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July 5, 1972

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Billy Williams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .311
OBP .333 .363
At Bats 3 286
Hits 1 89
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 45

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 7 0
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - July 5, 1972
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Home Run
Phil Niekro
Earl Williams
Hank Aaron
Felix Millan
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Mike Lum
Dusty Baker
Ralph Garr
Billy Williams
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Garr is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Hundley for a passed ball. Perez moves to third. Niekro moves to second.
Bottom 8 Niekro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Millan hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Randy Hundley now catching. Steve Hamilton now pitching. Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Monday strikes out.
Top 8 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hiser scores. Cardenal moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to second for the out. Hiser moves to third.
Top 8 Gene Hiser pinch runs for Ken Rudolph. Jim Hickman pinch hits for Jack Aker. Hickman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hiser moves to second.
Top 8 Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez misplays the ball. That's an error on Perez.
Top 8 Fanzone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Evans takes first base on ball four. Lum moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lum moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Garr. The throw from Rudolph and he is out, Kessinger applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pepitone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baker. Pepitone reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Monday for the out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jack Aker now pitching. Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Santo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kessinger hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bill North pinch hits for Tom Phoebus. North hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fanzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lum hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rudolph strikes out.
Top 5 Fanzone hits a popup towards the mound. Niekro settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Santo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Perez takes first base on ball four. Williams scores. Baker moves to third. Millan moves to second.
Bottom 4 Millan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cardenal. Baker reaches second base with a double. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 4 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pepitone scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out.
Top 4 Pepitone hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lum. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Monday hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kessinger strikes out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a line drive towards third. Fanzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Garr hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Monday chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Kessinger. Kessinger fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Kessinger. Niekro goes all the way around to score. Garr moves to third.
Bottom 3 Niekro hits a popup into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Perez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Millan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Santo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Phoebus hits a line drive towards third. Evans reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rudolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fanzone hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Santo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Monday strikes out.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cardenal for the out.