The relief pitching of Jim Brewer, who yielded only one hit in the last 2 2/3 innings, saved the Dodgers' 5-4 victory over the Braves. Don Sutton, who started for the Dodgers, helped himself with two run-scoring singles. After Sutton drove in the first run in the second, Willie Crawford singled in the fourth, Jim Lefebvre was safe on an error, Billy Grabarkewitz tripled and Sutton singled. The Dodgers added what proved to be the winning run in the seventh on a triple by Maury Wills and sacrifice fly by Willie Davis.

Hank Aaron and Bob Tillman accounted for the Braves' runs, each hitting a homer with a man on base. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Saturday, April     18, 1970 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Dodgers      0  1  0    3  0  0    1  0  0  -   5  9  1
Braves       0  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  0  -   4  8  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              4   1   1   0     1   0   .216      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .341
Parker 1b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .190      Gonzalez cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .289
Davis cf              4   0   0   1     0   1   .146      H. Aaron rf           4   1   2   2     0   0   .385
Kosco rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .136      Carty lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .390
Crawford lf           4   1   2   0     0   2   .233      Cepeda 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .405
Lefebvre 3b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .200      Boyer 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .158
Haller c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .278      Garrido ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sizemore ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .353        Garr ph             0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  Torborg c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Aspromonte ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grabarkewitz 2b       3   1   1   2     1   1   .250      Tillman c             4   1   2   2     0   1   .276
Sutton p              3   0   2   2     0   0   .500      Jarvis p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Brewer p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        King ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
                                                            Jaster p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     2   5             Totals               32   4   8   4     1   3

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 21,815
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Braves 4
DP: Dodgers 2, Braves 1
Errors: Haller, Cepeda, Garrido
Triples: Grabarkewitz (1), Wills (1)
Home Runs: H. Aaron (5), Tillman (2)
Stolen Bases: Wills (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Lefebvre (1), Jarvis (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Davis (1)
GIDP: Kosco (1), Gonzalez (1), Carty (3)
Hit by Pitch: Cepeda (1,by Sutton)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(2-1)           6.1   7   4   4   1   1   2  28   2.63
Brewer SV(2)            2.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   3   2  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jarvis L(2-1)           7     8   5   4   1   5   0  31   3.00
Jaster                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.00
Wilhelm                 1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   4.91
Totals                  9     9   5   4   2   5   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Sutton (1)
Wild Pitches: Sutton (2)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Wills walked; Wills stole second; Parker struck
out; Davis struck out; Kosco grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez
made an out to shortstop; H. Aaron lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Crawford struck out; Lefebvre singled to center;
Haller singled to center [Lefebvre to third]; Grabarkewitz
struck out; Sutton singled to center [Lefebvre scored, Haller to
third]; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Cepeda flied
out to center; Boyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Parker singled to left; Davis flied out to center;
Kosco grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Parker
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garrido lined to third; Tillman singled to center;
Jarvis out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Tillman to
second]; Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Crawford singled to left; Lefebvre reached on a
fielder's choice [Crawford to second (error by Garrido; assist
by Jarvis)]; Haller forced Lefebvre (pitcher to shortstop)
[Crawford to third]; Grabarkewitz tripled to left [Crawford
scored (unearned), Haller scored]; Sutton singled to right
[Grabarkewitz scored]; Wills forced Sutton (second to
shortstop); Parker flied out to left; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Gonzalez singled to center; H. Aaron homered
[Gonzalez scored]; Carty singled to third; Cepeda was hit by a
pitch [Carty to second]; Cepeda was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Haller [Carty to third, Cepeda to second];
Boyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrido reached on a
fielder's choice [Carty out at home (shortstop to catcher to
third)]; Tillman made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Braves 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Davis grounded out (second to first); Kosco
grounded out (pitcher to first); Crawford struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Jarvis grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
popped to third in foul territory; Gonzalez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Braves 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Lefebvre made an out to shortstop; Haller flied out
to left; Grabarkewitz reached on an error by Cepeda; Sutton
forced Grabarkewitz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
flied out to center; Cepeda singled to right; Boyer forced
Cepeda (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Braves 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Wills tripled to left; Parker grounded out (second
to first); Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wills scored];
Kosco made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: GARR BATTED FOR GARRIDO; Garr walked; Sutton threw a
wild pitch [Garr to second]; Tillman homered [Garr scored]; KING
BATTED FOR JARVIS; King struck out; Millan singled to right;
BREWER REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Gonzalez grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Millan out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 4.

DODGERS 8TH: ASPROMONTE REPLACED GARR (PLAYING SS); JASTER
REPLACED KING (PITCHING); Crawford singled to left; Lefebvre out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Crawford to second];
WILHELM REPLACED JASTER (PITCHING); SIZEMORE BATTED FOR HALLER;
Sizemore out on an unknown play; Grabarkewitz was walked
intentionally; Brewer out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: TORBORG REPLACED SIZEMORE (PLAYING C ); H. Aaron
singled to left; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [H. Aaron out at second]; Cepeda out on an
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Wills out on an unknown play; Parker out on an
unknown play; Davis out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Boyer struck out; Aspromonte flied out to left;
Tillman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 4.