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St. Louis Cardinals @ Atlanta Braves

1983-06-05 · Day game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 28787 · 69°F, cloudy · 2:57

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Atlanta Braves 8–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 9th. John Stuper earned the win and Doug Bair picked up the save. Dale Murphy went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	8	16
ATL	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	11

W: John Stuper L: Phil Niekro SV: Doug Bair

Umpires — HP: Harry Wendelstedt · 1B: Scott Grinder · 2B: Terry Tata · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Herr	4	1	1	0	1	0
Ken Oberkfell	5	1	3	1	0	1
Lonnie Smith	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dane Iorg	4	0	1	0	0	1
Darrell Porter	4	2	3	0	0	0
Willie McGee	4	0	2	2	0	1
David Green	4	0	2	1	1	2
Ozzie Smith	3	1	2	1	1	0
John Stuper	3	0	0	0	0	0
George Hendrick	0	0	0	1	0	0
Keith Hernandez	1	1	1	1	0	0
Doug Bair	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Claudell Washington	5	0	2	1	0	0
Glenn Hubbard	5	0	0	0	0	3
Dale Murphy	4	2	2	1	0	0
Bob Horner	4	0	1	0	0	2
Chris Chambliss	2	0	0	1	1	0
Terry Harper	4	0	1	0	0	1
Biff Pocoroba	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rafael Ramirez	4	1	2	0	0	0
Phil Niekro	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Watson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brett Butler	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Stuper	7.0	10	0	6
Doug Bair	2.0	1	1	2

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	5.0	7	2	3
Donnie Moore	2.0	3	0	1
Gene Garber	1.1	6	1	1
Steve Bedrosian	0.2	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tom Herr: 13
Ken Oberkfell: S9
Lonnie Smith: 53.1-2
Dane Iorg: K/C

Bot 1

Claudell Washington: 7
Glenn Hubbard: K/C
Dale Murphy: 13

Top 2

Darrell Porter: S9
Willie McGee: K
David Green: K
Ozzie Smith: D9.1-3
John Stuper: 3/G

Bot 2

Bob Horner: S8
Chris Chambliss: 4/L
Terry Harper: S9.1-2
Biff Pocoroba: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Tom Herr: W
Ken Oberkfell: SB2
Ken Oberkfell: 9/L
Lonnie Smith: S7.2-H
Dane Iorg: POCS2(1362)
Dane Iorg: 43

Bot 3

Rafael Ramirez: 7
Phil Niekro: S8
Claudell Washington: 3/FL
Glenn Hubbard: K/C

Top 4

Darrell Porter: 3/L
Willie McGee: 13
David Green: S7
Ozzie Smith: PO1(13)

Bot 4

Dale Murphy: T9
Bob Horner: K
Chris Chambliss: 9/SF.3-H
Terry Harper: K

Top 5

Ozzie Smith: S9
John Stuper: 34/SH.1-2
Tom Herr: 7
Ken Oberkfell: S8.2-H
Lonnie Smith: SB2
Lonnie Smith: W
Dane Iorg: 43

Bot 5

Biff Pocoroba: D9
Rafael Ramirez: S4/BG.2-3
Bob Watson: K/C
Claudell Washington: 6/FL
Glenn Hubbard: K/C

Top 6

Darrell Porter: S9
Willie McGee: S7.1-2
David Green: S7.2-H;1-2
Ozzie Smith: 4/P
John Stuper: 15(2)3/GDP/BG

Bot 6

Dale Murphy: 5/L
Bob Horner: 5/L
Chris Chambliss: 8

Top 7

Tom Herr: 7
Ken Oberkfell: K
Lonnie Smith: 9

Bot 7

Terry Harper: 3/G
Biff Pocoroba: 3/G
Rafael Ramirez: S5
Ken Smith: S9.1-2
Claudell Washington: S7.2-H;1-3
Glenn Hubbard: 8

Top 8

Dane Iorg: S7
Darrell Porter: S8.1-3
Willie McGee: 7/SF.3-H
David Green: K+SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Ozzie Smith: IW
John Stuper: SB2
John Stuper: 13/BG

Bot 8

Dale Murphy: HR/9
Bob Horner: K/C
Chris Chambliss: W
Terry Harper: 7
Biff Pocoroba: K/C

Top 9

Tom Herr: D7
Ken Oberkfell: S7.2-3;B-2(E7)
George Hendrick: 7/SF.3-H
Keith Hernandez: D9.2-H
Darrell Porter: HP
Willie McGee: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
David Green: W
Ozzie Smith: 7/SF.3-H
Doug Bair: K/C

Bot 9

Rafael Ramirez: 9
Brett Butler: 43
Claudell Washington: S8
Glenn Hubbard: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

1:28 minute rain delay before game
Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog ejected by HP umpire Harry Wendelstedt arguing that Phil Niekro was balking on his pick off attempts to 1B; Lonnie Smith pick off after the ejection

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