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Thursday July 9, 1970
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Willie Mays, who singled in the 11th inning for the 2,992nd hit of his career, raced from first to third on a wild pitch and scored on an infield out by Dick Dietz to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the Braves. The Giants built up a 6-0 lead before the Braves ended a 22-inning scoreless streak by exploding for six runs in the eighth.

The first two counted on a homer by Orlando Cepeda. Hal King followed with a single and Jimmie Hall walked, leading to the removal of Juan Marichal. Don McMahon relieved but failed to stop the Braves, who added a run on a double by Mike Lum and pulled even when Clete Boyer smashed a homer. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 7, Atlanta Braves 6

Game Played on Thursday, July 9, 1970 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Giants       2  0  3    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  -   7 13  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  6  0    0  0  -   6 10  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   1   1   0     2   0   .303      Garrido ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Hunt 2b               6   0   2   0     0   1   .291        H. Aaron ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .310
Mays cf               4   3   1   0     2   0   .262        T. Aaron pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .313
McCovey 1b            5   1   1   0     1   0   .254      Millan 2b             6   0   2   0     0   0   .299
Dietz c               5   1   2   3     1   0   .332      Gonzalez cf           2   1   1   0     3   0   .238
Hart 3b               5   1   2   0     1   0   .429      Cepeda 1b             4   1   2   2     2   0   .297
  Gallagher 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .282      King c                6   1   2   0     0   1   .321
F. Johnson lf         6   0   3   2     0   0   .300      Hall lf               4   1   0   0     1   2   .098
Lanier ss             5   0   1   2     0   0   .249      Lum rf                5   1   2   1     0   0   .225
Marichal p            3   0   0   0     0   0   .057      Boyer 3b              4   1   1   3     1   1   .204
  McMahon p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Jarvis p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .122
                                                            Jackson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Priddy p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
                                                            Aspromonte ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .193

Totals               44   7  13   7     7   1             Totals               41   6  10   6     8   5

Time of Game: 3:36   Attendance: 11,026
Left on Base: Giants 12, Braves 11
DP: Giants 2, Braves 0
Errors: King
Doubles: Hart (2), Lum (7)
Home Runs: Cepeda (15), Boyer (8)
Stolen Bases: Bonds 3 (32)
Sacrifice Hits: Marichal (4)
GIDP: King 2 (2)
Hit by Pitch: Gonzalez (6,by McMahon)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal                7.1   8   4   4   4   3   1  33   5.37
McMahon W(5-1)          3.2   2   2   2   4   2   1  17   3.53
Totals                 11    10   6   6   8   5   2  50

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jarvis                  7    10   6   6   5   1   0  35   3.17
Priddy L(2-5)           4     3   1   1   2   0   0  17   5.97
Totals                 11    13   7   7   7   1   0  52

Hit by Pitch: McMahon (2)
Wild Pitches: Jarvis (2), Priddy (6)

Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Andy Olsen


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Hunt was called
out on strikes; Mays walked; McCovey popped to catcher in foul
territory; Jarvis threw a wild pitch [Mays to second, Bonds to
third]; Dietz singled to left [Mays scored, Bonds scored]; Hart
popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garrido grounded out (third to first); Millan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez walked; Cepeda
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: F. Johnson singled to center; Lanier flied out to
right; Marichal out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [F.
Johnson to second]; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: King singled to right; Hall struck out; Lum flied to
right in foul territory; Boyer walked [King to second]; Jarvis
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Hunt singled to right; Mays flied out to center;
McCovey singled to left [Hunt to second]; Dietz walked [Hunt to
third, McCovey to second]; Hart forced Hunt (first to catcher)
[Dietz to second, McCovey to third]; F. Johnson singled [Hart to
second, Dietz to third, McCovey scored]; Lanier singled [Dietz
scored, Hart scored, F. Johnson out at third (right to third)];
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garrido grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan
singled to left; Gonzalez singled to right [Millan to second];
Cepeda forced Gonzalez (second to shortstop); King was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Marichal popped to third in foul territory; Bonds
singled to left; Hunt flied out to center; Bonds stole second;
Mays grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Hall popped to pitcher; Lum flied out to right;
Boyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Braves 0.

GIANTS 5TH: McCovey flied out to center; Dietz grounded out
(third to first); Hart singled to center; F. Johnson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Jarvis flied out to left; Garrido made an out to
third; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Lanier made an out to shortstop; Marichal popped to
third in foul territory; Bonds walked; Bonds stole second [Bonds
to third (error by King)]; Hunt made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Gonzalez walked; Cepeda singled to center [Gonzalez
to second]; King grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Gonzalez to third, Cepeda out at second];
Hall grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 5, Braves 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Mays walked; McCovey flied out to right; Dietz
singled to center [Mays to third]; Hart made an out to
shortstop; F. Johnson singled to right [Dietz to third, Mays
scored]; Lanier forced F. Johnson (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Lum singled to left; Boyer was called out on
strikes; JACKSON BATTED FOR JARVIS; Jackson popped to third in
foul territory; Garrido flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 0.

GIANTS 8TH: PRIDDY REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Marichal popped
to pitcher; Bonds flied out to center; Hunt singled to center;
Mays forced Hunt (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 6, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Millan singled to center; Gonzalez forced Millan
(third to second); Cepeda homered [Gonzalez scored]; King
singled to center; Hall walked [King to second]; MCMAHON
REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING); Lum doubled to right [Hall to
third, King scored]; Boyer homered [Hall scored, Lum scored];
Priddy was called out on strikes; Garrido grounded out
(shortstop to first); 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 6.

GIANTS 9TH: McCovey grounded out (second to first); Dietz made
an out to third; Hart doubled to right; F. Johnson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 6.

BRAVES 9TH: Millan flied out to left; Gonzalez walked; Cepeda
walked [Gonzalez to second]; King grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Cepeda out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 6.

GIANTS 10TH: Lanier flied out to left; McMahon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 6.

BRAVES 10TH: Hall struck out; Lum made an out to first; Boyer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6,
Braves 6.

GIANTS 11TH: Hunt grounded out (shortstop to first); Mays
singled to right; Priddy threw a wild pitch [Mays to third];
McCovey walked; Dietz grounded out (pitcher to first) [McCovey
to second, Mays scored]; Hart was walked intentionally; F.
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Giants 7, Braves 6.

BRAVES 11TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED HART (PLAYING 3B); ASPROMONTE
BATTED FOR PRIDDY; Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first);
H. AARON BATTED FOR GARRIDO; H. Aaron walked; T. AARON RAN FOR
H. AARON; Millan made an out to second; Gonzalez was hit by a
pitch [T. Aaron to second]; Cepeda walked [T. Aaron to third,
Gonzalez to second]; King popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 7, Braves 6.



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