For the the second time in one week, Willie Stargell smashed a homer over the right field roof at Forbes Field and provided the Pirates with an 8-7 victory over the Braves. Rico Carty homered for the Braves, who went ahead, 7-4, with three runs in the seventh inning on a walk, double by Carty and singles by Tony Gonzalez and Bob Priddy. Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Atlanta Braves 7Game Played on Saturday, April 25, 1970 (Day game) at Forbes FieldBraves 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 - 7 13 1 Pirates 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 x - 8 11 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Jackson ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .314 Alou cf 3 2 1 1 1 0 .222 Millan 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .310 Hebner 3b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .316 H. Aaron rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .359 Clemente rf 4 2 3 4 0 0 .429 Carty lf 5 3 3 1 0 1 .403 Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .333 Cepeda 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .385 Oliver 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Gonzalez cf 4 1 3 2 1 0 .338 Stargell lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .085 Boyer 3b 3 1 1 1 2 0 .148 Sanguillen c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .391 King c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .333 Alley ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .114 Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Didier c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Gibbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stone p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Priddy p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Patek ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .364 Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McBean p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 7 13 6 7 3 Totals 34 8 11 8 2 7 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 7,125 Left on Base: Braves 11, Pirates 5 DP: Braves 0, Pirates 3 Errors: Jackson, Clemente Doubles: Boyer (2), Cepeda (7), Carty (5), Clemente 2 (5), Hebner 2 (7), Sanguillen (2) Triples: Patek (2) Home Runs: Carty (5), Stargell (2) Stolen Bases: Jackson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Alou (2) GIDP: Millan (3), Carty (5) Hit by Pitch: Cepeda (2,by Ellis) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone 5.2 6 4 4 1 6 0 24 3.14 Priddy 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 0 6 5.79 Wilhelm L(0-1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 4.63 Totals 8 11 8 8 2 7 1 37 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ellis 6 9 6 5 4 2 1 31 3.12 Gibbon 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 13.50 Giusti W(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.90 McBean SV(1) 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 9.00 Totals 9 13 7 6 7 3 1 45 Hit by Pitch: Ellis (1) Wild Pitches: Ellis (1) Umpires: HP - Frank Dezelan, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Doug Harvey BRAVES 1ST: Jackson singled to shortstop; Millan grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at second]; H. Aaron grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Alou walked; Hebner singled to left [Alou to third]; Clemente doubled to right [Alou scored, Hebner to third]; Robertson was called out on strikes; Stargell struck out; Sanguillen was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Pirates 1. BRAVES 2ND: Carty struck out; Cepeda made an out to shortstop; Gonzalez singled to left; Ellis threw a wild pitch [Gonzalez to second]; Boyer doubled to left [Gonzalez scored]; King was walked intentionally; Stone grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 2ND: Alley struck out; Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Pirates 1. BRAVES 3RD: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan singled to left; H. Aaron made an out to second; Carty singled to right [Millan to third]; Cepeda doubled to right [Millan scored, Carty scored (error by Clemente) (unearned)]; Gonzalez was walked intentionally; Boyer forced Gonzalez (third to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); Hebner flied out to center; Clemente lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 1. BRAVES 4TH: King made an out to shortstop; Stone grounded out (first to pitcher); Jackson grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Robertson struck out; Stargell grounded out (catcher to first); Sanguillen grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Pirates 1. BRAVES 5TH: Millan flied out to center; H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty homered; Cepeda was hit by a pitch; Gonzalez singled to right [Cepeda to third]; Boyer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 1. PIRATES 5TH: Alley flied out to right; Mazeroski grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 1. BRAVES 6TH: King struck out; Stone grounded out (second to first); Jackson walked; Jackson stole second; Millan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Alou singled to right; Hebner doubled to right [Alou to third]; Clemente doubled to left [Alou scored, Hebner scored]; Robertson flied out to right [Clemente to third]; Stargell grounded out (third to first); Sanguillen doubled [Clemente scored]; PRIDDY REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Alley walked; Mazeroski lined to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 4. BRAVES 7TH: H. Aaron walked; Carty doubled to right [H. Aaron to third]; GIBBON REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Cepeda was walked intentionally; Gonzalez singled to right [H. Aaron scored, Carty scored, Cepeda to third]; Boyer walked [Gonzalez to second]; ASPROMONTE BATTED FOR KING; GIUSTI REPLACED GIBBON (PITCHING); Aspromonte hit into a double play (third to catcher to third) [Boyer to second, Aspromonte to first, Cepeda out at home, Gonzalez out at third]; Priddy singled to left [Boyer scored, Aspromonte to second]; Jackson struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 7, Pirates 4. PIRATES 7TH: DIDIER REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PLAYING C ); PATEK BATTED FOR GIUSTI; Patek tripled to right; Alou hit a sacrifice fly to left [Patek scored]; Hebner doubled to left; Clemente singled to center [Hebner scored]; WILHELM REPLACED PRIDDY (PITCHING); Robertson popped to catcher in foul territory [Clemente to second]; Stargell homered [Clemente scored]; Willie Stargell's 7th career homer over the RF roof; only 18 total over Forbes Field RF roof to this point; Sanguillen singled to shortstop [Sanguillen to second (error by Jackson)]; Alley made an out to second; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 7, Pirates 8. BRAVES 8TH: MCBEAN REPLACED PATEK (PITCHING); Millan singled to right; H. Aaron singled to left [Millan to second]; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Millan to third, H. Aaron out at second]; Cepeda made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 7, Pirates 8. PIRATES 8TH: Mazeroski struck out; McBean grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 7, Pirates 8. BRAVES 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED ROBERTSON (PLAYING 1B); Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Boyer walked; LUM BATTED FOR DIDIER; Lum made an out to shortstop; GARR BATTED FOR WILHELM; Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 7, Pirates 8. |
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