St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
August 21, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1973 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 11

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 5 1 3 0
McCarver 1b 3 1 1 0
Simmons c 5 0 1 2
Torre 3b 4 1 3 0
Agee cf 4 1 1 0
Carbo rf 4 1 1 1
Tyson ss 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 0 0 0 0
Wise p 3 1 1 4
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
  McBride ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0
  Reitz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr rf 5 1 3 0
Lum 1b 4 3 3 1
Evans 3b 3 3 2 1
Aaron lf 4 2 3 3
  Perez pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Baker cf 5 1 2 4
Johnson 2b 4 1 1 2
Jackson ss,lf 4 0 0 0
Casanova c 4 0 1 0
Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Niekro J. p 0 0 0 0
  Goggin ph 1 0 0 0
  Neibauer p 1 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Velazquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Niekro P. p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 15 11
St. Louis 007 000 0007131
Atlanta 006 032 00x11150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (13-9) 4.0 8 9 3 2 3
  Pena   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Folkers   1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Sprague   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
11
5
3
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Harrison   2.2 8 7 7 2 2
  Niekro J.   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Neibauer  W (2-0) 2.2 0 0 0 3 1
  Devine   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Niekro P.  SV (4) 3.0 5 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
6
4

  E–Torre (11).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Baker 2 (25,off Wise,off Pena); Aaron (7,off Folkers).  3B–Atlanta Evans (8,off Folkers).  HR–St. Louis Wise (3,3rd inning off Harrison 3 on, 2 out), Atlanta Johnson (33,3rd inning off Wise 1 on, 2 out); Lum (14,5th inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Casanova (2,2nd base by Wise/Simmons); Garr (8,2nd base by Folkers/Simmons).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:02.  A–15,502.
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