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Houston Astros 4 Atlanta Braves 8

August 8,1972

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (58-47)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (49-58)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

8,407

Time of Game

2:19

Umpires

[HP]: Ed Vargo [1B]: Paul Pryor [2B]: Harry Wendelstedt [3B]: Jerry Dale

Houston Astros 4 Atlanta Braves 8

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	58-47		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	3			4	7	2		2	3	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	49-58		5	1	0		0	0	0		2	0	x			8	9	1		4	8	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Roger Metzger	ss	24.303	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.213		105	251
	Jimmy Stewart	ph	33.058	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.214		54	699
	Bob Stinson	ph-c	26.302	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		21	46
2	Cesar Cedeno	cf	21.165	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.351		91	336
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.149	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.277		97	1214
4	Lee May	1b	29.138	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.293		101	861
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.120	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.306		105	397
6	Johnny Edwards	c	34.059	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.253		78	1307
	Norm Miller	ph	26.185	L	1	1	1	1		0	0	.253		48	448
7	Doug Rader	3b	28.009	R	4	2	2	2		0	0	.244		104	677
8	Tommy Helms	2b	31.095	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.260		92	942
	Bobby Fenwick	ph-ss	25.242	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.170		32	32
Totals

Errors: Roger Metzger, Doug Rader

HR: Doug Rader (17)

RBI: Norm Miller (11), Doug Rader 2 (67), Bobby Fenwick (4)

HBP: Cesar Cedeno (5)

SB: Jimmy Wynn (10)

CS: Cesar Cedeno (12)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ralph Garr	lf	26.240	L	5	1	2	0		0	0	.319		96	315
2	Darrell Evans	3b	25.074	L	3	1	0	0		2	0	.248		83	194
3	Hank Aaron	1b	38.185	R	3	1	0	0		2	1	.259		91	2621
4	Earl Williams	c	24.025	R	5	1	1	1		0	1	.271		107	259
5	Dusty Baker	cf	23.054	R	3	2	2	2		1	1	.317		79	129
6	Mike Lum	rf	26.286	L	3	2	1	1		1	2	.227		85	588
7	Felix Millan	2b	28.353	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.248		88	738
8	Marty Perez	ss	26.162	R	3	0	2	1		1	0	.228		107	250
9	Denny McLain	p	28.132	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.077		12	270
Totals

Errors: Dusty Baker

2B: Ralph Garr (13), Mike Lum (9)

HR: Earl Williams (19), Dusty Baker (7)

RBI: Earl Williams (61), Dusty Baker 2 (45), Mike Lum (29), Felix Millan (23), Marty Perez (22)

SH: Denny McLain (4)

GDP: Ralph Garr (4), Earl Williams (16)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Wilson	R	L 7-8	0.1	2	4	4	3	0	1		3.52	1.20		20	179
2	George Culver	R		1.2	2	1	1	0	2	1		3.23	1.18		33	265
3	Ken Forsch	R		3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0		3.99	1.42		23	58
4	Jim York	R		2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0		5.47	1.62		17	74
5	Jim Ray	R		1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0		3.48	1.15		39	214
Totals				0.0

WP: Don Wilson (5), Ken Forsch (8)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Wilson (0-0-0), George Culver (0-0-0), Ken Forsch (0-0-0), Jim York (0-0-0), Jim Ray (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Denny McLain	R	W 4-4	9.0	7	4	4	1	1	1		4.95	1.38		15	275
Totals				0.0

WP: Denny McLain (1)

HB: Denny McLain (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Denny McLain (0-0-0)