The red-hot Reds smashed seven homers, two by Bernie Carbo and one each by Jonnny Bench, Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion, Bobby Tolan and Pete Rose, to defeat the Braves, 13-8. Rico Carty, Orlando Cepeda and Felic Millan homered for the Braves.

The two-club total of 10 tied the N. L. record for most homers in a night game. The mark was set by these same two clubs on August 10, 1956, in a game at Cincinnati. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 13, Atlanta Braves 8
Game Played on Tuesday, April     21, 1970 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Reds         4  0  0    0  1  2    1  5  0  -  13 17  1
Braves       0  3  1    0  0  1    0  0  3  -   8 11  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               6   2   3   2     0   0   .281      Jackson ss            5   1   2   3     0   2   .311
Helms 2b              5   2   2   1     0   1   .240      Gonzalez cf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .293
  Woodward 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      H. Aaron rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .353
Tolan cf              5   1   1   1     0   2   .264        Garr rf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Bravo cf            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Carty lf              3   2   1   1     1   0   .380
Perez 3b              5   3   4   2     0   1   .484      Cepeda 1b             4   2   2   1     0   1   .370
  Chaney 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .375      Millan 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .321
Bench c,1b            5   1   2   3     0   0   .225      Aspromonte 3b         4   1   2   0     0   0   .182
May 1b                5   0   1   1     0   1   .326      Didier c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .190
  Corrales c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Carbo lf              4   2   2   2     1   0   .349        Priddy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Concepcion ss         5   1   1   1     0   1   .255        T. Aaron ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nolan p               2   0   0   0     1   1   .091        Pappas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gullett p           1   1   1   0     0   0   .667        Neibauer p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McRae ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Jaster p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cloninger p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Lum ph              1   1   1   0     0   0   .182

Totals               44  13  17  13     2   7             Totals               38   8  11   7     1   5

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  7,897
Left on Base: Reds 6, Braves 4
DP: Reds 1, Braves 1
Errors: Perez, Aspromonte
Doubles: Rose (3), Helms (3), Jackson 2 (4), Gonzalez (5)
Triples: Didier (1)
Home Runs: Bench (5), Perez (8), Carbo 2 (4), Concepcion (1), Tolan (4), Rose (2), Carty (4), Cepeda (4), Millan (1)
Stolen Bases: Carbo (2)
GIDP: May (2), Didier (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(3-0)            6     7   5   2   1   2   2  26   2.60
Gullett                 2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
Cloninger SV(1)         1     4   3   3   0   1   1   7   7.00
Totals                  9    11   8   5   1   5   3  39

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(0-4)           5.1   8   7   7   2   3   4  26   7.77
Priddy                  1.2   2   1   1   0   2   1   7   3.12
Pappas                  0.1   4   4   4   0   0   2   5  19.80
Neibauer                0.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   4  12.00
Jaster                  1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.48
Totals                  9    17  13  13   2   7   7  46

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Al Barlick, 3B - Paul Pryor


REDS 1ST: Rose doubled to left; Helms doubled to right [Rose
scored]; Tolan popped to pitcher; Perez singled to center [Helms
scored]; Bench homered [Perez scored]; May grounded out (second
to first); Carbo walked; Carbo stole second; Concepcion popped
to second; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Jackson struck out; Gonzalez flied out to center; H.
Aaron grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
4, Braves 0.

REDS 2ND: Nolan walked; Rose forced Nolan (first to shortstop);
Helms grounded out (third to first) [Rose to second]; Tolan
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Carty walked; Cepeda singled to center [Carty to
second]; Millan flied out to right; Aspromonte singled to left
[Carty to third, Cepeda to second]; Didier popped to third;
Niekro reached on an error by Perez [Carty scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Cepeda to third, Aspromonte to second, Niekro to first];
Jackson doubled to right [Cepeda scored (unearned), Aspromonte
scored (unearned), Niekro to third]; Gonzalez grounded out
(first unassisted); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves
3.

REDS 3RD: Perez singled to center; Bench lined to left; May
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Perez
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 3.

BRAVES 3RD: H. Aaron grounded out (first to pitcher); Carty
homered; Cepeda flied out to left; Millan grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 4.

REDS 4TH: Carbo grounded out (first unassisted); Concepcion
reached on an error by Aspromonte [Concepcion to second]; Nolan
struck out; Rose popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
4, Braves 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Aspromonte flied out to center; Didier tripled to
right; Niekro struck out; Jackson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 4.

REDS 5TH: Helms struck out; Tolan grounded out (second to
first); Perez homered; Bench flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 5, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Gonzalez grounded out (first to pitcher); H. Aaron
flied out to left; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Braves 4.

REDS 6TH: May flied out to right; Carbo homered; Concepcion
homered; PRIDDY REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Nolan grounded out
(second to first); Rose singled to center; Helms grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Cepeda homered; Millan grounded out (third to
first); Aspromonte singled to center; Didier grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Aspromonte out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Braves 5.

REDS 7TH: Tolan homered; Perez struck out; Bench popped to
shortstop; May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Braves
5.

BRAVES 7TH: GULLETT REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); T. AARON BATTED
FOR PRIDDY; T. Aaron flied out to center; Jackson struck out;
Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 8, Braves 5.

REDS 8TH: PAPPAS REPLACED T. AARON (PITCHING); Carbo homered;
Concepcion popped to second; Gullett singled to shortstop; Rose
homered [Gullett scored]; Helms singled to center; NEIBAUER
REPLACED PAPPAS (PITCHING); Tolan struck out; Perez singled to
right [Helms to third]; Bench singled to center [Helms scored,
Perez to second]; May singled to center [Perez scored, Bench to
second]; JASTER REPLACED NEIBAUER (PITCHING); Carbo popped to
third; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 13, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: WOODWARD REPLACED HELMS (PLAYING 3B); BRAVO REPLACED
TOLAN (PLAYING CF); CHANEY REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 2B); BENCH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CORRALES REPLACED MAY (PLAYING C
); H. Aaron popped to catcher; Carty grounded out (second to
first); Cepeda struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 13,
Braves 5.

REDS 9TH: GARR REPLACED H. AARON (PLAYING RF); Concepcion struck
out; MCRAE BATTED FOR GULLETT; McRae popped to first; Rose
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 13,
Braves 5.

BRAVES 9TH: CLONINGER REPLACED MCRAE (PITCHING); Millan homered;
Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first); Didier grounded
out (second to first); LUM BATTED FOR JASTER; Lum singled to
center; Jackson doubled to right [Lum scored]; Gonzalez doubled
to left [Jackson scored]; Garr struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 13, Braves 8.