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Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves

1973-04-06 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · 13 innings · Att: 25335 · 3:25

Houston Astros defeated Atlanta Braves 2–1. Fred Gladding earned the win and Jim York picked up the save. Jim Wynn went 1-for-6 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9
ATL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12

W: Fred Gladding L: Cecil Upshaw SV: Jim York

Umpires — HP: Ken Burkhart · 1B: Lee Weyer · 2B: John Kibler · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Wynn	6	1	1	1	0	2
Tommy Helms	6	1	3	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	6	0	3	1	0	2
Bob Watson	5	0	0	0	1	1
Lee May	5	0	0	0	0	2
Doug Rader	5	0	0	0	0	2
Johnny Edwards	5	0	2	0	0	0
Roger Metzger	5	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Gallagher	1	0	0	0	0	1
Norm Miller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph Garr	6	0	0	0	0	3
Rod Gilbreath	6	0	3	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	5	0	0	0	1	0
Dusty Baker	6	0	3	0	0	1
Darrell Evans	6	0	1	0	0	2
Davey Johnson	6	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Oates	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Perez	5	0	1	0	0	1
Gary Gentry	2	0	1	1	0	0
Oscar Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roric Harrison	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Dietz	0	0	0	0	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Roberts	9.0	8	0	4
Jim Ray	2.1	3	1	2
Jim Crawford	0.1	0	1	1
Fred Gladding	0.1	0	0	0
Jim York	1.0	1	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gary Gentry	7.0	4	1	5
Roric Harrison	5.0	3	0	5
Cecil Upshaw	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Wynn: 8
Tommy Helms: S7
Cesar Cedeno: K
Bob Watson: WP.1-2
Bob Watson: W
Lee May: 8

Bot 1

Ralph Garr: K
Rod Gilbreath: S7
Hank Aaron: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Doug Rader: K
Johnny Edwards: 8
Roger Metzger: 43

Bot 2

Dusty Baker: S8
Darrell Evans: K
Davey Johnson: 54(1)/FO
Johnny Oates: 9

Top 3

Dave Roberts: 53
Jim Wynn: 7
Tommy Helms: 53

Bot 3

Marty Perez: 53
Gary Gentry: 4/L
Ralph Garr: K

Top 4

Cesar Cedeno: K
Bob Watson: 63
Lee May: 63

Bot 4

Rod Gilbreath: D7
Hank Aaron: 8
Dusty Baker: 8
Darrell Evans: 43

Top 5

Doug Rader: K
Johnny Edwards: S7
Roger Metzger: 5/P
Dave Roberts: 63

Bot 5

Davey Johnson: D7
Johnny Oates: 8
Marty Perez: 43.2-3
Gary Gentry: S9.3-H
Ralph Garr: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Jim Wynn: HR/7
Tommy Helms: 7
Cesar Cedeno: D7
Bob Watson: K
Lee May: 3/G

Bot 6

Rod Gilbreath: 9
Hank Aaron: 63
Dusty Baker: S7
Darrell Evans: K

Top 7

Doug Rader: 8
Johnny Edwards: 3/G
Roger Metzger: 63

Bot 7

Davey Johnson: S7
Johnny Oates: 34/SH.1-2
Marty Perez: 53
Oscar Brown: 9

Top 8

Dave Roberts: 5/FL
Jim Wynn: 63
Tommy Helms: S8
Cesar Cedeno: SB2
Cesar Cedeno: 8

Bot 8

Ralph Garr: 8
Rod Gilbreath: S7
Hank Aaron: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Bob Watson: 3/G
Lee May: K
Doug Rader: 3/FL

Bot 9

Dusty Baker: 53
Darrell Evans: 3/G
Davey Johnson: 7

Top 10

Johnny Edwards: 7
Roger Metzger: K
Bob Gallagher: K

Bot 10

Johnny Oates: 9
Marty Perez: K
Roric Harrison: K

Top 11

Jim Wynn: K
Tommy Helms: 63
Cesar Cedeno: T9
Bob Watson: 63

Bot 11

Ralph Garr: 2/FL
Rod Gilbreath: 4/P
Hank Aaron: W
Dusty Baker: S9.1-3
Darrell Evans: SB2
Darrell Evans: 8

Top 12

Lee May: K
Doug Rader: 43
Johnny Edwards: S4
Roger Metzger: 7

Bot 12

Davey Johnson: 8
Johnny Oates: S9
Marty Perez: S9.1-3
Dick Dietz: W.1-2
Ralph Garr: K
Rod Gilbreath: 64(1)/FO

Top 13

Norm Miller: 9
Jim Wynn: K
Tommy Helms: S6
Cesar Cedeno: D8.1-H
Bob Watson: 3/P

Bot 13

Hank Aaron: 53
Dusty Baker: K
Darrell Evans: S9
Davey Johnson: 3/P

Notes & reviews

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