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Saturday September 29, 1973
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Atlanta Braves 7, Houston Astros 0

Game Played on Saturday, September 29, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Braves       2  0  0    0  5  0    0  0  x  -   7 10  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Perez ss              5   1   1   0     0   1   .251
Metzger ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Lum rf                4   2   2   0     0   0   .293
Cedeno cf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .319      Evans 3b              4   2   2   2     0   1   .283
  Gallagher cf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Aaron lf              3   1   3   3     1   0   .296
Watson lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Baker cf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .288
Rader 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Johnson 2b            2   0   0   0     1   2   .272
May 1b                3   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Dietz 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .292
Sutherland 2b         2   0   1   0     1   0   .259        Tepedino 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Jutze c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .218
Reuss p               2   0   1   0     0   1   .137      Morton p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .181
  Dierker p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stewart ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .191
  Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   6   0     1   3             Totals               33   7  10   6     3   7

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 17,836
Left on Base: Astros 5, Braves 6
DP: Astros 1, Braves 3
Errors: May, Johnson, Casanova
Doubles: Sutherland (5), Lum (24), Baker (29), Perez (15)
Home Runs: Evans (41), Aaron (40), Baker (21)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (54)
GIDP: Gross (2), Watson (18), Metzger (10), Baker (13)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (9,by Reuss)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(16-13)          5     9   7   7   2   4   3  26   3.74
Dierker                 2     1   0   0   1   3   0   8   4.33
Upshaw                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.93
Totals                  8    10   7   7   3   7   3  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(15-10)         9     6   0   0   1   3   0  32   3.41
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   3   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Reuss (3)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Gross out on an unknown play; Metzger struck out;
Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second [Cedeno to third (error by
Casanova)]; Watson out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Astros 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Perez out on an unknown play; Lum doubled; Evans
homered [Lum scored]; Aaron singled; Baker doubled [Aaron to
third]; Johnson struck out; Dietz walked; Casanova out on an
unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader out on an unknown play; May out on an unknown
play; Sutherland doubled; Jutze reached on an error by Johnson;
Reuss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Morton out on an unknown play; Perez out on an
unknown play; Lum out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Braves 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Gross out on an unknown play; Metzger out on an
unknown play; Cedeno out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Evans out on an unknown play; Aaron walked; Baker
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Aaron out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson out on an unknown play; Rader struck out; May
singled; Sutherland out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED CEDENO (PLAYING CF); Johnson
struck out; Dietz out on an unknown play; Casanova struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Jutze out on an unknown play; Reuss singled; Gross
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Reuss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Morton out on an unknown play; Perez doubled [Perez
scored (error by May) (no RBI)]; Lum singled; Evans singled [Lum
to second]; Aaron homered [Lum scored, Evans scored]; Baker
homered; Johnson was hit by a pitch; Dietz struck out; Casanova
out on an unknown play; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves
7.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger out on an unknown play; Gallagher singled;
Watson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Gallagher out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Braves 7.

BRAVES 6TH: DIERKER REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Morton struck
out; Perez struck out; Lum out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 7.

ASTROS 7TH: Rader out on an unknown play; May out on an unknown
play; Sutherland walked; Jutze out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 7.

BRAVES 7TH: Evans struck out; Aaron singled; Baker out on an
unknown play; Johnson walked [Aaron to second]; Dietz forced
Johnson; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 7.

ASTROS 8TH: TEPEDINO REPLACED DIETZ (PLAYING 1B); STEWART BATTED
FOR DIERKER; Stewart singled; Gross out on an unknown play;
Metzger grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Stewart out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Braves 7.

BRAVES 8TH: UPSHAW REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Casanova out on
an unknown play; Morton out on an unknown play; Perez out on an
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 7.

ASTROS 9TH: Gallagher out on an unknown play; Watson out on an
unknown play; Rader out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Braves 7.



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