Braves @ Cardinals
July 11, 1972

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Bottom 13 R H E
Braves 4 10 2
Cardinals 4 10 0
Bottom 13 R H E
Braves 4 10 2
Cardinals 4 10 0

Luis Melendez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .240
OBP .000 .295
At Bats 2 154
Hits 0 37
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 14

George Stone Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 6 1
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Busch Stadium - July 11, 1972
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Walk
George Stone
Earl Williams
Hank Aaron
Gil Garrido
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Oscar Brown
Dusty Baker
Mike Lum
Luis Melendez
Donn Clendenon
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Melendez takes first base on ball four. Clendenon moves to second.

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Bottom 13 Clendenon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 13 Simmons hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Brown strikes out.
Top 13 There goes Aaron. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Aaron steals second.
Top 13 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 13 Baker hits a line drive towards first. Clendenon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Lum strikes out.
Bottom 12 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Sizemore hits a popup towards the mound. Stone catches it and throws to first to double up Brock.
Bottom 12 George Stone now pitching. Brock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 12 Breazeale hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Jim Breazeale pinch hits for Pat Jarvis. There goes Garrido. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Garrido steals second.
Top 12 Garrido takes first base on ball four.
Top 12 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Tony Cloninger now pitching. Williams hits a popup towards first. Clendenon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Brant Alyea pinch hits for Joe Grzenda. Alyea strikes out.
Bottom 11 Maxvill hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Melendez hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Lum trying to get to home. Alou throws the ball in to Simmons who tags Lum who's trying to score from second, for the out. Aaron moves to second.
Top 11 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Top 11 Baker bunts towards first. Clendenon scoops it up and throws to first, with Sizemore covering, for the out. Lum moves to second.
Top 11 Lum is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 10 Clendenon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garrido settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Simmons hits a line drive into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Pat Jarvis now pitching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Paul Casanova pinch hits for Cecil Upshaw. Casanova hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Garrido takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second.
Top 10 Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 10 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Joe Grzenda now pitching. Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it and throws to third for the out.
Bottom 9 Sizemore hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garrido settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Brock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Jerry McNertney pinch hits for Moe Drabowsky. McNertney bunts towards first. Aaron scoops it up and throws to first, with Garrido covering, for the out. Maxvill moves to second.
Bottom 9 Maxvill takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Donn Clendenon now playing first base. Matty Alou now playing right field. Luis Melendez now playing center field. Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Melendez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Luis Melendez pinch hits for Jose Cruz. Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Melendez hits a line drive towards short. Perez catches it and throws to second to double up Torre.
Bottom 8 Donn Clendenon pinch hits for Bernie Carbo. Clendenon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Joe Hoerner now pitching. Simmons bunts towards the mound. Hoerner fields it and throws to first for the out. Torre moves to second.
Bottom 8 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hardin is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Garrido hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moe Drabowsky now pitching. Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sizemore hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brock tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 There goes Brock. The throw from Williams and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 7 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jim Hardin now pitching. Oscar Brown now playing left field. Ed Crosby pinch hits for Diego Segui. Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops it up and throws to first, with Hardin covering, for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Segui fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Oscar Brown pinch runs for Rico Carty. Diego Segui now pitching. Evans takes first base on ball four. Brown moves to second.
Top 7 Carty takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 7 Baker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Baker reaches second base with a double. Jackson moves to third.
Top 7 Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sonny Jackson pinch hits for Phil Niekro. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxvill for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron fields the ball and throws to Niekro covering. Safe. Torre scores.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carty who is chasing the ball. Torre reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Alou strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Brock. The throw from Williams and he is safe. Brock steals third.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carty. Brock reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Santorini hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Evans hits a popup towards short. Maxvill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Aaron strikes out.
Top 5 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Maxvill hits a line drive towards short. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 4 Carbo hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Niekro scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carbo for the out.
Top 4 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Simmons hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brock scores. Sizemore moves to third.
Bottom 3 Alou hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alou for the out. Brock moves to third. Sizemore moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brock moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out.
Top 3 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Santorini hits a popup, foul, towards first. Aaron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxvill hits a ball on the ground towards first. Aaron juggles the ball. That's an error on Aaron. Cruz scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cruz strikes out. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 2 Carbo hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Niekro moves to third. Lum moves to second.
Top 2 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garrido scores. Niekro moves to second.
Top 2 Niekro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garrido moves to third.
Top 2 Garrido takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Maxvill scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Alou bunts towards first. Aaron fields the ball and throws to Niekro covering. Safe.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Alou scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out.
Top 1 Carty takes first base on ball four. Aaron moves to second.
Top 1 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Baker strikes out.
Top 1 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Alou, and towards Sizemore, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.