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Scores
Standings
CLE
@BAL		6
2
CLE
@BAL		3
7
MIL
@BOS		4
9
MIN
@CAL		3
4		 
(11)
DET
@NYY		0
3
CHW
@OAK		5
7
KCR
@TEX		7
1
HOU
@ATL		0
7
SFG
@CIN		6
13
MON
@PIT		6
4
LAD
@SDP		3
2
PHI
@STL		1
7
Saturday, September 29, 1973
, Atlanta Stadium
Attendance: 17,836, Time of Game: 2:11
Astros
0
81-80
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
4th, 18 GB
 at Braves
7
76-84
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
5th, 22½ GB
W: Carl Morton (15-10)
L: Jerry Reuss (16-13)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Astros          0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  6  0
Braves          2  0  0   0  5  0   0  0  X    7 10  0

Houston Astros

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Greg Gross RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .639 1 0 GDP
Roger Metzger SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 .627 1 3 GDP
Cesar Cedeno CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .319 .905 1 0 SB
   Bob Gallagher CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 .264 .612 0 0
Bob Watson LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .853 3 0 GDP
Doug Rader 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 .712 0 2
Lee May 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .268 .788 8 0
Gary Sutherland 2B 2 0 1 0 1 0 .259 .650 3 3 2B
Skip Jutze C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .223 .518 7 0
Jerry Reuss P 2 0 1 0 0 1 .137 .338 0 0
   Larry Dierker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Jimmy Stewart 1 0 1 0 0 0 .191 .486
   Cecil Upshaw P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
Team Totals 31 0 6 0 1 3 .194 .445 24 8
2B: G Sutherland (5).
TB: G Sutherland 2; L May; B Gallagher; J Reuss; C Cedeno; J Stewart.
GIDP: R Metzger (10); B Watson (18); G Gross (2).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
E: L May (9).
Baserunning
SB: C Cedeno (54, -1st base off  POCS).

Atlanta Braves

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Marty Perez SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 .251 .666 3 5 2B
Mike Lum RF 4 2 2 0 0 0 .293 .808 1 0 2B
Darrell Evans 3B 4 2 2 2 0 1 .283 .965 0 5 HR
Hank Aaron LF 3 1 3 3 1 0 .296 1.041 2 0 HR
Dusty Baker CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .288 .809 0 0 HR,2B,GDP
Davey Johnson 2B 2 0 0 0 1 2 .272 .922 2 5 HBP
Dick Dietz 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .292 .904 13 0
   Frank Tepedino 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 .778 3 0
Paul Casanova C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .594 3 0
Carl Morton P 4 0 0 0 0 1 .181 .541 0 3
Team Totals 33 7 10 6 3 7 .303 1.045 27 18
2B: M Lum (24); D Baker (29); M Perez (15).
HR: D Evans (41); H Aaron (40); D Baker (21).
HBP: D Johnson (9).
TB: D Baker 6; H Aaron 6; D Evans 5; M Lum 3; M Perez 2.
GIDP: D Baker (13).
RBI: H Aaron 3 (95); D Evans 2 (104); D Baker (99).
Team LOB: 6.
Fielding
E: D Johnson (29); P Casanova (9).

Houston Astros

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Jerry Reuss, L (16-13) 5 9 7 7 2 4 3 3.74 26 23
Larry Dierker 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.33 8
Cecil Upshaw 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.93 3
Team Totals 8 10 7 7 3 7 3 7.88 37 23

Atlanta Braves

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Carl Morton, W (15-10) 9 6 0 0 1 3 0 3.41 32 77
Team Totals 9 6 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 32 77
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: J Reuss (3).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Lee Weyer.
Time of Game: 2:11.
Attendance: 17,836.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Houston Astros         Atlanta Braves
1 Greg Gross RF 1 Marty Perez SS
2 Roger Metzger SS 2 Mike Lum RF
3 Cesar Cedeno CF 3 Darrell Evans 3B
4 Bob Watson LF 4 Hank Aaron LF
5 Doug Rader 3B 5 Dusty Baker CF
6 Lee May 1B 6 Davey Johnson 2B
7 Gary Sutherland 2B 7 Dick Dietz 1B
8 Skip Jutze C 8 Paul Casanova C
9 Jerry Reuss P 9 Carl Morton P

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