Making his first Cardinal appearance since coming over from Houston, Claude Osteen was roughed up by the Braves, who overcame a 5-0 deficit to paste the Cardinals, 11-6. The Cards tagged Carl Morton for five runs in the third on a double by Mike Tyson and five consecutive singles, but Hank Aaron got two of them back in the home half with his 17th homer of the season and 14th of his career off Osteen.

The Braves took the lead for keeps and kayoed Osteen with a four-run fourth, Marty Perez' two-run double the key blow. Atlanta added three in the fifth off reliever Rich Folkers, Perez again contributing a two-run double. Darrell Evans smacked his 14th homer with a mate aboard for the final Atlanta runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 11, St. Louis Cardinals 6
Game Played on Monday, August    19, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  5    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   6 11  1
Braves       0  0  2    4  3  0    2  0  x  -  11 17  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   2   2   1     0   1   .314      Garr rf               5   2   3   0     0   0   .359
Sizemore 2b           5   1   1   1     0   1   .257        Office cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Smith rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .322      Perez 2b              5   1   3   4     0   0   .266
Torre 1b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .298      Evans 3b              3   2   2   2     1   0   .251
McBride cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .296      Aaron lf              3   1   1   3     1   1   .260
Simmons c             4   0   0   1     0   0   .256        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Baker cf,rf           5   0   0   0     0   2   .260
Tyson ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .215      Lum 1b                4   1   1   0     1   0   .225
Osteen p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Robinson ss           2   1   0   0     0   0   .209
  Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foster ph,ss        3   1   2   0     0   0   .204
  Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Correll c             4   1   3   1     0   0   .241
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Morton p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .099
  Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .098        J. Niekro p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Godby ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .500        Johnson ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .247
                                                            Leon p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .083
                                                            Murrell lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .238

Totals               37   6  11   6     1   4             Totals               38  11  17  11     3   4

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance:  7,104
Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Braves 9
DP: Cardinals 1, Braves 1
Errors: Torre
Doubles: Tyson (11), Correll (6), Perez 2 (15), Lum (10)
Home Runs: Aaron (17), Evans (14)
Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (84), Garr (23)
Caught Stealing: Lum (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Aaron (2), Correll (2)
GIDP: Simmons (17), Perez (8)
Hit by Pitch: Evans (2,by Folkers)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen L(9-10)          3.1   9   6   4   2   0   1  20   3.88
Folkers                 1.1   4   3   3   1   1   0  10   2.79
Forsch                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.22
Siebert                 3     4   2   2   0   3   1  13   3.26
Totals                  8    17  11   9   3   4   2  44

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton                  2.1   6   5   5   1   1   0  14   3.16
J. Niekro W(2-2)        1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.13
Leon SV(2)              3     5   1   1   0   1   0  13   2.39
House                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.07
Totals                  9    11   6   6   1   4   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Folkers (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Bob Engel


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (first to pitcher); Sizemore
grounded out (third to first); Smith walked; Torre flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to left; Perez forced Garr (first to
shortstop); Evans forced Perez (pitcher to second); Aaron walked
[Evans to second]; Baker flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McBride grounded out (second to first); Simmons
grounded out (third to first); Reitz grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum walked; Lum was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Correll
doubled to left; Morton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson doubled to left; Osteen struck out; Brock
singled to center [Tyson scored]; Brock stole second; Sizemore
singled to left [Brock scored]; Smith singled to right [Sizemore
to third]; Torre singled to left [Sizemore scored, Smith to
second]; McBride singled to center [Smith scored, Torre to
third]; J. NIEKRO REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING); Simmons forced
McBride (second to shortstop) [Torre scored]; Reitz lined to
shortstop; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr singled to second; Perez grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Garr out at second]; Evans
singled to right; Aaron homered [Evans scored]; Baker lined to
third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Tyson lined to third; Osteen flied out to left;
Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum flied out to center; Robinson reached on an
error by Torre [Robinson to first]; Correll singled to left
[Robinson to second]; JOHNSON BATTED FOR J. NIEKRO; Johnson
singled to right [Robinson scored (unearned), Correll to
second]; Garr singled to second [Correll to third, Johnson to
second]; Perez doubled to left [Correll scored, Johnson scored,
Garr to third]; FOLKERS REPLACED OSTEEN (PITCHING); Evans was
hit by a pitch; Aaron hit a sacrifice fly to center [Garr scored
(unearned)]; Baker struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Braves 6.

CARDINALS 5TH: LEON REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Sizemore
grounded out (second to first); Smith singled to right; Torre
singled to left [Smith to second]; McBride singled to left
[Smith to third, Torre to second]; Simmons grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [McBride out at second]; 0 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 6.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum doubled to right; FOSTER BATTED FOR ROBINSON;
Foster singled to right [Lum to third]; Correll hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Lum scored]; Leon singled to pitcher [Foster to
second]; Garr forced Leon (second to shortstop) [Foster to
third]; Garr stole second; Perez doubled to left [Foster scored,
Garr scored]; Evans walked; FORSCH REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING);
Aaron flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5,
Braves 9.

CARDINALS 6TH: FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Reitz lined
to second; Tyson grounded out (third to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR
FORSCH; Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 5, Braves 9.

BRAVES 6TH: SIEBERT REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Baker struck out;
Lum grounded out (second to first); Foster singled to left;
Correll singled to center [Foster to third]; Leon struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 5, Braves 9.

CARDINALS 7TH: Brock singled to left; Brock stole second;
Sizemore struck out; Smith grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Torre singled to left [Brock scored]; McBride flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves 9.

BRAVES 7TH: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez singled
to right; Evans homered [Perez scored]; Aaron was called out on
strikes; Baker flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 6, Braves 11.

CARDINALS 8TH: HOUSE REPLACED AARON (PITCHING); OFFICE REPLACED
GARR (PLAYING CF); BAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MURRELL
REPLACED LEON (PLAYING LF); Simmons grounded out (shortstop to
first); Reitz flied out to center; Tyson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves 11.

BRAVES 8TH: Lum lined to first; Foster popped to first in foul
territory; Correll grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves 11.

CARDINALS 9TH: GODBY BATTED FOR SIEBERT; Godby struck out; Brock
grounded out (first unassisted); Sizemore grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 6, Braves 11.