Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Monday, August 3, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome
Braves 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Millan 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .313 Alou rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Jackson ss 4 0 2 1 0 2 .252 Geronimo pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .280 Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .321 Wynn lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .283 King c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .284 Rader 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .248 Lum rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .264 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Brown rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .262 Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Martinez ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .232 Hall lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .167 Edwards c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Reed p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .050 Dierker p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .131 Totals 36 3 12 3 1 10 Totals 33 1 6 1 1 4 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 23,443 Left on Base: Braves 8, Astros 7 DP: Braves 0, Astros 1 Errors: Jackson Doubles: Jackson (9), Cedeno (7) Triples: Wynn (2) Home Runs: Cepeda (23), King (8) Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (26) Sacrifice Hits: Jackson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Rader (3) GIDP: Hall (1) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reed W(4-4) 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 35 5.79 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 35 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dierker L(9-10) 9 12 3 3 1 10 2 38 4.20 Totals 9 12 3 3 1 10 2 38 Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - John Kibler BRAVES 1ST: Millan out on an unknown play; Jackson struck out; Gonzalez out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Alou out on an unknown play; Morgan singled; Morgan stole second; Wynn out on an unknown play; Rader out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 2ND: Cepeda homered; King homered; Lum struck out; Boyer out on an unknown play; Hall singled; Reed struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson out on an unknown play; Cedeno reached on an error by Jackson [Cedeno to first]; Martinez struck out; Edwards out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 3RD: Millan singled; Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt [Millan to second]; Gonzalez out on an unknown play; Cepeda walked; King struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Dierker out on an unknown play; Alou out on an unknown play; Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Wynn out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 4TH: Lum singled; Boyer flied out on an unknown play; Hall grounded into a double play (right to right to right) [Lum out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Rader out on an unknown play; Watson out on an unknown play; Cedeno doubled; Martinez singled to shortstop [Cedeno to third]; Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 5TH: Reed out on an unknown play; Millan singled; Jackson doubled [Millan scored]; Gonzalez out on an unknown play [Jackson to third]; Cepeda out on an unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Dierker struck out; Alou out on an unknown play; Morgan out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 0. BRAVES 6TH: King singled; Lum struck out; Boyer struck out; Hall singled [King to second]; Reed struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn tripled; Rader hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wynn scored]; Watson out on an unknown play; Cedeno flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 1. BRAVES 7TH: Millan out on an unknown play; Jackson struck out; Gonzalez out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Martinez out on an unknown play; Edwards out on an unknown play; Dierker out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 1. BRAVES 8TH: Cepeda out on an unknown play; King out on an unknown play; Lum was called out on strikes; Mike Lum ejected by HP umpire Satch Davidson; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: BROWN REPLACED LUM (PLAYING RF); Alou singled to shortstop; GERONIMO RAN FOR ALOU; Morgan struck out; Wynn struck out; Rader popped out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 1. BRAVES 9TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Boyer singled; Hall struck out; Reed flied out on an unknown play; Millan singled [Boyer to second]; Jackson singled [Boyer out at home, Millan to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: Watson out on an unknown play; Cedeno singled; Martinez made an out to shortstop; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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