Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves
July 6, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 3, Atlanta Braves 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal rf 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Hickman 1b 3 1 1 1
Santo 3b 4 1 1 2
Popovich 2b 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
  Pepitone ph 1 0 0 0
Hands p 1 0 0 0
  North ph 1 0 0 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Fanzone ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr rf 3 1 2 1
Baker cf 4 1 1 2
Aaron 1b 3 1 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 1
Williams c 3 0 0 0
Lum lf 2 0 0 0
Millan 2b 3 0 1 0
Perez ss 2 1 0 0
Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 4 5 4
Chicago 000 001 002361
Atlanta 004 000 00x450
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  L (6-6) 4.0 5 4 4 2 0
  McGinn   3.0 0 0 0 2 3
  Hamilton   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
5
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (2-6) 8.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Upshaw  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
6

  E–Santo (14).  DP–Chicago 3, Atlanta 1.  2B–Chicago Williams (15,off Stone), Atlanta Evans (7,off Hands).  HR–Chicago Santo (10,9th inning off Stone 1 on, 0 out), Atlanta Baker (4,3rd inning off Hands 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Monday (1,by Stone); Garr (4,by McGinn).  SH–Stone 2 (4,off Hands,off McGinn).  HBP–McGinn (2,Garr); Stone (2,Monday).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:24.  A–8,863.
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