| Mike McQueen turned in the first complete game and first victory of his major league career, pitching the Braves past the Reds, 2-1. McQueen also batted in the Braves' first run to help decide his duel with Tony Cloninger. The Braves counted in the seventh when Mike Lum doubled, Bob Aspromonte walked and McQueen and Felix Millan singled. Johnny Bench hit a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the eighth to produce the Reds' run. [The Sporting News] |
Atlanta Braves 2, Cincinnati Reds 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 29, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 8 1 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Millan 2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .309 Rose rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .318 Garr cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Tolan cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .315 H. Aaron rf 2 0 0 0 3 0 .297 Perez 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .317 Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Bench c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .294 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .350 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Garrido ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Lum lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .254 McRae lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .248 King c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Helms 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .236 Aspromonte ss,3b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .218 Stewart pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 McQueen p 4 0 1 1 0 1 .300 Woodward ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Corrales c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Cloninger p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Concepcion ss 1 1 0 0 1 0 .261 Totals 34 2 8 2 5 5 Totals 33 1 7 1 1 3 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 11,409 Left on Base: Braves 10, Reds 8 DP: Braves 0, Reds 2 Errors: McQueen, Granger Doubles: Lum (17), Bench (35), Perez (28) Stolen Bases: Millan (15) Sacrifice Hits: Tolan (9) Sacrifice Flies: Bench (11) GIDP: Cepeda 2 (15) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McQueen W(1-5) 9 7 1 0 1 3 0 36 5.59 Totals 9 7 1 0 1 3 0 36 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cloninger L(9-7) 7 6 2 2 5 5 0 30 3.83 Carroll 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.61 Granger 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.69 Totals 9 8 2 2 5 5 0 39 Umpires: HP - Frank Secory, 1B - Frank Dezelan, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Satch Davidson BRAVES 1ST: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr singled to second; H. Aaron walked [Garr to second]; Cepeda flied out to center [Garr to third]; Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan flied out to center; Perez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. BRAVES 2ND: Lum popped to second; King struck out; Aspromonte singled to center; McQueen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench doubled to left; May struck out; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. BRAVES 3RD: Millan walked; Millan stole second; Garr flied out to center; H. Aaron walked; Cepeda grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [H. Aaron out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Cloninger struck out; Rose flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. BRAVES 4TH: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Lum flied out to right; King singled to right; Aspromonte struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Tolan struck out; Perez doubled to left; Bench flied out to center; May popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. BRAVES 5TH: McQueen flied out to left; Millan grounded out (third to first); Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: McRae flied out to right; Helms singled to left; Woodward popped to second; Cloninger flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. BRAVES 6TH: H. Aaron walked; Cepeda grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [H. Aaron out at second]; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: Rose flied out to center; Tolan flied out to center; Perez singled to center; Bench grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0. BRAVES 7TH: Lum doubled to left; King grounded out (first to pitcher) [Lum to third]; Aspromonte walked; McQueen singled to center [Lum scored, Aspromonte to second]; Millan singled to right [Aspromonte scored, McQueen to second]; Garr flied out to left; H. Aaron forced Millan (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 0. REDS 7TH: May flied out to left; McRae singled to left; Helms forced McRae (third to second); Woodward grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 0. BRAVES 8TH: CARROLL REPLACED WOODWARD (PITCHING); CONCEPCION REPLACED CLONINGER (PLAYING SS); Cepeda flied out to center; Evans flied out to center; Lum singled to right; King grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 0. REDS 8TH: Concepcion walked; Rose singled to left [Concepcion to second]; Tolan reached on an error by McQueen on a sacrifice bunt [Concepcion to third, Rose to second, Tolan to first]; Perez popped to first in foul territory; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to left [Concepcion scored (unearned)]; May flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 1. BRAVES 9TH: GRANGER REPLACED BENCH (PITCHING); CORRALES REPLACED CARROLL (PLAYING C ); Aspromonte singled to right; McQueen reached on an error by Granger [Aspromonte to second, McQueen to first]; Millan forced McQueen (third to second) [Aspromonte to third]; Garr reached on a fielder's choice [Aspromonte out at home (first to catcher to third), Millan to second]; H. Aaron popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 1. REDS 9TH: GARRIDO REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING SS); ASPROMONTE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); McRae flied out to right; Helms singled to center; STEWART RAN FOR HELMS; Corrales popped to catcher in foul territory; Concepcion forced Stewart (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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