Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 2
Regular Season Game 70
Played on Saturday, July 1, 1972 (N) at Astrodome
ATL N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 HOU N 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 4 9 1
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jackson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 Garr rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Aaron 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 12 0 Carty lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Williams c 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 Lum cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Perez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Garrido 2b 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 McQueen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Breazeale ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 7 2 0 8 24 12 FIELDING - E: Niekro (2). BATTING - 2B: Garrido (1,off Wilson); Jackson (1,off Wilson). SH: Niekro (4,off Wilson). GDP: Breazeale (1,off Wilson). Team LOB: 4. BASERUNNING - SB: Garr (13,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards); Aaron (3,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 Cedeno cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 May 1b 3 2 2 1 1 0 8 0 Watson lf 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 Rader 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 Edwards c 3 0 0 1 0 1 9 1 Helms 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 Wilson p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 31 4 9 4 4 2 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Wilson-Metzger-May. E: Edwards (5). BATTING - 2B: Watson (14,off Niekro); Helms (6,off Niekro). HR: May (14,2nd inning off Niekro 0 on 0 out). SF: Edwards (5,off Niekro). IBB: Helms (2,by Stone). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - CS: Metzger (4,2nd base by McQueen/Williams).
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Niekro L(7-7) 5.1 6 4 4 2 0 1 24 McQueen 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 Stone 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 Totals 8 9 4 4 4 2 1 36 IBB: Stone (7,Helms). Inherited Runners - Scored: McQueen 2-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wilson W(5-5) 9 7 2 2 0 8 0 33 Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Bill Williams Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 28258 Starting Lineups: Atlanta Braves Houston Astros 1. Jackson 3b Metzger ss 2. Garr rf Cedeno cf 3. Aaron 1b Wynn rf 4. Carty lf May 1b 5. Williams c Watson lf 6. Lum cf Rader 3b 7. Perez ss Edwards c 8. Garrido 2b Helms 2b 9. Niekro p Wilson p BRAVES 1ST: Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Garr singled; Garr stole second [Garr to third (error by Edwards)]; Aaron singled [Garr scored]; Aaron stole second; Carty struck out; Williams struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0. BRAVES 2ND: Lum struck out; Perez lined to left; Garrido doubled; Niekro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: May homered; Watson doubled; Rader grounded out (third to first) [Watson to third]; Edwards hit a sacrifice fly to center [Watson scored]; Helms doubled; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. BRAVES 3RD: Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); Garr grounded out (second to first); Aaron struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno flied out to left; Wynn grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. BRAVES 4TH: Carty struck out; Williams struck out; Lum grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 4TH: May flied out to center; Watson singled; Rader flied out to center; Edwards flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. BRAVES 5TH: Perez flied out to center; Garrido singled; Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Garrido to second]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Helms grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Aaron made an out to shortstop; Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled; Cedeno was picked off first but was safe on an error by Niekro [Cedeno to second]; Wynn grounded out (third to first); May walked; Watson walked [Cedeno to third, May to second]; Rader singled [Cedeno scored, May scored, Watson to second]; MCQUEEN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Edwards struck out; Helms grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 4. BRAVES 7TH: Williams popped to catcher in foul territory; Lum flied out to right; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: Wilson struck out; Metzger walked; Metzger was caught stealing second; Cedeno singled; Wynn lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 4. BRAVES 8TH: Garrido singled; BREAZEALE BATTED FOR MCQUEEN; Breazeale grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Garrido out at second]; Jackson doubled; Garr singled [Jackson scored]; Aaron struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: STONE REPLACED BREAZEALE (PITCHING); May singled; Watson singled [May to second]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first) [May to third, Watson to second]; Edwards popped to third in foul territory; Helms was walked intentionally; Wilson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 4. BRAVES 9TH: Carty flied out to right; Williams flied out to left; Lum grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Braves 2 7 1 4 Astros 4 9 1 8
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