Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 4, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1973 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr rf 11 0 1 0
Jackson ss 3 1 1 0
  Perez ph,ss 4 0 0 0
Aaron lf 3 0 1 0
  Brown lf 4 1 2 0
Evans 3b 9 1 3 4
Lum 1b 8 0 3 0
Baker cf 8 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 8 0 2 0
Oates c 8 0 1 0
Reed p 4 1 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Gilbreath ph 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Dietz ph 0 0 0 0
  Pierce ph 1 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Schueler p 2 0 1 0
  Blanks ph 1 0 1 0
  Kelley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 76 4 17 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 8 0 1 0
Tovar lf 6 0 1 0
  Lersch p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lonborg p 0 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 0 0 0 1
Unser cf 7 0 0 1
Montanez 1b 6 0 0 0
Boone c 8 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 7 0 0 0
Anderson rf 8 2 2 0
Doyle 2b 7 2 2 1
Ruthven p 2 0 0 0
  Rogodzinski ph 0 0 0 0
  Scarce p 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 1 0
  Harmon pr 0 1 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Luzinski ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 64 5 9 3
Atlanta 002 000 000 000 200 000 004171
Philadelphia 000 000 020 000 200 000 01594
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   7.0 3 2 1 2 2
  Frisella   3.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Niekro   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  House   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Schueler   5.0 3 1 1 3 4
  Kelley  L (0-1) 2.1 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
19.1
9
5
4
7
12
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   8.0 6 2 0 3 6
  Scarce   3.2 2 0 0 3 4
  Wilson   1.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Twitchell   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Lersch   3.0 4 0 0 1 0
  Lonborg  W (2-4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
20.0
17
4
2
10
15

  E–Baker (2), Lonborg (1), Schmidt (1), Doyle 2 (3).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Oates (4).  2B–Atlanta Evans (5,off Ruthven); Johnson (4,off Ruthven); Lum (2,off Wilson), Philadelphia Tovar (5,off Reed); Anderson (3,off Reed); Boone (2,off Kelley).  3B–Philadelphia Doyle (2,off Kelley).  HR–Atlanta Evans (7,13th inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Lum (1,off Scarce); Brown (1,off Twitchell); Rogodzinski (1,off Frisella).  HBP–Jackson (1,by Ruthven); Lum (1,by Scarce); Johnson (1,by Twitchell).  IBB–Oates (1,by Ruthven); Baker (2,by Scarce); Johnson (1,by Scarce); Evans (1,by Twitchell); Montanez (1,by Schueler); Luzinski (2,by Kelley); Bowa (1,by Kelley).  SF–Unser (2,off Schueler); Pagan (1,off Kelley).  CS–Baker (1,2nd base by Ruthven/Boone); Johnson (1,2nd base by Twitchell/Boone).  WP–Schueler (1).  BK–Ruthven (1).  HBP–Ruthven (2,Jackson); Scarce (1,Lum); Twitchell (2,Johnson).  IBB–Schueler (2,Montanez); Kelley 2 (2,Luzinski,Bowa); Ruthven (1,Oates); Scarce 2 (2,Baker,Johnson); Twitchell (3,Evans).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–5:16.  A–10,158.
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