The Expos ended their 11-game losing streak when Coco Laboy homered in the ninth inning to beat the Braves, 3-2. The Braves took the lead with an unearned run in the third and added their other tally in the fifth on a bases-loaded single by Felix Millan. The Expos rallied to tie the score with a double by John Boccabella, a single by Bobby Wine and a double by Bob Bailey in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 3, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Friday, June      5, 1970 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   3  8  2
Braves       0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hahn lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Garrido ss            4   0   2   1     0   0   .344
  Gosger ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .400      Millan 2b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .300
Sutherland 2b         4   0   0   0     1   0   .163      H. Aaron rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .309
Staub rf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .314      Carty lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .428
Phillips cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .265      Cepeda 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .309
Bateman c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .193      Gonzalez cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Laboy 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .189      Boyer 3b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .206
Boccabella 1b         4   1   1   0     0   1   .219      Didier c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .145
Wine ss               4   1   2   1     0   1   .189        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .190
Wegener p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Stone p               1   0   1   0     2   0   .207
  Bailey ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .123        Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGinn p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dillman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jones ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .238
  Raymond p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               29   2   6   2     6   4

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 11,742
Left on Base: Expos 8, Braves 6
DP: Expos 4, Braves 0
Errors: Wine, McGinn, Carty
Doubles: Boccabella (1), Bailey (2), Gonzalez (8)
Home Runs: Laboy (2)
Caught Stealing: Millan (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Staub (3)
GIDP: H. Aaron (6), Millan (7), Cepeda (3)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wegener                 6     4   2   1   5   2   0  25   2.51
McGinn                  0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.50
Dillman W(2-2)          1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   4   5.93
Raymond SV(6)           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.86
Totals                  9     6   2   1   6   4   0  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   7.1   6   2   2   2   5   0  30   3.46
Wilhelm L(2-2)          1.2   2   1   1   1   2   1   8   3.51
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   7   1  38

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Dezelan, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Stan Landes


EXPOS 1ST: Hahn singled; Sutherland flied out to right; Staub
singled [Hahn to third]; Phillips popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garrido flied out to right; Millan walked; H. Aaron
struck out while Millan was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Laboy grounded out (shortstop to first); Boccabella
flied out to left; Wine made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Carty flied out to right; Cepeda was called out on
strikes; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Wegener struck out; Hahn grounded out (second to
first); Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Boyer walked; Didier reached on an error by Wine
[Boyer to second, Didier to first]; Stone walked [Boyer to
third, Didier to second]; Garrido forced Didier (shortstop
unassisted) [Boyer scored (unearned), Stone to second]; Millan
grounded out (third to first) [Stone to third, Garrido to
second]; Stone was out trying to advance to home (catcher to
pitcher to third); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves
1.

EXPOS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Phillips
singled to left [Phillips to second (error by Carty)]; Bateman
walked; Laboy flied out to center [Phillips to third];
Boccabella grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cepeda walked; Gonzalez flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Wine was called out on strikes; Wegener was called
out on strikes; Hahn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Boyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Didier
singled; Stone walked [Didier to second]; Garrido singled
[Didier to third, Stone to second]; Millan singled to shortstop
[Didier scored, Stone to third, Garrido to second]; Felix
Millan's grounder hit Bobby Wine in face; H. Aaron grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Millan out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Sutherland flied out to left; Staub was called out on
strikes; Phillips struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Cepeda
popped to third in foul territory; Gonzalez doubled; Boyer
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos
0, Braves 2.

EXPOS 7TH: Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); Laboy
flied out to center; Boccabella doubled; Wine singled
[Boccabella scored]; BAILEY BATTED FOR WEGENER; Bailey doubled
[Wine scored]; Hahn grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: MCGINN REPLACED BAILEY (PITCHING); Didier grounded
out (shortstop to first); Stone singled; Stone was picked off
first but was safe on an error by McGinn [Stone to second];
Garrido singled [Stone to third]; DILLMAN REPLACED MCGINN
(PITCHING); Millan grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Garrido out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Braves 2.

EXPOS 8TH: Sutherland walked; Staub out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Sutherland to second]; WILHELM REPLACED
STONE (PITCHING); Phillips flied out to center [Sutherland to
third]; Bateman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
walked; Cepeda grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Braves 2.

EXPOS 9TH: Laboy homered; Boccabella struck out; Wine singled;
JONES BATTED FOR DILLMAN; Jones walked [Wine to second]; GOSGER
BATTED FOR HAHN; Gosger struck out; Sutherland popped to catcher
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: RAYMOND REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); GOSGER STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Boyer struck out; LUM BATTED FOR DIDIER; Lum struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 3, Braves 2.