Atlanta Braves 10, Houston Astros 2
Game Played on Sunday, September 23, 1973 (Day game) at Astrodome
Braves       0  2  0    2  0  1    0  5  0  -  10 13  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  4  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Gallagher rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Jackson rf          1   1   1   1     0   0   .210      Metzger ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .256
Lum lf                4   1   1   1     1   0   .291      Cedeno cf             2   1   1   0     1   1   .315
Evans 3b              4   0   2   1     1   0   .281        Easler pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Baker cf              5   0   1   1     0   2   .286      Watson lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .314
Johnson 2b            5   2   2   0     0   1   .274      Rader 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Tepedino 1b           4   3   3   1     0   0   .315      May 1b                3   0   1   2     0   0   .267
Perez ss              4   1   1   2     0   2   .247      Helms 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Dietz c               2   2   1   2     3   0   .293      Jutze c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .225
  Casanova c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Harrison p            4   0   0   0     0   2   .056        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  J. Niekro p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Wilson p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .179
                                                            Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
                                                            Pizarro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
                                                            Edwards ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .242

Totals               37  10  13   9     5   7             Totals               28   2   4   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 14,222
Left on Base: Braves 7, Astros 4
DP: Braves 2, Astros 0
Doubles: Tepedino (5), Cedeno (33)
Home Runs: Dietz (3), Tepedino (4)
Caught Stealing: Garr (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Tepedino (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (4), May (8)
GIDP: Helms (11), May (13)
Hit by Pitch: Cedeno (6,by Harrison)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Harrison W(11-7)        8     4   2   2   3   2   0  31   4.04
J. Niekro SV(3)         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.24
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   3   0  33

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson L(11-16)         6     7   5   4   4   6   2  28   3.20
Pizarro                 1.2   4   5   5   1   0   0  10   7.24
Cosgrove                0     2   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.74
Ray                     0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.43
Upshaw                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.05
Totals                  9    13  10   9   5   7   2  44

Passed Balls: Jutze (11)
Hit by Pitch: Harrison (3)
Wild Pitches: Wilson (7)

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


BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled; Lum flied out to center; Garr was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Evans walked;
Baker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gallagher flied out to left; Metzger flied out to
center; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Astros 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Johnson flied out to left; Tepedino singled; Perez
struck out; Dietz homered [Tepedino scored]; Harrison struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to right; Rader made an out to
second; May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 2, Astros 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr grounded out (first unassisted); Lum walked;
Evans flied out to right; Baker grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (second to pitcher); Jutze
grounded out (first unassisted); Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Johnson singled; Tepedino doubled [Johnson to
third]; Perez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Johnson scored];
Wilson threw a wild pitch [Tepedino to third]; Jutze allowed a
passed ball [Tepedino scored (unearned)]; Dietz walked; On a
bunt Harrison forced Dietz (third to shortstop); Garr lined to
right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Gallagher grounded out (first to pitcher); Metzger
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno doubled; Watson popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4,
Astros 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum flied out to right; Evans singled; Baker struck
out; Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader flied out to right; May singled; Helms
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [May out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Tepedino homered; Perez struck out; Dietz walked;
Harrison struck out; Garr forced Dietz (second unassisted); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: JACKSON REPLACED GARR (PLAYING RF); Jutze flied out
to right; GROSS BATTED FOR WILSON; Gross popped to third in foul
territory; Gallagher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Astros 0.

BRAVES 7TH: PIZARRO REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Lum made an out
to first; Evans made an out to second; Baker made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Metzger singled; Cedeno walked [Metzger to second];
Watson singled [Metzger to third, Cedeno to second]; Rader flied
out to center; May hit a sacrifice fly to right [Metzger scored,
Cedeno scored, Watson to second]; Helms flied out to left; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Astros 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Johnson singled; Tepedino out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Johnson to second]; Perez singled [Johnson
scored, Perez to second (on throw)]; Dietz was walked
intentionally; Harrison lined to left; Jackson singled [Perez
scored, Dietz to second]; Lum singled [Dietz scored, Jackson to
second]; COSGROVE REPLACED PIZARRO (PITCHING); Evans singled
[Jackson scored, Lum to second]; Baker singled [Lum scored,
Evans to second]; RAY REPLACED COSGROVE (PITCHING); Johnson
struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 10, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: STEWART BATTED FOR JUTZE; Stewart made an out to
third; EDWARDS BATTED FOR RAY; Edwards flied out to right;
Gallagher flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 10,
Astros 2.

BRAVES 9TH: EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); UPSHAW REPLACED
STEWART (PITCHING); Tepedino flied out to right; Perez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Dietz made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 10, Astros 2.

ASTROS 9TH: CASANOVA REPLACED DIETZ (PLAYING C ); Metzger
walked; Cedeno was hit by a pitch [Metzger to second]; EASLER
RAN FOR CEDENO; Watson walked [Metzger to third, Easler to
second]; J. NIEKRO REPLACED HARRISON (PITCHING); Rader struck
out; May grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 10,
Astros 2.