| Hank Aaron hit his 705th career homer and Davey Johnson also rapped a round-tripper for the Braves, but the Cardinals came up with circuit clouts by Ted Sizemore, Joe Torre and Jose Cruz to gain a 6-4 victory. Cruz, pinch-hitting after a single by Carbo in the ninth inning, delivered the game-winning blow. [The Sporting News] |
St. Louis Cardinals 6, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Wednesday, August 22, 1973 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Cardinals 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 - 6 10 0 Braves 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 - 4 8 1 Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brock lf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .296 Garr rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .299 Sizemore 2b 3 1 1 1 2 1 .272 Lum 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .298 McCarver 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .258 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Reitz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Aaron lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .266 Simmons c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .288 Baker cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .295 Torre 3b,1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .300 Johnson 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .265 Agee cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .234 Perez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Carbo rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .276 Casanova c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .238 Tyson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Schueler p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .178 J. Cruz ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .235 House p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Jackson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .216 Cleveland p 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 J. Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Totals 33 6 10 6 4 4 Totals 33 4 8 4 1 6 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 14,550 Left on Base: Cardinals 5, Braves 4 DP: Cardinals 1, Braves 1 Errors: Garr Doubles: Agee (6), McCarver (10) Home Runs: Sizemore (1), Torre (12), J. Cruz (9), Johnson (34), Aaron (32) Stolen Bases: Brock 2 (48) Caught Stealing: Brock (17) Sacrifice Hits: Schueler (4) Sacrifice Flies: Carbo (3) GIDP: Agee (7), Perez (16) Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cleveland W(13-6) 9 8 4 4 1 6 2 35 3.19 Totals 9 8 4 4 1 6 2 35 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Schueler 5 6 3 3 2 2 1 21 3.96 House 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 7 4.75 J. Niekro L(1-1) 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 10 3.68 Totals 9 10 6 6 4 4 3 38 Wild Pitches: J. Niekro (2) Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey CARDINALS 1ST: Brock singled to left; Brock was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Sizemore walked; McCarver struck out; Simmons walked [Sizemore to second]; Torre flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Lum flied out to left; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Braves 0. CARDINALS 2ND: Agee doubled to right [Agee to third (error by Garr)]; Carbo hit a sacrifice fly to center [Agee scored]; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cleveland grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Aaron singled to center; Baker popped to shortstop; Johnson flied out to left; Perez forced Aaron (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Brock singled to center; Brock stole second; Sizemore struck out; McCarver flied out to center; Simmons grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Casanova singled to left; Schueler out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Casanova to second]; Garr popped to first in foul territory; Lum lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Torre singled to third; Agee grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Torre out at second]; Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Evans flied out to center; Aaron popped to first; Baker singled to left; Johnson homered [Baker scored]; Perez flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 2. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson flied out to center; Cleveland grounded out (third to first); Brock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 2. BRAVES 5TH: Casanova struck out; Schueler struck out; Garr flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Braves 2. CARDINALS 6TH: Sizemore homered; McCarver doubled to right; HOUSE REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Simmons singled to left [McCarver scored, Simmons out at second (left to catcher to second)]; Torre homered; Agee popped to first in foul territory; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 2. BRAVES 6TH: Lum grounded out (first unassisted); Evans grounded out (second to pitcher); Aaron homered; Baker grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 3. CARDINALS 7TH: Tyson flied out to right; Cleveland grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Perez lined to left; Casanova singled to center; JACKSON BATTED FOR HOUSE; Jackson walked [Casanova to second]; Garr singled to right [Casanova scored, Jackson to third]; Lum struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 4. CARDINALS 8TH: J. NIEKRO REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Sizemore walked; McCarver struck out; Simmons popped to shortstop; Torre forced Sizemore (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 4. BRAVES 8TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Aaron flied out to left; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Braves 4. CARDINALS 9TH: Agee flied out to right; Carbo singled to left; J. CRUZ BATTED FOR TYSON; J. Cruz homered [Carbo scored]; Cleveland struck out (catcher to first); Brock walked; Brock stole second; J. Niekro threw a wild pitch [Brock to third]; Sizemore flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 4. BRAVES 9TH: KELLEHER REPLACED J. CRUZ (PLAYING SS); REITZ REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING 3B); TORRE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Johnson singled to left; Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; Casanova flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Braves 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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