Thursday September 24, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Following the example of Steve Arlin in the previous night's game, Dave Roberts pitched the Padres' second straight shutout and beat the Braves, 5-0. Roberts allowed only six hits. The Padres collected 11, including a homer and two singles by Nate Colbert and a homer and single by Cito Gaston. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 0

Game Played on Thursday, September 24, 1970 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Padres 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 - 5 11 0 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campbell 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .220 Millan 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .310 Robles ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .194 Brown cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .370 Gaston cf 5 2 2 1 0 2 .316 H. Aaron 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .302 Colbert 1b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .253 Carty lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .367 Spiezio 3b 1 0 1 1 2 0 .292 Baker rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Arcia pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Williams 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .267 Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .282 Boyer ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Robinson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Tillman c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .233 Williams rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .375 McQueen p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Roberts p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .158 Aspromonte ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Barber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Totals 35 5 11 5 3 6 Totals 32 0 6 0 2 6 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 2,068 Left on Base: Padres 8, Braves 7 DP: Padres 1, Braves 1 Doubles: McQueen (2) Home Runs: Colbert (35), Gaston (29) Sacrifice Hits: Roberts (4) Sacrifice Flies: Spiezio (4) GIDP: Robinson (1), Brown (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts W(8-13) 9 6 0 0 2 6 0 34 3.72 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 6 0 34 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McQueen L(0-5) 8 8 4 4 3 6 2 34 6.47 Barber 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 5.06 Totals 9 11 5 5 3 6 2 40 Passed Balls: Tillman (10) Wild Pitches: McQueen (3) Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Nick Colosi PADRES 1ST: Campbell out on an unknown play; Robles out on an unknown play; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Millan out on an unknown play; Brown out on an unknown play; H. Aaron singled; Carty out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. PADRES 2ND: Colbert homered; Spiezio walked; Cannizzaro struck out; Robinson flied out on an unknown play; Williams singled [Spiezio to second]; Tillman allowed a passed ball [Spiezio to third, Williams to second]; Roberts struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Baker out on an unknown play; Williams out on an unknown play; Boyer out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 3RD: Campbell struck out; Robles out on an unknown play; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Tillman out on an unknown play; McQueen doubled; Millan singled [McQueen stayed at second]; Brown grounded into a double play (right to right to right) [Millan out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 4TH: Colbert singled; McQueen threw a wild pitch [Colbert to second]; Spiezio singled [Colbert to third]; Cannizzaro flied out on an unknown play; Robinson grounded into a double play (right to right to right) [Spiezio out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: H. Aaron out on an unknown play; Carty walked; Baker struck out; Williams singled [Carty to second]; Boyer out on an unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 5TH: Williams out on an unknown play; Roberts out on an unknown play; Campbell out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Tillman struck out; McQueen out on an unknown play; Millan out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 6TH: Robles out on an unknown play; Gaston singled; Colbert singled [Gaston to third]; Spiezio out on an unknown play [Gaston scored, Colbert to second]; Cannizzaro singled [Colbert scored]; Robinson out on an unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: Brown out on an unknown play; H. Aaron out on an unknown play; Carty out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Braves 0. PADRES 7TH: Williams out on an unknown play; Roberts struck out; Campbell out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 7TH: Baker out on an unknown play; Williams struck out; Boyer out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Braves 0. PADRES 8TH: Robles out on an unknown play; Gaston homered; Colbert out on an unknown play; Spiezio walked; ARCIA RAN FOR SPIEZIO; Cannizzaro walked [Arcia to second]; Robinson out on an unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 8TH: ARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Tillman struck out; ASPROMONTE BATTED FOR MCQUEEN; Aspromonte singled; Millan walked [Aspromonte to second]; Brown singled [Aspromonte to third, Millan to second]; H. Aaron struck out; Carty forced Brown; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 4, Braves 0. PADRES 9TH: BARBER REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PITCHING); Williams singled; Roberts out on a sacrifice bunt [Williams to second]; Campbell singled [Williams scored]; Robles singled [Campbell to second]; Gaston flied out on an unknown play; Colbert out on an unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Braves 0. BRAVES 9TH: Baker out on an unknown play; Williams struck out; Boyer out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Braves 0.

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