Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 30, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1973 at Atlanta Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves 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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Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 0 1 0
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 1
Watson lf 2 2 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 3 0
May 1b 4 1 2 1
Helms 2b 4 0 1 1
Jutze c 4 0 1 0
Roberts p 3 0 1 1
  Wilson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 3 0 0 0
Lum rf 4 1 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Aaron lf 4 1 3 1
Baker cf 3 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0
Dietz 1b 2 0 1 1
Velazquez c 2 0 1 1
  Leon p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Tepedino ph 1 0 0 0
Ford p 0 0 0 0
  Neibauer p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Closter p 0 0 0 0
  Casanova ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Houston 121 010 000–5110
Atlanta 100 100 001–381
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (17-11) 6.0 6 2 2 3 2
  Wilson   3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ford  L (1-2) 1.2 5 3 3 0 0
  Neibauer   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Closter   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Leon   3.0 3 1 0 1 2
  Devine   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
2
3
  E–Johnson (30).  2B–Houston Gross (2); Rader (26), Atlanta Lum 2 (26).  3B–Atlanta Baker (4).  HR–Houston Cedeno (25).  HBP–Cedeno (7).  SF–Dietz (2).  SB–Cedeno 2 (56).  CS–Cedeno 2 (15).  HBP–Devine (2).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:12.  A–40,517.
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