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July 5, 1974

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Braves	2	7	0
Cubs	2	7	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Braves	2	7	0
Cubs	3	8	1

Andre Thornton Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.243
OBP	.000	.341
At Bats	3	74
Hits	0	18
• Singles	0	11
• Doubles	0	4
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	10
RBI’s	0	11

Max Leon Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	1	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Wrigley Field - July 5, 1974

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Home Run

Max Leon

Johnny Oates

Davey Johnson

Marty Perez

Darrell Evans

Craig Robinson

Ralph Garr

Rowland Office

Ivan Murrell

Andre Thornton

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Atlanta Braves	2	7	0	6
Chicago Cubs	3	8	1	6
Winning Pitcher	Oscar Zamora
Losing Pitcher	Max Leon
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Andre Thornton
Attendance	29,076
Time of Game	2 hours 1 minute

View Box Score

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thornton hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Oates hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into right field. Murrell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Ivan Murrell now playing right field. Davey Johnson now playing first base. Max Leon now pitching. Harris hits a popup into right field for a base hit.

Top 8 Oscar Zamora now pitching. Office hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Evans takes first base on ball four.

Top 8 The umpire calls a balk on LaRoche Garr scores. Johnson moves to second.

Top 8 Davey Johnson pinch hits for Frank Tepedino. Johnson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Garr moves to third.

Top 8 Garr hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

Top 8 Ivan Murrell pinch hits for Sonny Jackson. Murrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Steve Swisher now catching. Leo Foster pinch hits for Phil Niekro. Foster hits a popup towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tepedino scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out.

Bottom 7 LaRoche hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Oates settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Mitterwald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cardenal throws the ball in to Kessinger who tags Robinson trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 7 Oates hits a popup towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Fanzone hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Thornton hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 6 Cardenal strikes out.

Top 6 Office hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 There goes Evans. The throw from Mitterwald and he is safe. Evans steals second.

Top 6 Evans takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Tepedino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Dave LaRoche now pitching. Garr strikes out.

Bottom 5 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Kessinger strikes out.

Top 5 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Niekro hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Perez scores.

Top 5 Robinson strikes out.

Top 5 Oates hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 There goes Perez. The throw from Mitterwald and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.

Top 5 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Burris hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Mitterwald strikes out.

Bottom 4 Fanzone strikes out.

Top 4 Office hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Harris scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Evans hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Tepedino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Thornton is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Morales hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Cardenal takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Williams reaches second base with a double. Harris scores.

Bottom 3 Harris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr who is chasing the ball. Harris reaches third base with a triple. Kessinger goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Kessinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Burris strikes out.

Top 3 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Niekro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fanzone fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Mitterwald hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Fanzone strikes out.

Bottom 2 Thornton strikes out.

Top 2 Oates hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Perez strikes out.

Top 2 Office hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Cardenal bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Williams moves to second.

Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Harris is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Kessinger strikes out.

Top 1 Evans strikes out.

Top 1 Tepedino hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Garr bunts in front of the plate. Mitterwald fields it and throws to first for the out. Jackson moves to second.

Top 1 Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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