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May 8, 1973

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Hank Aaron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .200
OBP .250 .340
At Bats 3 80
Hits 0 16
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 13

Tug McGraw Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 5
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Shea Stadium - May 8, 1973
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Double
Tug McGraw
Jerry Grote
Ed Kranepool
Felix Millan
Wayne Garrett
Bud Harrelson
Jim Gosger
Ted Martinez
Rusty Staub
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gosger. Aaron reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Tug McGraw now pitching. Perez 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 8 Millan hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ken Boswell pinch hits for Ray Sadecki. Boswell hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harrison strikes out.
Top 8 Oates hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Harrelson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Grote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kranepool scores.
Bottom 7 Gosger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Staub scores. Kranepool moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kranepool hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Kranepool reaches second base with a double. Millan scores. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 7 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Garrett strikes out.
Bottom 7 Roric Harrison now pitching. Mike Lum now playing first base. Johnny Oates now catching. Millan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aaron. Millan reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Ray Sadecki now pitching. Mike Lum pinch hits for Dick Dietz. Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker scores.
Top 7 Baker hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Staub. Baker reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 7 Phil Hennigan now pitching. Aaron is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Perez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martinez. Perez reaches second base with a double. Dietz scores. Oates scores. Gilbreath moves to third.
Top 7 Brown hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kranepool settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnny Oates pinch runs for Paul Casanova. Rod Gilbreath pinch hits for Ron Reed. Gilbreath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dietz moves to third. Oates moves to second.
Top 7 Casanova hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dietz moves to second.
Top 7 Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martinez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Matlack bunts towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out. Harrelson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Harrelson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Grote hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Matlack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a popup into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gosger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Staub hits a line drive into left field. Aaron picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Aaron. Millan scores. Garrett goes all the way around to score. Staub moves to third.
Bottom 5 Garrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Millan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Millan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brown strikes out.
Top 5 Reed hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grote settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Casanova hits a fly ball into right field. Staub settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Matlack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Harrelson takes first base on ball four. Grote moves to second.
Bottom 4 Grote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Gosger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dietz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kranepool for the out.
Top 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dietz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out.
Bottom 3 Garrett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Millan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aaron. Millan reaches second base with a double. Martinez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Matlack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Casanova fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garrett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Casanova hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gosger hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kranepool hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Dietz hits a fly ball into left field. Gosger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evans is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Garrett hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dietz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martinez for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Gosger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a line drive towards third. Garrett reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Gosger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.