Friday July 12, 1974
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St. Louis Cardinals 10, Atlanta Braves 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, July 12, 1974 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II

Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3 Cardinals 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 10 9 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .365 Brock lf 1 2 0 0 2 0 .308 J. Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Correll c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .161 Heidemann ss 3 2 1 1 1 1 .303 Robinson ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Smith rf 3 0 1 4 0 0 .331 Foster ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Dwyer rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .353 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Simmons c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .274 Baker rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Torre 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .290 Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 McBride cf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .297 Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Reitz 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .291 Tepedino 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Tyson 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .204 Perez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Forsch p 4 0 1 0 0 2 .143 Oates c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Capra p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Krausse p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murrell ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .228 Totals 31 0 4 0 0 5 Totals 32 10 9 9 7 4 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 47,944 Left on Base: Braves 4, Cardinals 9 DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 1 Errors: Perez, Oates, Capra, Torre Doubles: McBride (12), Smith (21) Stolen Bases: Brock (54) Sacrifice Hits: Heidemann (1) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (7) GIDP: Baker (6) Hit by Pitch: Simmons (4,by Capra), Torre (5,by Krausse) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Capra L(9-4) 0.2 3 9 3 4 1 0 11 1.87 Krausse 4.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.00 J. Niekro 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 2.57 House 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 2.01 Totals 8 9 10 4 7 4 0 43 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch W(1-1) 9 4 0 0 0 5 0 31 1.15 Totals 9 4 0 0 0 5 0 31 Hit by Pitch: Capra (2), Krausse (1) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Shag Crawford BRAVES 1ST: Garr struck out; Robinson grounded out (first unassisted); Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Brock walked; Brock stole second; Heidemann reached on an error by Capra on a sacrifice bunt [Brock to third, Heidemann to first]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brock scored]; Simmons was hit by a pitch [Heidemann to second]; Torre singled to left [Heidemann scored (unearned), Simmons to third]; McBride doubled to right [Simmons scored, Torre to third]; Reitz was walked intentionally; Tyson singled to second [Torre scored, McBride scored (error by Perez) (unearned) (no RBI), Reitz to third, Tyson to second]; Forsch was called out on strikes; Brock was walked intentionally; Heidemann walked [Reitz scored (unearned), Tyson to third, Brock to second]; KRAUSSE REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); Smith doubled to left [Tyson scored (unearned), Brock scored (unearned), Heidemann scored (unearned)]; Simmons flied out to center; 9 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. BRAVES 2ND: Baker struck out; Office grounded out (second to first); Johnson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. CARDINALS 2ND: Torre struck out; McBride lined to left; Reitz popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. BRAVES 3RD: Perez struck out; Oates grounded out (second to first); Krausse popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (second to first); Forsch singled to left; Brock forced Forsch (shortstop to second); Heidemann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. BRAVES 4TH: CRUZ REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Garr flied out to center; Robinson singled to center; Evans flied out to right; Baker grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. CARDINALS 4TH: Smith flied out to center; Simmons singled to right; Torre was hit by a pitch [Simmons to second]; McBride popped to shortstop; Reitz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. BRAVES 5TH: Office grounded out (first unassisted); Johnson reached on an error by Torre [Johnson to first]; Perez lined to first; Oates forced Johnson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. CARDINALS 5TH: FOSTER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING SS); TEPEDINO REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Tyson flied out to center; Forsch popped to shortstop; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. BRAVES 6TH: MURRELL BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Murrell was called out on strikes; Garr flied out to left; Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. CARDINALS 6TH: J. NIEKRO REPLACED GARR (PITCHING); MURRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Heidemann struck out; Smith flied out to right; Simmons walked; Simmons was picked off first but was safe on an error by Oates [Simmons to second]; Torre singled to center [Simmons to third]; McBride walked [Torre to second]; Reitz forced McBride (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. BRAVES 7TH: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Baker popped to first in foul territory; Office flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Forsch struck out; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. BRAVES 8TH: DWYER REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING RF); Tepedino singled to center; Perez forced Tepedino (third to second); Oates popped to third in foul territory; Murrell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 9. CARDINALS 8TH: HOUSE REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); CORRELL REPLACED J. NIEKRO (PLAYING C ); Heidemann singled to center; Dwyer forced Heidemann (second to shortstop); Simmons flied out to left; Torre walked [Dwyer to second]; McBride singled to right [Dwyer scored, Torre to second]; Reitz forced McBride (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 10. BRAVES 9TH: Correll singled to left; Foster flied out to left; Evans singled to left [Correll to second]; Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 10.

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