Tuesday August 11, 1970
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Hank Aaron batted in a run with a single in the fifth inning for his 100th RBI of the season to enable Jim Nash to pitch the Braves to a 1-0 victory over the Expos. Nash yielded only three hits. Felix Millan doubled and crossed the plate on the single by Aaron, who tied an N. L. record by driving in 100 runs for the 10th time in his career. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 1, Montreal Expos 0

Game Played on Tuesday, August 11, 1970 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Expos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Braves 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x - 1 4 0 Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Staehle 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .235 Millan 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .322 Gosger cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Gonzalez cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Staub rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .288 H. Aaron rf 3 0 1 1 1 2 .307 Bailey 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .315 Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .315 Phillips pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 King c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Fairey lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .253 Lum lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Whitfield 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .067 Boyer 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Bateman c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Garrido ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Wine ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .211 Nash p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .109 Morton p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .161 Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 0 3 0 3 7 Totals 27 1 4 1 4 6 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 7,269 Left on Base: Expos 5, Braves 7 DP: Expos 0, Braves 0 Errors: Staehle Doubles: Millan (22) Caught Stealing: Staehle (3), Lum (1) Sacrifice Hits: Nash (2) Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morton L(14-8) 7 4 1 1 4 5 0 29 3.58 Reed 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.63 Totals 8 4 1 1 4 6 0 32 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nash W(12-4) 9 3 0 0 3 7 0 32 3.96 Totals 9 3 0 0 3 7 0 32 Umpires: HP - Frank Dezelan, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Doug Harvey EXPOS 1ST: Staehle walked; Gosger was called out on strikes; Staub walked [Staehle to second]; Bailey struck out; Fairey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Millan singled; Gonzalez forced Millan (shortstop to second); H. Aaron struck out; Cepeda struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. EXPOS 2ND: Whitfield flied out to center; Bateman popped to catcher in foul territory; Wine singled; Morton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: King grounded out (first to pitcher); Lum flied out to center; Boyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. EXPOS 3RD: Staehle singled; Staehle was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Gosger flied out to left; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Garrido singled; Nash out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Garrido to second]; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first) [Garrido to third]; Gonzalez walked; H. Aaron walked [Gonzalez to second]; Cepeda made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. EXPOS 4TH: Bailey flied out to left; Fairey struck out; Whitfield walked; Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: King grounded out (second to first); Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Boyer walked; Garrido flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. EXPOS 5TH: Wine struck out; Morton popped to catcher in foul territory; Staehle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Nash struck out; Millan doubled; Gonzalez flied out to right; H. Aaron singled [Millan scored]; Cepeda struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1. EXPOS 6TH: Gosger flied out to center; Staub grounded out (second to first); Bailey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: King flied out to right; Lum reached on an error by Staehle [Lum to first]; Lum was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Boyer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1. EXPOS 7TH: Fairey popped to third in foul territory; Whitfield popped to first in foul territory; Bateman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: Garrido grounded out (shortstop to first); Nash struck out; Millan walked; Gonzalez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1. EXPOS 8TH: Wine lined to pitcher; JONES BATTED FOR MORTON; Jones struck out; Staehle popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 8TH: REED REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); H. Aaron struck out; Cepeda grounded out (second to first); King popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1. EXPOS 9TH: Gosger flied out to center; Staub made an out to second; Bailey singled; PHILLIPS RAN FOR BAILEY; Fairey made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Expos 0, Braves 1.

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