Two former Yankees, Jim Bouton and Joe Pepitone, led the way as the Astros defeated the Braves, 8-7. Pepitone hit a homer, triple and double. After his triple in the eighth inning, Pepitone scored what proved to be the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Denis Menke. Bouton, who helped himself with three hits, went into the ninth with an 8-2 lead, but then lost his stuff and the Braves rallied for five runs before Fred Gladding finally put down the threat. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 8, Atlanta Braves 7
Game Played on Saturday, April     11, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome
Braves       1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  5  -   7 10  0
Astros       3  0  0    3  0  0    1  1  x  -   8 15  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jackson ss            5   1   1   0     0   0   .316      Morgan 2b             3   1   3   0     2   0   .389
Millan 2b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .429      Miller rf             5   2   1   1     0   1   .300
H. Aaron rf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .500      Wynn cf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .286
Carty lf              4   1   1   1     1   1   .278      Pepitone 1b           4   2   3   2     1   0   .500
Cepeda 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .316      Menke ss              4   0   1   3     0   1   .300
Gonzalez cf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .263      Davis lf              5   0   2   0     0   1   .273
Boyer 3b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .111      Rader 3b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .263
Tillman c             4   1   1   2     0   0   .294      Edwards c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .056
Pappas p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bouton p              3   1   3   1     1   0   .750
  Jaster p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lum ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  King ph             1   0   1   1     0   0  1.000
  Garr pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  10   6     2   6             Totals               38   8  15   8     4   4

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 16,047
Left on Base: Braves 6, Astros 11
DP: Braves 0, Astros 1
Errors: Morgan, Rader
Doubles: Morgan (1), Miller (2), Davis (1), Pepitone (1), Wynn (2)
Triples: Jackson (1), Pepitone (1)
Home Runs: Carty (2), Pepitone (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Menke (2)
GIDP: Cepeda (1)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas L(0-1)           3.2   8   6   6   4   2   1  23  14.73
Jaster                  3.1   5   1   1   0   2   0  15   1.69
Wilhelm                 1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   9.00
Totals                  8    15   8   8   4   4   1  43

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bouton W(1-0)           8.1   8   7   6   2   6   1  35   6.00
Gladding SV(2)          0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9    10   7   6   2   6   1  40

Wild Pitches: Pappas 3 (3)

Umpires: HP - Tony Venzon, 1B - Frank Secory, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


BRAVES 1ST: Jackson tripled; Millan popped to first; H. Aaron
reached on an error by Rader [Jackson scored (unearned) (no
RBI), H. Aaron to second]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cepeda popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Morgan doubled; Miller doubled [Morgan scored]; Wynn
popped to second; Pepitone homered [Miller scored]; Menke was
called out on strikes; Davis doubled; Pappas threw a wild pitch
[Davis to third]; Rader grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

BRAVES 2ND: Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Boyer
struck out; Tillman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards popped to shortstop; Bouton walked; Pappas
threw a wild pitch [Bouton to second]; Pappas threw a wild pitch
[Bouton to third]; Morgan walked; Miller struck out; Wynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
1, Astros 3.

BRAVES 3RD: Pappas popped to catcher in foul territory; Jackson
grounded out (first unassisted); Millan grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Pepitone doubled; Menke grounded out (pitcher to
first); Davis grounded out (third to first); Rader flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

BRAVES 4TH: H. Aaron singled; Carty walked [H. Aaron to second];
Cepeda grounded into a double play (third to first) [Carty to
second, H. Aaron out at third]; Gonzalez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Edwards flied out to center; Bouton singled; Morgan
walked [Bouton to second]; Miller forced Morgan (shortstop to
second) [Bouton to third]; Wynn doubled [Bouton scored, Miller
to third]; Pepitone was walked intentionally; Menke singled
[Miller scored, Wynn scored, Pepitone to second]; JASTER
REPLACED PAPPAS (PITCHING); Davis struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 6.

BRAVES 5TH: Boyer grounded out (third to first); Tillman flied
out to right; Jaster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Astros 6.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader struck out; Edwards popped to first; Bouton
singled; Morgan singled [Bouton to second]; Miller popped to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 6.

BRAVES 6TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Millan flied
out to right; H. Aaron struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Astros 6.

ASTROS 6TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Pepitone flied
out to left; Menke popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Astros 6.

BRAVES 7TH: Carty homered; Cepeda struck out; Gonzalez flied out
to right; Boyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 6.

ASTROS 7TH: Davis flied out to right; Rader singled; Edwards
grounded out (second to first) [Rader to second]; Bouton singled
[Rader scored]; Morgan singled [Bouton to second]; Miller
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2,
Astros 7.

BRAVES 8TH: Tillman flied out to center; LUM BATTED FOR JASTER;
Lum singled; Jackson popped to third; Millan flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 7.

ASTROS 8TH: WILHELM REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Wynn flied out to
left; Pepitone tripled; Menke hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Pepitone scored]; Davis singled; Rader grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 8.

BRAVES 9TH: H. Aaron singled; Carty struck out; Cepeda singled
[H. Aaron to second]; Gonzalez singled [H. Aaron scored, Cepeda
to second]; Boyer walked [Cepeda to third, Gonzalez to second];
Tillman singled [Cepeda scored, Gonzalez scored, Boyer to
second]; KING BATTED FOR WILHELM; GLADDING REPLACED BOUTON
(PITCHING); King singled [Boyer scored, Tillman to second]; GARR
RAN FOR KING; Jackson reached on an error by Morgan [Tillman to
third, Garr to second, Jackson to first]; Millan singled
[Tillman scored, Garr to third, Jackson to second]; H. Aaron
popped to shortstop; Carty flied out to right; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Braves 7, Astros 8.