Darrell Evans and Mike Lum hit homers, but the Braves also benefited from two throwing errors to gain a 5-4 victory in a sweep of a three-game series with the Cardinals. In the second inning, Buzz Capra walked and took third on a single by Ralph Garr. When Tim McCarver threw wildly in an attempt to nab Garr on his theft of second, Capra scored on the error. Evans and Lum hit their homers off Bob Gibson in the third.

Dusty Baker singled in the fifth and raced for third on a hit by Lum. Reggie Smith threw the ball into the Cardinal dugout trying to nail Baker, who scored on the error. Lum took third and counted what proved to be the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Leo Foster. The Cardinals had a homer by Ken Reitz in the seventh for their first run. Capra was lifted in the eighth when the Cards added a pair and Tom House yielded another run on singles by Lou Brock, Ted Sizemore and Smith in the ninth, but Sizemore was thrown out by Garr trying to take third on Smith's hit, blunting the Cards' rally. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Wednesday, August    21, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  1  -   4 10  3
Braves       0  1  2    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   5  9  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   1   3   0     0   0   .318      Garr rf,lf            5   0   3   0     0   0   .360
Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     1   1   .259      Perez 2b              3   0   1   0     2   1   .273
Smith rf              3   1   2   1     2   0   .325      Evans 3b              2   1   1   1     3   0   .254
Torre 1b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .299      Aaron lf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .267
McBride cf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .296        Office pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .243
McCarver c            2   0   0   0     1   0   .225      Baker cf,rf           5   1   1   0     0   3   .258
Reitz 3b              3   1   1   2     0   0   .282      Lum 1b                3   2   2   1     1   0   .227
Tyson ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Foster ss             2   0   0   1     0   0   .218
  Dwyer ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Correll c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .234
  Osteen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Capra p               3   1   0   0     1   2   .152
  Godby ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Gibson p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .194
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .245
  DaVanon ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Melendez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .229

Totals               34   4  10   4     4   4             Totals               31   5   9   3     8   7

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 10,118
Left on Base: Cardinals 9, Braves 12
DP: Cardinals 0, Braves 1
Errors: Smith, McCarver, Gibson, Capra
Doubles: Torre (24)
Triples: Brock (5)
Home Runs: Reitz (5), Evans (16), Lum (8)
Stolen Bases: Brock (86), Garr 2 (25), Baker (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Foster (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Reitz (5), Foster (1)
GIDP: Torre (13)
Hit by Pitch: McCarver (3,by House)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gibson L(7-11)          6     8   5   3   6   7   2  32   4.22
Osteen                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.85
Hrabosky                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.00
Totals                  8     9   5   3   8   7   2  41

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra W(11-6)           7     7   3   3   4   3   1  31   2.49
House                   2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   2.07
Totals                  9    10   4   4   4   4   1  40

Hit by Pitch: House (3)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
walked; Smith walked [Sizemore to second]; Torre struck out;
McBride grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to center; Garr stole second; Perez
walked; Evans walked [Garr to third, Perez to second]; Aaron
popped to catcher in foul territory; Baker struck out; Lum flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: McCarver flied out to center; Reitz grounded out
(pitcher to first); Tyson popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Foster flied out to right; Correll was called out on
strikes; Capra walked; Garr singled to center [Capra scored
(error by McCarver) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Garr stole second;
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Gibson popped to second; Brock tripled to right;
Sizemore struck out; Smith popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Evans homered; Aaron grounded out (third to first);
Baker struck out; Lum homered; Foster flied out to center; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: Torre grounded out (third to first); McBride
singled to pitcher [McBride to second (error by Capra)];
McCarver walked; Reitz forced McCarver (shortstop to second)
[McBride to third]; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Correll grounded out (third to first); Capra struck
out; Garr singled to shortstop; Garr was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Gibson [Garr to second]; Perez walked;
Evans walked [Garr to third, Perez to second]; Aaron forced
Evans (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Braves 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Gibson popped to third; Brock grounded out
(second to first); Sizemore popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Baker singled to left; Baker stole second; Lum
singled to right [Baker scored (error by Smith) (no RBI), Lum to
third]; Foster hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lum scored
(unearned)]; Correll popped to third; Capra struck out; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 5.

CARDINALS 6TH: Smith walked; Torre grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Smith out at second]; McBride
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr flied out to left; Perez was called out on
strikes; Evans walked; Aaron singled to left [Evans to second];
Baker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 5.

CARDINALS 7TH: McCarver grounded out (second to first); Reitz
homered; DWYER BATTED FOR TYSON; Dwyer singled to right; CRUZ
BATTED FOR GIBSON; Cruz struck out; Brock singled to right
[Dwyer to third]; Brock stole second; Sizemore flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 5.

BRAVES 7TH: OSTEEN REPLACED DWYER (PITCHING); DAVANON REPLACED
CRUZ (PLAYING SS); Lum walked; Foster out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Lum to second]; Correll grounded out
(second to first) [Lum to third]; Capra lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 5.

CARDINALS 8TH: Smith singled to center; Torre doubled to left
[Smith to third]; HOUSE REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); McBride
grounded out (second to first) [Smith scored, Torre to third];
McCarver was hit by a pitch; Reitz hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Torre scored]; GODBY BATTED FOR OSTEEN; Godby forced McCarver
(third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED GODBY (PITCHING); Garr grounded
out (second to first); Perez singled to right; Evans flied out
to center; Aaron walked [Perez to second]; OFFICE RAN FOR AARON;
Baker popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Braves 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GARR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
MELENDEZ BATTED FOR DAVANON; Melendez struck out; Brock singled
to left; Sizemore singled to right [Brock to second]; Smith
singled to left [Brock scored, Sizemore out at third (left to
third), Smith to second (on throw to 3b)]; Torre flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 5.