Braves @ Cardinals
August 9, 1973

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 8 11 0
Cardinals 2 4 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 8 11 0
Cardinals 4 5 1

Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .230
OBP .333 .318
At Bats 3 330
Hits 1 76
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 21
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 1 46

Max Leon Season Stats

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1 2 0
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Busch Stadium - August 9, 1973
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Home Run
Max Leon
Paul Casanova
Frank Tepedino
Davey Johnson
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Hank Aaron
Dusty Baker
Sonny Jackson
Jose Cruz
Joe Torre
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Cruz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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Bottom 9 Torre is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tepedino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first, with Sprague covering, for the out. Leon moves to third.
Top 9 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out. Leon moves to second.
Top 9 Leon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Ed Sprague now pitching. Casanova hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Simmons strikes out.
Bottom 8 McCarver takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Sizemore hits a popup towards first. Tepedino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Frank Tepedino now playing first base. Sonny Jackson now playing right field. Max Leon now pitching. 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.
Top 8 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Aaron moves to second.
Top 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Evans hits a popup towards third. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tepedino strikes out.
Top 8 Dick Dietz pinch hits for Mike Lum. Diego Segui now pitching. Frank Tepedino pinch hits for Dick Dietz. There's a wild pitch. Garr scores.
Top 8 Garr hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock who is chasing the ball. Garr reaches third base with a triple. Goggin goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Chuck Goggin pinch hits for Gary Neibauer. Goggin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bake McBride pinch hits for Alan Foster. McBride hits a popup towards short. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tyson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gary Neibauer now pitching. Carbo hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torre scores. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Torre hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Garr. Torre reaches second base with a double. Simmons goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Casanova hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Johnson trying to get to home. Carbo throws the ball in to Simmons who tags Johnson who's trying to score from second, for the out. Perez moves to second.
Top 7 There goes Johnson. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Johnson steals second.
Top 7 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McCarver 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 Sizemore strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Brock. The throw from Casanova and he is safe. Brock steals second.
Bottom 6 Brock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Foster hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Evans hits a popup towards short. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Carbo strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Top 5 Garr hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Torre 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.
Bottom 4 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McCarver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sizemore hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron 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. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarver scoops it up and throws to first, with Foster covering, for the out.
Top 3 Lum strikes out.
Bottom 2 Tyson hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Carbo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torre moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Torre takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garr strikes out.
Top 2 Morton strikes out.
Top 2 Casanova strikes out.
Bottom 1 McCarver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCarver for the out.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Evans scores. Baker moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Baker takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Aaron strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Evans. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Evans steals second.
Top 1 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lum scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCarver juggles the ball. That's an error on McCarver. Lum moves to second.
Top 1 Garr hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.