Friday August 14, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
The N. L.'s record for most grand slams in one season, 40, set in 1969, was tied when Hal King homered with the bases loaded to highlight the Braves' 10-2 victory over the Mets in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader. The Mets came back to win the nightcap, 4-2.

The Braves had a slim 3-2 lead in the lidlifter before King broke the tight game apart with his jackpot wallop off Tug McGraw in the seventh inning. Orlando Cepeda added a three-run homer in the eighth. In the nightcap, the Mets erupted for all their runs in the seventh, starting with a circuit clout by Duffy Dyer. Dave Marshall and Tommie Agee then singled and Wayne Garrett homered for the winning blow. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 10, New York Mets 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, August 14, 1970 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Mets 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 Braves 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 x - 10 9 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Agee cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Jackson ss 4 2 1 0 1 0 .252 Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Millan 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .323 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .114 H. Aaron rf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .309 Weis ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Hall rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .181 Singleton rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .270 Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 3 1 0 .314 Shamsky 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .298 Carty lf 3 2 2 1 0 1 .364 Jones lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .249 Lum lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .252 Gonzalez cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .257 Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 King c 2 1 1 4 2 0 .264 Grote c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .231 Ryan p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Reed p 3 0 1 2 0 2 .080 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 4 2 3 0 Totals 31 10 9 10 8 5 Time of Game: 2:22 Left on Base: Mets 4, Braves 7 DP: Mets 0, Braves 1 Errors: Jones Doubles: Shamsky (16) Home Runs: King (9), Cepeda (26) Sacrifice Hits: Reed (3) Sacrifice Flies: Carty (2) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ryan L(6-8) 4 4 3 3 5 3 0 21 3.21 McGraw 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 14 4.12 Taylor 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 6 4.17 Totals 8 9 10 10 8 5 2 41 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reed W(5-5) 9 4 2 2 3 0 0 33 5.20 Totals 9 4 2 2 3 0 0 33 Wild Pitches: McGraw (1) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Dezelan, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - Stan Landes METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (second to first); Harrelson flied out to left; Singleton walked; Shamsky doubled to left [Singleton to third]; Jones singled to center [Singleton scored, Shamsky scored]; Garrett popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Jackson walked; Millan struck out; H. Aaron singled to center [Jackson to second]; Cepeda walked [Jackson to third, H. Aaron to second]; Carty hit a sacrifice fly to center [Jackson scored, H. Aaron to third]; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. METS 2ND: Boswell lined to center; Grote flied out to left; Ryan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 2ND: King walked; Boyer struck out; Reed struck out; Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. METS 3RD: Agee grounded out (second to first); Harrelson walked; Singleton grounded out (second to first) [Harrelson to second]; Shamsky grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 3RD: Millan grounded out (third to first); H. Aaron flied out to left; Cepeda flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. METS 4TH: Jones singled to center; Garrett flied out to right; Boswell flied out to center; Grote grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 4TH: Carty singled to shortstop; Gonzalez singled to center [Carty to third]; King popped to catcher in foul territory; Boyer walked [Gonzalez to second]; Reed singled to right [Carty scored, Gonzalez scored, Boyer to second]; Jackson flied out to center; Millan forced Reed (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 3. METS 5TH: Ryan grounded out (third to first); Agee flied out to left; Harrelson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 3. BRAVES 5TH: H. Aaron walked; MCGRAW REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); McGraw threw a wild pitch [H. Aaron to second]; Cepeda flied out to right; Carty was called out on strikes; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 3. METS 6TH: Singleton grounded out (first unassisted); Shamsky popped to catcher in foul territory; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 3. BRAVES 6TH: King walked; Boyer popped to first in foul territory; Reed out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [King to second]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 3. METS 7TH: Garrett walked; Boswell popped to second; Grote lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Garrett out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: Millan singled to right; H. Aaron flied out to right; Cepeda flied out to center; Carty singled to left [Millan to third, Carty to second (error by Jones)]; Gonzalez was walked intentionally; King homered [Millan scored, Carty scored, Gonzalez scored]; Boyer grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 7. METS 8TH: LUM REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); MARSHALL BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Marshall flied out to right; Agee grounded out (second to first); KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Kranepool flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 7. BRAVES 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); WEIS REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING SS); Reed was called out on strikes; Jackson singled to second; Millan grounded out (third to first) [Jackson to second]; H. Aaron was walked intentionally; Cepeda homered [Jackson scored, H. Aaron scored]; Lum flied out to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 10. METS 9TH: HALL REPLACED H. AARON (PLAYING RF); Singleton grounded out (second to first); Shamsky singled to left; Jones forced Shamsky (shortstop to second); Garrett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 10.

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