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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 7Game Played on Wednesday, August 26, 1970 (Night game) at Shea StadiumBraves 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. |
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