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September 23, 1973

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 13 0
Astros 2 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 13 0
Astros 2 4 0

Lee May Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .268
OBP .333 .310
At Bats 2 530
Hits 1 142
• Singles 1 89
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 27
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 2 102

Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 2
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Astrodome - September 23, 1973
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Out
Joe Niekro
Paul Casanova
Frank Tepedino
Davey Johnson
Darrell Evans
Marty Perez
Mike Lum
Dusty Baker
Sonny Jackson
Lee May
Bob Watson
Mike Easler
Roger Metzger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 10 13 0 7
Houston Astros 2 4 0 4
Winning Pitcher Roric Harrison
Losing Pitcher Don Wilson
Save Joe Niekro
Game Winning RBI Dick Dietz
Attendance 14,222
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joe Niekro now pitching. Rader strikes out.
Bottom 9 Mike Easler pinch runs for Cesar Cedeno. Watson takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to third. Easler moves to second.
Bottom 9 Cedeno is hit by the pitch. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 9 Paul Casanova now catching. Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Dietz hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Johnny Edwards now catching. Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Tepedino hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gallagher hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Edwards pinch hits for Jim Ray. Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Skip Jutze. Stewart hits a popup towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jim Ray now pitching. Johnson strikes out.
Top 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lum scores. Evans moves to second.
Top 8 Mike Cosgrove now pitching. Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jackson scores. Lum moves to second.
Top 8 Lum hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dietz scores. Jackson moves to second.
Top 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Perez scores. Dietz moves to second.
Top 8 Harrison hits a line drive into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dietz is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Perez moves to second.
Top 8 Tepedino bunts towards the mound. Pizarro fields it and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 May hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Metzger tags and scores. Cedeno scores. Watson tags and moves to second.
Bottom 7 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Watson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Metzger moves to third. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cedeno takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Juan Pizarro now pitching. Lum hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gallagher 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 Greg Gross pinch hits for Don Wilson. Gross hits a popup, foul, towards third. Evans settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sonny Jackson now playing right field. Jutze hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Helms fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Harrison strikes out.
Top 6 Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Perez strikes out.
Top 6 Tepedino hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 May hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baker strikes out.
Top 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dietz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Baker. Cedeno reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gallagher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tepedino scoops it up and throws to first, with Harrison covering, for the out.
Top 4 Garr hits a line drive into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harrison bunts towards third. Rader fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Dietz takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 The ball gets by Jutze for a passed ball. Tepedino scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Tepedino moves to third.
Top 4 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnson tags and scores.
Top 4 Tepedino hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Tepedino reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jutze hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tepedino scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jutze for the out.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Harrison covering, for the out.
Top 3 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lum takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garr for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Harrison strikes out.
Top 2 Dietz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Perez strikes out.
Top 2 Tepedino hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gallagher hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baker strikes out.
Top 1 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Garr. The throw from Jutze and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Top 1 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garr hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.