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In a crushing comeback, the Braves scored four runs in the eighth inning and then exploded for five more in the ninth to defeat the Cardinals, 10-6. Homers by Dick Allen and Joe Hague paced the Cardinals to a 6-1 lead before the Braves went to work in the eighth with a double by Sonny Jackson, singles by Tony Gonzalez and Hank Aaron, a double by Orlando Cepeda and single by Felix Millan. Atlanta Braves 10, St. Louis Cardinals 6Game Played on Wednesday, April 29, 1970 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 - 10 14 1
Cardinals 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 6 8 2
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Jackson ss 5 1 2 0 1 0 .313 Brock lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .309
Gonzalez cf 5 2 1 0 1 1 .321 Cardenal cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .353
H. Aaron rf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .338 Allen 3b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .302
Carty lf 4 2 1 1 1 0 .411 Torre c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .313
Cepeda 1b 4 2 3 2 1 0 .397 Lee rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .254
Millan 2b 5 1 1 2 0 0 .310 Hague 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .302
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .164 Javier 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .224
King c 3 0 2 0 2 0 .400 Carl Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Nash p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Maxvill ss 3 1 2 0 0 0 .143
Garr ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Neibauer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Culver p 1 0 0 1 0 0 .182
Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Guzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T. Aaron ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .571 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Priddy p 1 0 1 2 0 0 .667 Nye p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Totals 40 10 14 9 7 4 Totals 34 6 8 6 0 2
Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 10,562
Left on Base: Braves 10, Cardinals 3
DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 2
Errors: Jackson, Cardenal, Allen
Doubles: Cepeda 2 (9), Jackson (5), Carty (7)
Triples: Allen (1)
Home Runs: Allen (6), Hague (2)
Stolen Bases: Cardenal (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Culver (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Culver (1)
GIDP: Garr (1), T. Aaron (1)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Nash 4 6 5 3 0 1 2 19 4.33
Neibauer 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7.20
Jaster 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.97
Priddy W(1-0) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.76
Totals 9 8 6 4 0 2 2 36
Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Culver 7 9 4 4 1 2 0 30 2.20
Guzman 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 6.75
Chuck Taylor L(0-1) 1.1 3 3 2 2 0 0 8 2.16
Briles 0.1 1 2 0 2 1 0 5 5.79
Nye 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.93
Totals 9 14 10 7 7 4 0 47
Wild Pitches: Jaster (1), Briles (2)
Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Dezelan, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Stan Landes
BRAVES 1ST: Jackson flied out to center; Gonzalez grounded out
(third to first); H. Aaron popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (third to first); Cardenal
reached on an error by Jackson [Cardenal to first]; Cardenal
stole second; Allen tripled to right [Cardenal scored
(unearned)]; Torre grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee
singled to center [Allen scored (unearned)]; Hague struck out; 2
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2.
BRAVES 2ND: Carty grounded out (second to first); Cepeda
grounded out (third to first); Millan popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 2ND: Javier grounded out (third to first); Maxvill
grounded out (second to first); Culver flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 2.
BRAVES 3RD: Boyer grounded out (third to first); King grounded
out (pitcher to first); Nash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 3RD: Brock popped to third in foul territory; Cardenal
grounded out (pitcher to first); Allen homered; Torre grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0,
Cardinals 3.
BRAVES 4TH: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez
grounded out (second to first); H. Aaron walked; Carty forced H.
Aaron (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0,
Cardinals 3.
CARDINALS 4TH: Lee flied out to center; Hague homered; Javier
singled to center; Maxvill singled to right [Javier to third];
Culver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Javier scored]; Brock flied
out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 5.
BRAVES 5TH: Cepeda doubled to left; Millan grounded out (second
to first) [Cepeda to third]; Boyer singled to center [Cepeda
scored]; King singled to left [Boyer to second]; GARR BATTED FOR
NASH; Garr grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [King out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1,
Cardinals 5.
CARDINALS 5TH: NEIBAUER REPLACED GARR (PITCHING); Cardenal
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Allen flied out to
left; Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1,
Cardinals 5.
BRAVES 6TH: Jackson singled to center; Gonzalez popped to
shortstop; H. Aaron popped to shortstop; Carty grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 5.
CARDINALS 6TH: Lee popped to second; Hague popped to shortstop;
Javier popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Cardinals 5.
BRAVES 7TH: Cepeda singled to center; Millan forced Cepeda
(third to second); Boyer struck out; King singled to center
[Millan to third]; LUM BATTED FOR NEIBAUER; Lum forced King
(first to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals
5.
CARDINALS 7TH: JASTER REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Maxvill singled
to center; Jaster threw a wild pitch [Maxvill to second]; Culver
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Maxvill to third];
Brock grounded out (third to first); Cardenal singled to left
[Maxvill scored]; Allen grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 6.
BRAVES 8TH: Jackson doubled to center; Gonzalez singled to
second [Jackson to third]; H. Aaron singled to left [Jackson
scored, Gonzalez to third, H. Aaron to second (on throw to 3b)];
GUZMAN REPLACED CULVER (PITCHING); Carty walked; Cepeda doubled
to left [Gonzalez scored, H. Aaron scored, Carty to third];
CHUCK TAYLOR REPLACED GUZMAN (PITCHING); Millan singled to left
[Carty scored, Cepeda to third, Millan to second (on throw to
home)]; Boyer grounded out (third to first); King was walked
intentionally; T. AARON BATTED FOR JASTER; T. Aaron grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [King out at
second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Cardinals 6.
CARDINALS 8TH: PRIDDY REPLACED T. AARON (PITCHING); Torre
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lee flied out to right; Hague
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves
5, Cardinals 6.
BRAVES 9TH: Jackson flied out to left; Gonzalez walked; H. Aaron
singled to left [Gonzalez to second]; Carty doubled to right
[Gonzalez scored, H. Aaron to third]; BRILES REPLACED CHUCK
TAYLOR (PITCHING); Cepeda was walked intentionally; Millan
reached on an error by Allen [H. Aaron scored (RBI), Carty to
third, Cepeda to second, Millan to first]; Briles threw a wild
pitch [Carty scored (unearned), Cepeda to third, Millan to
second]; Boyer was called out on strikes; King was walked
intentionally; Priddy singled to center [Cepeda scored
(unearned), Millan scored (unearned), King to third (error by
Cardenal)]; NYE REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Jackson walked
[Priddy to second]; Gonzalez struck out; 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 3
LOB. Braves 10, Cardinals 6.
CARDINALS 9TH: CARL TAYLOR BATTED FOR JAVIER; Carl Taylor
grounded out (second to first); CAMPBELL BATTED FOR MAXVILL;
Campbell flied out to center; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR NYE;
Davalillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 10, Cardinals 6.
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