Braves @ Cardinals
August 8, 1973

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 11 1
Cardinals 1 5 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 4 11 1
Cardinals 1 5 0

Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .230
OBP .000 .318
At Bats 3 326
Hits 0 75
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 45

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 5 2
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Busch Stadium - August 8, 1973
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Strikeout
Phil Niekro
Paul Casanova
Frank Tepedino
Davey Johnson
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Sonny Jackson
Dusty Baker
Mike Lum
Jose Cruz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 4 11 1 10
St. Louis Cardinals 1 5 0 5
Winning Pitcher Ron Schueler
Losing Pitcher Rich Folkers
Save Phil Niekro
Game Winning RBI Mike Lum
Attendance 38,041
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cruz strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Sonny Jackson now playing left field. Phil Niekro now pitching. Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tepedino scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Top 9 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Top 9 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Orlando Pena now pitching. Lum hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McBride hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Brock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Luis Melendez pinch hits for Mike Nagy. Melendez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Evans. Melendez moves to second.
Top 8 Schueler strikes out.
Top 8 Casanova 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 8 Tepedino hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tyson hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cruz 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 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Baker is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Evans hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCarver hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Simmons 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 6 McBride strikes out.
Top 6 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Lum. The throw from Simmons and he is out, Tyson applying the tag.
Top 6 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Mike Nagy now pitching. Schueler 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 5 Sizemore hits a fly ball into right field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aaron. Brock reaches second base with a double. Tyson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Ed Sprague. Carbo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Tyson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Frank Tepedino now playing first base. Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Casanova hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ed Sprague now pitching. Frank Tepedino pinch hits for Dick Dietz. Tepedino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson moves to second.
Top 5 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Baker hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Aaron hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz who is chasing the ball. Aaron reaches third base with a triple. Evans goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lum hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Schueler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dietz scoops it up and throws to first, with Schueler covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McBride hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Casanova hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dietz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. Baker moves to second.
Top 4 Johnson strikes out.
Top 4 Baker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brock 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 Folkers strikes out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lum moves to third.
Top 3 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Folkers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Lum. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Lum steals second.
Top 3 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Schueler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Tyson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCarver moves to second.
Bottom 2 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Casanova strikes out.
Top 2 Dietz hits a fly ball into left field. Brock 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 strikes out.
Bottom 1 Simmons 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 1 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock strikes out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Lum is hit by the pitch.