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June 1, 1973

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Braves 8 13 0
Cubs 7 9 2
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Braves 8 13 0
Cubs 7 9 2

Don Kessinger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .272
OBP .333 .364
At Bats 3 162
Hits 1 44
• Singles 1 39
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 22

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 1
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Wrigley Field - June 1, 1973
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Out
Phil Niekro
Johnny Oates
Mike Lum
Davey Johnson
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Sonny Jackson
Dusty Baker
Ralph Garr
Don Kessinger
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Kessinger hits a line drive towards first. Lum reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Oates hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Johnson hits a popup towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hundley strikes out. Oates drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hundley out.
Bottom 8 Bourque hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Santo hits a popup towards first. Lum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Evans moves to third.
Top 8 Evans hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cardenal hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Phil Niekro now pitching. Beckert strikes out.
Top 7 Chuck Goggin pinch runs for Dick Dietz. Jackson strikes out.
Top 7 Dick Dietz pinch hits for Pat Dobson. Dietz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oates scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Oates hits a ball on the ground for a single. There's an error on the play. Baker scores. Oates moves to second.
Top 7 Johnson strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Baker. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Baker steals second.
Top 7 Jack Aker now pitching. Baker takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Garr hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez tags and scores.
Top 7 Perez hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Monday fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Monday. Perez moves to third.
Bottom 6 Monday hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gura is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Pat Dobson now pitching. Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bourque scoops it up and throws to first, with Gura covering, for the out.
Top 6 Oscar Brown pinch hits for Tom House. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Larry Gura now pitching. Oates hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bourque hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Baker takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to third. Garr moves to second.
Top 5 Garr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Perez moves to second.
Top 5 Lum hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Tom House now pitching. Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Beckert hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Monday takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hooton bunts towards the mound. Harrison fields it and throws to first for the out. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jackson strikes out.
Top 4 Harrison hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Oates hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hundley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson throws the ball in to Lum who tags Hundley trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bourque moves to third.
Bottom 3 Bourque hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Garr. Bourque reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Santo hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Harrison spins and fires to second, with Perez covering, and Cardenal is picked off.
Bottom 3 There goes Cardenal. The throw from Oates and he is safe. Cardenal steals second.
Bottom 3 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Johnson strikes out.
Top 3 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Evans scores. Lum scores. Garr moves to second.
Top 3 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Evans moves to third. Lum moves to second.
Top 3 Lum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson scores. Evans moves to second.
Top 3 Evans takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second.
Top 3 Perez bunts towards the mound. Hooton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Harrison strikes out.
Bottom 2 Beckert hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Monday takes first base on ball four. Hooton moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hooton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hundley strikes out.
Top 2 Oates hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bourque hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Santo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Cardenal is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Beckert hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Monday moves to second.
Bottom 1 Monday hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lum hits a popup, foul, towards third. Santo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jackson is called out on strikes.