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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Atlanta Braves

1973-05-20 · Day game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · 10 innings · 2:31

Atlanta Braves defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 3–2. Phil Niekro earned the win. Davey Johnson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
LAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3
ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	9

W: Phil Niekro L: George Culver SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jerry Dale · 1B: Tom Gorman · 2B: Bill Williams · 3B: Dick Stello · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Lopes	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Buckner	4	0	1	0	0	1
Manny Mota	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Davis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Ferguson	2	1	0	0	2	0
Willie Crawford	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Cey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Russell	3	1	0	0	1	0
Claude Osteen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Garvey	1	0	1	2	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ralph Garr	5	1	2	1	0	0
Marty Perez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Darrell Evans	3	0	2	0	1	0
Hank Aaron	4	0	1	1	1	0
Dusty Baker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Davey Johnson	4	1	1	1	0	1
Dick Dietz	1	0	1	0	2	0
Johnny Oates	4	0	1	0	0	1
Phil Niekro	3	0	1	0	0	2
Rod Gilbreath	1	1	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Claude Osteen	7.0	5	4	3
George Culver	2.1	4	1	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	10.0	3	3	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Davey Lopes: K
Bill Buckner: S3
Manny Mota: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Ralph Garr: 13
Marty Perez: 63
Darrell Evans: T9
Hank Aaron: 63

Top 2

Willie Davis: 7
Joe Ferguson: 8
Willie Crawford: K

Bot 2

Dusty Baker: 43
Davey Johnson: K
Dick Dietz: W
Johnny Oates: 31

Top 3

Ron Cey: S8
Bill Russell: 4/L
Claude Osteen: 14/SH.1-2
Davey Lopes: 8

Bot 3

Phil Niekro: K
Ralph Garr: 43
Marty Perez: 4/L

Top 4

Bill Buckner: 53
Manny Mota: 7
Willie Davis: 3/G

Bot 4

Darrell Evans: S8
Hank Aaron: 7/L
Dusty Baker: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Joe Ferguson: 1
Willie Crawford: 9
Ron Cey: 53

Bot 5

Davey Johnson: 43
Dick Dietz: W
Johnny Oates: K/C
Phil Niekro: S8.1-2
Ralph Garr: 43

Top 6

Bill Russell: 53
Claude Osteen: 3
Davey Lopes: 53

Bot 6

Marty Perez: W
Darrell Evans: 13/SH.1-2
Hank Aaron: IW
Dusty Baker: 4
Davey Johnson: 3/FL

Top 7

Bill Buckner: K
Manny Mota: 7/L
Willie Davis: 8

Bot 7

Dick Dietz: S5
Johnny Oates: 7
Phil Niekro: 24/SH.1-2
Ralph Garr: S9.2-H
Marty Perez: CS2(24)

Top 8

Joe Ferguson: W
Willie Crawford: 63.1-2
Ron Cey: 63
Bill Russell: W
Steve Garvey: D8.2-H;1-H
Davey Lopes: 9

Bot 8

Marty Perez: 9
Darrell Evans: 3
Hank Aaron: 7

Top 9

Bill Buckner: 7
Manny Mota: 8
Willie Davis: K

Bot 9

Dusty Baker: 9
Davey Johnson: HR/7
Rod Gilbreath: 13
Johnny Oates: S8
Phil Niekro: K

Top 10

Joe Ferguson: W
Willie Crawford: E5.1-2;B-1
Ron Cey: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bill Russell: 53

Bot 10

Ralph Garr: S
Marty Perez: 14/SH.1-2
Darrell Evans: IW
Hank Aaron: S7.2-H;1-2