Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 20, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1972 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 13
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Wynn rf 5 2 2 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 2
May 1b 4 1 3 1
Watson lf 5 1 2 0
Rader 3b 3 1 1 3
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0
  Howard c 0 0 0 0
Stinson c 2 0 0 0
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 0 0 0 0
  Fenwick ss 0 0 0 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Richard p 0 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,c 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 6 10 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 4 2 1 0
Millan 2b 5 1 2 5
Evans 3b 3 1 2 1
Williams 1b 2 1 1 1
  Breazeale 1b 1 0 0 0
Baker cf 5 2 3 3
Lum rf 5 0 1 0
Jackson ss 5 2 1 1
Didier c 5 2 3 1
Stone p 2 2 1 1
  Gilbreath ph 1 0 0 0
  Schueler p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 15 13
Houston 000 105 000–6102
Atlanta 0130 000 00x–13150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (5-4) 1.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Roberts   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  York   0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Richard   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Culver   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   3.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Ray   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
4
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (6-10) 6.0 9 6 6 2 2
  Schueler   3.0 1 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
6
  E–Cedeno (7), Rader (18).  2B–Houston May (27); Watson (24), Atlanta Evans (11); Baker 2 (25).  3B–Atlanta Millan (3).  HR–Houston Cedeno (22); Rader (22), Atlanta Baker (16).  HBP–Garr (5); Williams (5).  SB–Cedeno (52); Gilbreath (1).  HBP–Richard 2 (2).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:53.  A–2,061.
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