: Johnson (43)
Caught Stealing: Garr (10), Cey (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Ferguson (10)
Hit by Pitch: P. Niekro (1,by Messersmith)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Niekro L(13-9)       7.1   5   2   2   2   4   0  28   3.34
Closter                 0     1   2   2   1   0   0   2  23.14
J. Niekro               0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.43
Totals                  8     7   4   4   4   4   0  33

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(14-10)    8     5   1   1   3   6   1  33   2.70
Brewer SV(19)           1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.09
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   7   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Messersmith (6)
Wild Pitches: P. Niekro (11)

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


BRAVES 1ST: Garr struck out; Lum struck out; Evans walked; Baker
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner flied
out to center; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tepedino
walked; Jackson flied out to left; Casanova flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Ferguson flied out to center; Crawford grounded out
(second to first); Cey singled to left; Paciorek forced Cey
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 0.

BRAVES 3RD: P. Niekro grounded out (third to first); Garr
singled to center; Garr was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Lum struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell doubled to left; Messersmith struck out;
Lopes grounded out (third to first); Buckner struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Dodgers 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans lined to first; Baker grounded out (shortstop
to first); Johnson homered; Tepedino singled to right; Jackson
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Davis flied out to right; Ferguson popped to
shortstop; Crawford singled to center; Cey forced Crawford
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Dodgers
0.

BRAVES 5TH: Casanova flied out to center; P. Niekro was hit by a
pitch; Garr singled to center [P. Niekro to second]; Lum
grounded out (first to pitcher) [P. Niekro to third, Garr to
second]; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Paciorek struck out; Russell singled to right;
Messersmith grounded out (second to shortstop to first) [Russell
to second]; Lopes flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Dodgers 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Baker walked; Johnson flied out to right; Tepedino
forced Baker (second to shortstop); Jackson forced Tepedino
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner grounded out (first to pitcher); Davis
grounded out (first to pitcher); Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Dodgers 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Casanova flied out to left; P. Niekro struck out;
Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Dodgers
0.

DODGERS 7TH: Crawford flied out to left; Cey singled to right;
Cey was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Paciorek
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Dodgers 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Lum grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans struck
out; Baker doubled to center; Johnson reached on an error by Cey
[Baker to third, Johnson to first]; Tepedino grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Russell walked; MOTA BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Mota
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Russell to second]; Lopes
walked; P. Niekro threw a wild pitch [Russell to third, Lopes to
second]; CLOSTER REPLACED P. NIEKRO (PITCHING); GARVEY BATTED
FOR BUCKNER; Garvey was walked intentionally; Davis singled to
right [Russell scored, Lopes to third, Garvey to second]; J.
NIEKRO REPLACED CLOSTER (PITCHING); Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Lopes scored]; Crawford walked [Garvey to third, Davis
to second]; Cey singled to left [Garvey scored, Davis scored,
Crawford to third, Cey out at second (left to catcher to
second)]; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Dodgers 4.

BRAVES 9TH: GARVEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BREWER REPLACED
MOTA (PITCHING); GOGGIN BATTED FOR JACKSON; Goggin struck out;
Casanova singled to third; PEREZ BATTED FOR J. NIEKRO; Perez
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Casanova to second]; Garr
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Dodgers 4.