Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves
September 1, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Atlanta Braves 11

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Harmon 2b 4 3 2 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 1
Money 3b 4 0 0 0
  Terlecki p 0 0 0 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 1 0
  Neibauer p 0 0 0 0
Lis lf 3 2 1 2
Johnson 1b 2 0 1 0
Freed rf 2 0 2 2
Robinson cf 5 0 0 0
Bateman c 5 0 0 0
Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Champion p 2 0 0 0
  Scarce p 0 0 0 0
  Luzinski ph 1 0 0 0
  Koegel 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 4 2 1 0
Jackson ss 5 2 2 0
Breazeale 1b 4 2 2 1
Baker cf 3 2 1 4
Evans 3b 4 3 3 4
Lum rf 3 0 0 0
Casanova c 5 0 2 2
Blanks 2b 4 0 1 0
Freeman p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 12 11
Philadelphia 200 021 000581
Atlanta 400 511 00x11120
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lersch  L (2-5) 0.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Champion   2.2 4 4 4 3 1
  Scarce   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Terlecki   2.0 2 1 0 3 0
  Neibauer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
11
10
9
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Freeman  W (1-0) 9.0 8 5 5 11 5
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
11
5

  E–Johnson (9).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Atlanta 2.  PB–Casanova (3).  2B–Philadelphia Harmon (4,off Freeman), Atlanta Jackson 2 (3,off Lersch,off Champion).  3B–Philadelphia Bowa (10,off Freeman).  HR–Philadelphia Lis (4,5th inning off Freeman 1 on, 2 out), Atlanta Baker (12,1st inning off Lersch 2 on, 1 out); Evans (18,4th inning off Scarce 3 on, 0 out); Breazeale (5,5th inning off Scarce 0 on, 2 out).  WP–Freeman (1).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:50.  A–3,333.
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