Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves
May 20, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1973 at Atlanta Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Atlanta Braves 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 2 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 1 4 0
Davis cf 4 0 1 0
Ferguson lf,rf 5 2 2 3
Crawford rf 2 2 1 0
  Paciorek lf 1 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 1 2 3
Russell ss 4 0 2 1
Yeager c 3 0 1 0
Downing p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 15 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr rf 4 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Evans 3b 3 2 2 3
Baker cf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 0 0
Dietz 1b 2 0 0 0
Casanova c 3 0 0 0
Gentry p 0 0 0 0
  Kelley p 1 0 0 0
  House p 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Blanks ph 1 0 0 0
  Schueler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 3 3
Los Angeles 401 100 0028150
Atlanta 000 100 200334
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Downing  W (5-1) 9.0 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
2
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (4-3) 2.1 8 5 5 1 0
  Kelley   2.1 3 1 0 1 1
  House   2.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Frisella   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Schueler   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
3
2

  E–Garr (1), Perez (7), Evans (4), Johnson (6).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Los Angeles Ferguson (11,off Gentry).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (4,1st inning off Gentry 2 on, 2 out); Ferguson (9,9th inning off Schueler 1 on, 2 out), Atlanta Evans 2 (11,4th inning off Downing 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Downing 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Davis (3,by House).  SB–Lopes (13,2nd base off Gentry/Casanova); Russell (6,2nd base off Kelley/Casanova).  CS–Russell (1,3rd base by Kelley/Casanova); Buckner (1,2nd base by House/Casanova).  WP–Gentry (4).  HBP–House (1,Davis).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:17.  A–21,570.
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