Capping an uphill battle by the Braves, Hank Aaron smashed a homer in the ninth inning to defeat the Mets, 9-7. Wayne Garrett and Art Shamsky homered to help the Mets build up a 7-1 lead after six innings. The Braves, although having round-trippers by Bob Tillman, Clete Boyer and Orlando Cepeda, trailed, 7-6, going into the ninth. Gil Garrido led off the rally with a single and Aaron then put the game into the Braves' column with his homer. Singles by Cepeda, Rico Carty and Boyer added the final marker. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 9, New York Mets 7
Game Played on Wednesday, August    26, 1970 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Braves       0  0  1    0  0  0    2  3  3  -   9 16  2
Mets         2  1  2    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   7 16  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrido 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .282      Agee cf               3   1   1   0     2   0   .287
Brown cf              3   1   3   0     1   0   .545      Garrett 3b            5   1   1   2     0   0   .232
H. Aaron rf           5   2   2   3     0   2   .306      Jones lf              5   2   3   0     0   1   .261
Cepeda 1b             5   2   3   2     0   0   .313      Shamsky rf            4   2   3   2     0   0   .298
Carty lf              4   0   2   0     1   1   .363        Swoboda rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Lum lf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Clendenon 1b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Boyer 3b              5   1   2   2     0   0   .236      Boswell 2b            5   0   3   2     0   1   .259
Tillman c             3   2   1   1     2   2   .205      Harrelson ss          4   1   2   0     0   1   .248
Jackson ss            4   0   1   0     1   0   .254      Dyer c                4   0   2   0     0   1   .206
Reed p                1   0   1   0     0   0   .138      Koosman p             3   0   1   1     0   2   .109
  Navarro p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Cardwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Aspromonte ph       0   0   0   1     0   0   .216        Gentry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .058
  McQueen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Gonzalez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
  Priddy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               37   9  16   9     5   5             Totals               39   7  16   7     2   6

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance: 45,567
Left on Base: Braves 8, Mets 8
DP: Braves 2, Mets 3
Errors: Brown, Carty
Doubles: Boswell 2 (8), Jones (17)
Triples: Brown (1)
Home Runs: Tillman (6), Boyer (14), Cepeda (28), H. Aaron (35), Garrett (11), Shamsky (8)
Stolen Bases: Dyer (1)
Caught Stealing: Brown (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Brown (1), Sadecki (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Aspromonte (2)
GIDP: Boyer (9), Jackson (3), Garrido (13), Agee (9), Shamsky (8)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed                    2.2   9   5   4   0   1   1  15   5.12
Navarro                 1.2   5   2   2   0   1   1  10   4.44
Cardwell                1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   6   7.88
McQueen                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   8.36
Priddy W(4-5)           2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   5.26
Totals                  9    16   7   6   2   6   2  42

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Koosman                 7    10   5   5   3   3   2  30   3.13
Frisella                0.2   1   1   1   2   1   1   5   4.02
Sadecki                 0.2   1   1   1   0   0   0   3   3.80
Gentry L(9-7)           0     3   2   2   0   0   1   3   3.35
McGraw                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.99
Totals                  9    16   9   9   5   5   4  44

Wild Pitches: Koosman (5)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Frank Dezelan, 3B - Shag Crawford


BRAVES 1ST: Garrido flied to left; On a bunt Brown singled;
Brown was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); H. Aaron struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Agee singled to center; Garrett homered [Agee scored];
Jones struck out; Shamsky singled to right; Clendenon popped to
second; Boswell singled to right [Shamsky out at home (right to
shortstop to first to shortstop to second to catcher)]; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Cepeda grounded out (third to first); Carty was
called out on strikes; Boyer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 2.

METS 2ND: Harrelson singled to left [Harrelson to second (error
by Carty)]; Dyer flied to center [Harrelson to third]; Koosman
singled to center [Harrelson scored (unearned)]; Agee grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Koosman out
at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 3.

BRAVES 3RD: Tillman homered; Jackson grounded out (second to
first); Reed singled to right; Garrido flied to left; Brown
singled to pitcher [Reed to second]; H. Aaron forced Brown
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 3.

METS 3RD: Garrett popped to third; Jones singled to center;
Shamsky singled to right [Jones to third]; Clendenon popped to
second; Boswell doubled to center [Shamsky scored, Jones scored,
Boswell to third (error by Brown)]; NAVARRO REPLACED REED
(PITCHING); Harrelson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 5.

BRAVES 4TH: Cepeda flied to left; Carty singled to right; Boyer
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Carty
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 5.

METS 4TH: Dyer singled to shortstop; Dyer stole second; On a
bunt Koosman struck out; Agee grounded out (second to first)
[Dyer to third]; Garrett flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Mets 5.

BRAVES 5TH: Tillman walked; Jackson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Tillman out at second]; Navarro
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Mets 5.

METS 5TH: Jones doubled to right; Shamsky homered [Jones
scored]; Clendenon popped to first in foul territory; Boswell
doubled to right; Harrelson singled to left [Boswell to third];
CARDWELL REPLACED NAVARRO (PITCHING); Dyer struck out; Koosman
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 7.

BRAVES 6TH: Garrido popped to first in foul territory; Brown
walked; H. Aaron was called out on strikes; Cepeda singled to
center [Brown to second]; Carty forced Cepeda (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 7.

METS 6TH: Agee walked; Garrett forced Agee (second to
shortstop); Jones singled to center [Garrett to second]; Shamsky
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Jones out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Mets 7.

BRAVES 7TH: Boyer homered; Tillman walked; Koosman threw a wild
pitch [Tillman to second]; Jackson singled to left [Tillman to
third]; ASPROMONTE BATTED FOR CARDWELL; Aspromonte hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Tillman scored]; Garrido grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Mets 7.

METS 7TH: MCQUEEN REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PITCHING); Clendenon
flied to right; Boswell was called out on strikes; Harrelson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Mets 7.

BRAVES 8TH: SWOBODA REPLACED SHAMSKY (PLAYING RF); Brown tripled
to left; H. Aaron singled to center [Brown scored]; FRISELLA
REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Cepeda homered [H. Aaron scored];
Carty walked; Boyer forced Carty (pitcher to second); Tillman
struck out; Jackson walked [Boyer to second]; SADECKI REPLACED
FRISELLA (PITCHING); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR MCQUEEN; On a bunt
Gonzalez popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 6, Mets 7.

METS 8TH: PRIDDY REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Dyer singled to
center; Sadecki out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Dyer to second]; Agee walked; Garrett flied to center; Jones
forced Agee (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
6, Mets 7.

BRAVES 9TH: Garrido singled to center; Brown out on a sacrifice
bunt (second to first) [Garrido to second]; GENTRY REPLACED
SADECKI (PITCHING); H. Aaron homered [Garrido scored]; Cepeda
singled to left; Carty singled to center [Cepeda to third];
MCGRAW REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Boyer singled to right [Carty
to second, Cepeda scored]; Tillman was called out on strikes;
Jackson grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 9, Mets 7.

METS 9TH: LUM REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Swoboda flied to
center; Clendenon grounded out (third to first); Boswell popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 9, Mets 7.