Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 30, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Astros       1  2  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  0
Braves       1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  8  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .231      Perez ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Metzger ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Lum rf                4   1   2   0     0   0   .294
Cedeno cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .320      Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Watson lf             2   2   0   0     2   0   .312      Aaron lf              4   1   3   1     0   0   .301
Rader 3b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .254      Baker cf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .288
May 1b                4   1   2   1     0   1   .270      Johnson 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Helms 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .287      Dietz 1b              2   0   1   1     1   1   .295
Jutze c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .223      Velazquez c           2   0   1   1     0   0   .348
Roberts p             3   0   1   1     0   0   .129        Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Wilson p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .177        Jackson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .209
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Tepedino ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .304
                                                          Ford p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Neibauer p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .207
                                                            Closter p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Casanova ph,c       2   0   0   0     0   0   .216

Totals               36   5  11   4     2   3             Totals               31   3   8   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 40,517
Left on Base: Astros 7, Braves 5
DP: Astros 3, Braves 1
Errors: Johnson
Doubles: Gross (2), Rader (26), Lum 2 (26)
Triples: Baker (4)
Home Runs: Cedeno (25)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (56)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno 2 (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Dietz (2)
GIDP: Jutze (14), Lum (3), Baker (14)
Hit by Pitch: Cedeno (7,by Devine)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts W(17-11)        6     6   2   2   3   2   0  24   2.85
Wilson SV(2)            3     2   1   1   0   2   0  11   3.20
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   4   0  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ford L(1-2)             1.2   5   3   3   0   0   1  10   5.51
Neibauer                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   7.17
Closter                 2     2   1   1   1   0   0   8  14.54
Leon                    3     3   1   0   1   2   0  14   5.33
Devine                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   6.40
Totals                  9    11   5   4   2   3   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Devine (2)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger
grounded out (first to pitcher); Cedeno homered; Watson flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Lum
doubled; Evans grounded out (second to first) [Lum to third];
Aaron singled [Lum scored]; Baker walked [Aaron to second];
Johnson forced Baker (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 1, Braves 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader singled; May singled [Rader to third]; Helms
grounded out (third to first) [May to second, Rader scored];
Jutze grounded out (third to first); Roberts singled [May
scored]; Gross doubled [Roberts to third]; NEIBAUER REPLACED
FORD (PITCHING); Metzger flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Dietz struck out; Velazquez flied out to center;
BROWN BATTED FOR NEIBAUER; Brown grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 1.

ASTROS 3RD: CLOSTER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Cedeno singled;
Cedeno stole second; Watson walked; Cedeno was caught stealing
third (catcher to third) [Watson to second]; Rader flied out to
left; May singled [Watson scored]; Helms flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Perez walked; Lum grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop) [Perez out at second]; Evans made an out to
catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Jutze grounded out (first to pitcher); Roberts made
an out to first; Gross made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Aaron singled; Baker struck out; Johnson made an out
to first; Dietz walked [Aaron to second]; Velazquez singled
[Dietz to second, Aaron scored]; CASANOVA BATTED FOR CLOSTER;
Casanova forced Velazquez (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 2.

ASTROS 5TH: CASANOVA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); LEON REPLACED
VELAZQUEZ (PITCHING); Metzger grounded out (second to first);
Cedeno struck out; Watson walked; Rader singled [Watson to
second]; May reached on an error by Johnson [Rader to second,
Watson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Helms grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Perez flied out to center; Lum doubled; Evans hit
into a double play (second to shortstop) [Lum out at third]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Jutze singled; Roberts made an out to catcher; Gross
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Jutze to second]; Metzger
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Aaron singled; Baker grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Aaron out at second]; Johnson
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); Watson
grounded out (second to first); Rader doubled; May struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: WILSON REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Dietz singled;
JACKSON BATTED FOR LEON; Jackson forced Dietz (second to
shortstop); Casanova made an out to second; Perez grounded out
(pitcher to third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5,
Braves 2.

ASTROS 8TH: DEVINE REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Helms singled;
Jutze grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Helms out at second]; Wilson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Lum made an out to first; Evans struck out; Aaron
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 2.

ASTROS 9TH: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger
grounded out (second to first); Cedeno was hit by a pitch;
Cedeno stole second; Cedeno was caught stealing third (catcher
to third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Baker tripled; Johnson made an out to second; Dietz
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Baker scored]; TEPEDINO BATTED
FOR DEVINE; Tepedino struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
5, Braves 3.