Homers by Bob Bailey, Rusty Staub and John Bateman helped Carl Morton gain his 15th victory as the Expos defeated the Braves, 6-4. However, the deciding hit for Expos came in the eighth inning when Bobby Wine drove in two runs with a single after three walks had loaded the bases.

Hank Aaron batted in two runs for the Braves with a pair of singles, raising his career RBI total to 1,829 and putting him in eighth place ahead of Al Simmons on the all-time list. Morton was lifted in the eighth. Claude Raymond, who relieved, was kayoed in the ninth when Clete Boyer and Bob Tillman hit back-to-back homers. Howie Reed came in and retired the side to save the game. [The Sporting News]



Montreal Expos 6, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Friday, August    21, 1970 (Night game) at Parc Jarry
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  2  -   4 12  0
Expos        0  0  1    1  0  1    1  2  x  -   6  7  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jackson ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .255      Jones lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .247
Millan 2b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .320      Gosger cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
H. Aaron rf           4   0   2   2     0   1   .302      Staub rf              3   2   1   1     1   1   .282
Cepeda 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .309      Bailey 1b             3   2   1   1     1   2   .316
Carty lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .359        Boccabella 1b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Gonzalez cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .262      Laboy 3b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .203
Boyer 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .236      Brand ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Tillman c             4   1   2   1     0   2   .206        Wine ss             1   0   1   2     0   0   .219
Niekro p              2   1   1   0     0   1   .169      Bateman c             4   2   2   1     0   0   .232
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Sutherland 2b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .208
  Navarro p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Morton p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .179
  McQueen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Raymond p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cardwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  King ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .259
  Brown pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .375

Totals               36   4  12   4     1   6             Totals               29   6   7   6     3   7

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 25,237
Left on Base: Braves 7, Expos 4
DP: Braves 1, Expos 1
Errors: Brand
Home Runs: Boyer (13), Tillman (5), Bailey (22), Staub (27), Bateman (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Jackson (3), Sutherland (5)
GIDP: Jackson (2), Bateman (9)
Hit by Pitch: Sutherland (2,by Navarro)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(10-15)         6     5   3   3   0   6   2  23   4.32
Navarro                 1     1   1   1   0   0   1   5   3.97
McQueen                 0.1   0   2   2   3   1   0   4   8.20
Cardwell                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   8.33
Totals                  8     7   6   6   3   7   3  34

Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(15-9)          7.2   9   2   2   1   5   0  32   3.70
Raymond                 0.1   3   2   2   0   0   2   4   4.25
Reed SV(3)              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.41
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1   6   2  38

Hit by Pitch: Navarro (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Tony Venzon, 2B - Frank Secory, 3B - Bob Engel


BRAVES 1ST: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Millan
lined to second; H. Aaron flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 1ST: Jones popped to third in foul territory; Gosger made
an out to shortstop; Staub struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Expos 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Cepeda flied out to center; Carty grounded out
(third to first); Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Bailey struck out; Laboy struck out; Brand flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Boyer grounded out (first to pitcher); Tillman
singled; Niekro struck out; Jackson made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Bateman singled; Sutherland out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Bateman to second]; Morton flied out to
left; Jones singled [Bateman scored]; Gosger grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Millan flied out to center; H. Aaron struck out;
Cepeda singled to shortstop [Cepeda to second (error by Brand)];
Carty grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 1.

EXPOS 4TH: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailey
homered; Laboy grounded out (shortstop to first); Brand grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Gonzalez flied out to center; Boyer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tillman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Expos 2.

EXPOS 5TH: Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); Sutherland
struck out; Morton singled; Jones grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Expos 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Niekro singled; Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Niekro to second]; Millan grounded out
(pitcher to first); H. Aaron singled [Niekro scored]; Cepeda
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 2.

EXPOS 6TH: Gosger flied out to right; Staub homered; Bailey
struck out; Laboy struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Expos 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Carty singled; Gonzalez walked [Carty to second];
Boyer grounded out (pitcher to first) [Carty to third, Gonzalez
to second]; Tillman struck out; LUM BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Lum made
an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 3.

EXPOS 7TH: NAVARRO REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Brand grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bateman homered; Sutherland was hit by a
pitch; Morton made an out to catcher; Jones flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Expos 4.

BRAVES 8TH: WINE REPLACED BRAND (PLAYING SS); Jackson singled;
Millan singled [Jackson to second]; H. Aaron singled to left
[Jackson scored, Millan out at third (left to third)]; Cepeda
flied out to center; Carty singled [H. Aaron to second]; RAYMOND
REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING); Gonzalez made an out to second; 1 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 4.

EXPOS 8TH: MCQUEEN REPLACED NAVARRO (PITCHING); Gosger was
called out on strikes; Staub walked; Bailey walked [Staub to
second]; Laboy walked [Staub to third, Bailey to second];
CARDWELL REPLACED MCQUEEN (PITCHING); Wine singled [Staub
scored, Bailey scored, Laboy to second]; Bateman grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Wine out at second]; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Expos 6.

BRAVES 9TH: BOCCABELLA REPLACED BAILEY (PLAYING 1B); Boyer
homered; Tillman homered; KING BATTED FOR CARDWELL; King
singled; BROWN RAN FOR KING; REED REPLACED RAYMOND (PITCHING);
Jackson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Brown out at second]; Millan struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 4, Expos 6.