The slugging of Bob Robertson and Johnny Jeter, who batted in 10 runs between them, powered the Pirates to a 10-7 victory over the Braves and lifted them into first place in the Eastern division ahead of the Mets. Robertson drove in six runs with two homers and a double, while Jeter accounted for the other four with a homer and single. The Braves had homers by Hank Aaron, Jimmie Hall and Mike Lum. Aaron also hit a single and batted in four runs. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 10, Atlanta Braves 7
Game Played on Sunday, August    2, 1970 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Pirates      0  4  0    2  1  3    0  0  0  -  10 15  0
Braves       0  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  3  -   7 13  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jeter cf              6   1   2   4     0   1   .247      Millan 2b             5   3   3   0     0   0   .310
Cash 2b               6   0   2   0     0   1   .323      Gonzalez cf           4   1   2   0     1   0   .254
Oliver rf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .275      H. Aaron rf           4   1   2   4     0   1   .311
Stargell lf           3   2   2   0     2   0   .263        Hall rf             1   1   1   2     0   0   .143
Sanguillen c          5   1   1   0     0   0   .305      Carty lf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .358
Robertson 1b          3   2   3   6     2   0   .306        Lum pr,lf           3   1   2   1     0   1   .264
Pagan 3b              3   1   0   0     2   0   .266      Cepeda 1b             3   0   1   0     0   2   .319
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Wilhelm p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Alley ss              4   1   2   0     1   0   .248        Aspromonte ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .190
Ellis p               2   1   1   0     0   0   .119      King c                5   0   0   0     0   1   .272
  Gibbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Boyer 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .234
  Hebner 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Garrido ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .271
                                                          Nash p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .102
                                                            Stone p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
                                                            McQueen p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            T. Aaron ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .270

Totals               38  10  15  10     7   2             Totals               39   7  13   7     1   7

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 15,227
Left on Base: Pirates 10, Braves 8
DP: Pirates 1, Braves 2
Doubles: Oliver (21), Robertson (11)
Home Runs: Robertson 2 (15), Jeter (2), H. Aaron (31), Hall (2), Lum (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Ellis 2 (4)
GIDP: Oliver (9), Pagan (3), King (4)
Hit by Pitch: Cepeda (8,by Ellis), Carty (1,by Ellis)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ellis W(11-8)           7     7   4   4   1   5   1  30   3.54
Gibbon                  0.1   3   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.23
Giusti SV(19)           1.2   3   3   3   0   1   2   8   2.74
Totals                  9    13   7   7   1   7   3  42

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nash L(10-4)            3.2   8   6   6   5   1   2  24   4.28
Stone                   1.1   6   4   4   1   0   1  10   3.96
McQueen                 3     0   0   0   1   0   0   9   8.03
Wilhelm                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.04
Totals                  9    15  10  10   7   2   3  47

Hit by Pitch: Ellis 2 (10)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Nick Colosi


PIRATES 1ST: Jeter grounded out (third to first); Cash singled;
Oliver flied out to left; Stargell singled [Cash to third];
Sanguillen made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates
0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan flied out to right; Gonzalez singled; H.
Aaron out on an unknown play; Carty forced Gonzalez (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Braves 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Robertson homered; Pagan walked; Alley flied out to
center; Ellis singled [Pagan to second]; Jeter homered [Pagan
scored, Ellis scored]; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oliver singled; Stargell walked [Oliver to second]; Sanguillen
made an out to second; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4, Braves
0.

BRAVES 2ND: Cepeda was hit by a pitch; King grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cepeda out at
second]; Boyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Braves 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Robertson walked; Pagan made an out to catcher;
Alley walked [Robertson to second]; Ellis forced Robertson
(pitcher to third) [Alley to second]; Jeter forced Alley (third
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garrido made an out to second; Nash was called out
on strikes; Millan singled; Gonzalez singled [Millan to second];
H. Aaron singled [Millan scored, Gonzalez to second]; Carty was
hit by a pitch [Gonzalez to third, H. Aaron to second]; LUM RAN
FOR CARTY; Cepeda struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Braves 1.

PIRATES 4TH: LUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Cash struck out;
Oliver doubled; Stargell was walked intentionally; Sanguillen
made an out to second; Robertson doubled [Oliver scored,
Stargell scored]; STONE REPLACED NASH (PITCHING); Pagan grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: King flied out to left; Boyer made an out to first;
Garrido made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6,
Braves 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Alley singled; Ellis out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Alley to second]; Jeter singled [Alley
scored]; Cash singled [Jeter to third]; Oliver grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cash out at second];
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 7, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Stone grounded out (third to first); Millan singled;
Gonzalez walked [Millan to second]; H. Aaron homered [Millan
scored, Gonzalez scored]; Lum was called out on strikes; Cepeda
struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 7, Braves 4.

PIRATES 6TH: Stargell singled; Sanguillen singled [Stargell to
second]; Robertson homered [Stargell scored, Sanguillen scored];
Pagan walked; MCQUEEN REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Alley made an
out to second; Ellis out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Pagan to second]; Jeter flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 10, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: King grounded out (first to pitcher); Boyer singled;
Garrido flied out to center; McQueen flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 10, Braves 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Cash flied out to left; Oliver grounded out (second
to first); Stargell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 10, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Millan flied out to right; Gonzalez flied out to
center; H. Aaron was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 10, Braves 4.

PIRATES 8TH: HALL REPLACED H. AARON (PLAYING RF); Sanguillen
flied out to left; Robertson walked; Pagan grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Robertson out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 10, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: GIBBON REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Lum singled;
Cepeda singled [Lum to second]; King struck out; Boyer singled
[Lum to third, Cepeda to second]; HEBNER REPLACED GIBBON
(PLAYING 3B); GIUSTI REPLACED PAGAN (PITCHING); Garrido flied
out to center; T. AARON BATTED FOR MCQUEEN; T. Aaron forced
Boyer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 10,
Braves 4.

PIRATES 9TH: T. AARON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WILHELM
REPLACED CEPEDA (PITCHING); Alley singled; Hebner grounded out
(catcher to first) [Alley to second]; Jeter struck out; Cash
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 10, Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Millan singled; Gonzalez flied out to right; Hall
homered [Millan scored]; Lum homered; ASPROMONTE BATTED FOR
WILHELM; Aspromonte was called out on strikes; King grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 10, Braves 7.