The Reds went into the All-Star interlude with a Western division lead of 10 games over the second-place Dodgers after beating the Braves. 6-5. The third-place Braves were 19 games off the pace. The Reds fell behind, 3-2, in the second inning, but went ahead in the fifth when Johnny Bench batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single. Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 5Game Played on Sunday, July 12, 1970 (Day game) at Atlanta StadiumReds 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 - 6 8 1 Braves 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .323 Jackson ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 .252 Tolan cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .316 Gonzalez cf 5 1 2 3 0 1 .237 Perez 3b,1b 3 1 1 0 1 2 .356 H. Aaron rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .314 Bench c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .285 Hall pr,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .136 May 1b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .253 Carty lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .365 Concepcion ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .311 Carbo lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .312 King c 3 1 0 0 0 1 .302 Helms 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .229 Boyer 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .210 Woodward ss,3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .280 Garrido 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Simpson p 2 1 1 0 0 1 .113 Nash p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .096 Gullett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 Lum ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Cline ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Jarvis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .122 Washburn p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kester p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 8 5 2 8 Totals 35 5 8 5 4 8 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 26,912 Left on Base: Reds 4, Braves 9 DP: Reds 0, Braves 0 Errors: Helms Doubles: H. Aaron (17) Triples: May (2) Home Runs: May (20), Gonzalez (4) Hit by Pitch: King (1,by Simpson), Lum (2,by Simpson) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Simpson 5.2 7 5 5 2 3 1 28 2.69 Gullett 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.54 Washburn W(1-2) 3 1 0 0 2 4 0 12 7.52 Totals 9 8 5 5 4 8 1 41 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nash 6 6 4 3 2 5 0 26 3.57 Jarvis L(9-7) 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 8 3.25 Kester 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.48 Totals 9 8 6 5 2 8 1 37 Passed Balls: King (3) Hit by Pitch: Simpson 2 (6) Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Andy Olsen REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Tolan flied out to center; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez popped to first in foul territory; H. Aaron walked; Carty grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Braves 0. REDS 2ND: Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; May singled to center; Carbo struck out; Helms singled to center [May to second]; Woodward singled to left [May scored, Helms to second]; King allowed a passed ball [Helms scored (unearned), Woodward to second]; Simpson struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Cepeda singled to third; King was hit by a pitch [Cepeda to second]; Boyer singled to center [Cepeda scored, King to third]; Garrido flied out to right; Nash struck out; Jackson singled to center [King scored, Boyer to second]; Gonzalez singled to left [Boyer scored, Jackson to second]; H. Aaron grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 3. REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to center; Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 3. BRAVES 3RD: Carty grounded out (second to first); Cepeda flied out to right; King struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 3. REDS 4TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); May tripled to right; Carbo reached on a fielder's choice [May out at home]; Helms flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 3. BRAVES 4TH: Boyer popped to catcher in foul territory; Garrido flied out to right; Nash grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 3. REDS 5TH: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Simpson singled to left; Rose struck out; Tolan walked [Simpson to second]; Perez walked [Simpson to third, Tolan to second]; Bench singled to center [Simpson scored, Tolan scored, Perez to third]; May flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 3. BRAVES 5TH: Jackson singled to center [Jackson to second (error by Helms)]; Gonzalez homered [Jackson scored]; H. Aaron grounded out (pitcher to first); Carty grounded out (third to first); Cepeda singled to left; King grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 5. REDS 6TH: Carbo flied out to left; Helms flied out to center; Woodward popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 5. BRAVES 6TH: Boyer struck out; Garrido walked; LUM BATTED FOR NASH; Lum was hit by a pitch [Garrido to second]; Jackson forced Lum (first to shortstop) [Garrido to third]; GULLETT REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING); Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 5. REDS 7TH: JARVIS REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); CLINE BATTED FOR GULLETT; Cline struck out; Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Tolan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 5. BRAVES 7TH: WASHBURN REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); H. Aaron doubled to center; HALL RAN FOR H. AARON; Carty struck out; Cepeda was walked intentionally; King grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hall to third, Cepeda to second]; Boyer was walked intentionally; Garrido popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 5. REDS 8TH: HALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Perez singled to left; Bench popped to first in foul territory; May homered [Perez scored]; Carbo struck out; Helms struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 5. BRAVES 8TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED MAY (PLAYING SS); WOODWARD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); ASPROMONTE BATTED FOR JARVIS; Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson struck out; Gonzalez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 5. REDS 9TH: KESTER REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PITCHING); Woodward grounded out (second to first); Washburn grounded out (third to first); Rose flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 5. BRAVES 9TH: Hall struck out; Carty popped to shortstop; Cepeda struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 5. |
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