Braves @ Cardinals
May 7, 1972

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 10 0
Cardinals 3 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 10 0
Cardinals 4 12 2

Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .000 .322
At Bats 0 54
Hits 0 14
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 6

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 0
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Busch Stadium - May 7, 1972
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Single
Phil Niekro
Paul Casanova
Orlando Cepeda
Felix Millan
Gil Garrido
Marty Perez
Ralph Garr
Dusty Baker
Mike Lum
Jose Cruz
Ed Crosby
Scipio Spinks
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jose Cruz pinch hits for Dal Maxvill. Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spinks scores. Crosby moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Scipio Spinks pinch runs for Joe Hague. Crosby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spinks moves to third.
Bottom 9 Phil Niekro now pitching. Hague hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simmons scores.
Bottom 9 Ralph Garr now playing left field. Dusty Baker now playing center field. George Stone now pitching. Gil Garrido now playing third base. Simmons hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baker. Simmons reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Carty hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hague settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Garr is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Millan hits a line drive into center field. Melendez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Melendez. Perez scores. Evans goes all the way around to score. Millan moves to second.
Top 9 Darrell Evans pinch hits for Ron Reed. Evans takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second.
Top 9 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Casanova strikes out.
Top 9 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hague scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lum for the out.
Bottom 8 Torre hits a popup, foul, towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 8 Melendez bunts towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 There goes Garr. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Garr steals second.
Top 8 Carty hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Cleveland hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maxvill hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Crosby hits a fly ball into center field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hague hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Millan hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Reed, and towards Millan, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reed fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Alou hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Lum is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Williams hits a line drive into center field. Melendez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Melendez. Cepeda moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 6 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hague scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carty for the out.
Bottom 5 Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cleveland hits a fly ball into center field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garr hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Millan hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reed hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou. Reed reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Crosby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hague hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Torre takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Casanova hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Casanova settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Brock. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Bottom 3 Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Cleveland hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Carty hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garr hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill strikes out.
Bottom 2 Crosby hits a fly ball into center field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hague hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cleveland fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Simmons strikes out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brock tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brock moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Brock. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cepeda strikes out.
Top 1 Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garr moves to third.
Top 1 Garr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Millan hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.