A trio of two-run homers powered the Braves to a 7-5 victory over the Dodgers. Hank Aaron connected for the circuit in the first and eighth innings to produce the Braves' first four runs. After the Dodgers went ahead, 5-4, in the ninth, Sonny Jackson walked in the Braves' half, went to second on a sacrifice, reached third on a wild pitch and scored the tying run on a single by Mike Lum. Mike McQueen then forced Lum, but Felix Millan came to the plate and hit a two-run homer to win the game for the Braves. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 5
Game Played on Saturday, May       1, 1971 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  2  -   5 13  0
Braves       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  3  -   7 10  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills ss              5   1   3   0     0   1   .255      Millan 2b             5   2   2   2     0   0   .367
Mota rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Garr lf               2   1   1   0     1   0   .413
  Davis ph,cf         2   1   2   2     0   0   .348      H. Aaron rf           3   2   2   4     1   0   .247
Grabarkewitz 2b       2   0   0   0     3   0   .188      Cepeda 1b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .333
Allen lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .229      Boyer 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .178
  Vance p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jackson cf            3   1   0   0     1   0   .315
Parker 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .265      Didier c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Garvey 3b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .268      Garrido ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Sudakis c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .200        Lum ph              1   0   1   1     0   0   .150
  Sims c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Stone p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Russell cf,rf         4   1   1   0     0   0   .250        Priddy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Osteen p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .071        Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .277
  Lefebvre ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .320        Herbel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mikkelsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Valentine ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125        McQueen p           1   1   0   0     0   0   .250
  Crawford lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .368

Totals               37   5  13   5     4   4             Totals               32   7  10   7     3   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 16,726
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Braves 4
DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 2
Errors: Millan
Doubles: Allen (6), Wills (3), Millan (3)
Home Runs: H. Aaron 2 (10), Millan (1)
Caught Stealing: Cepeda (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Parker (1), Garr (5), Didier (2)
GIDP: Garvey (4), Allen (6), Boyer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Allen (1,by Herbel)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Osteen                  6     5   2   2   1   3   1  23   2.89
Brewer                  1.1   1   1   1   1   1   0   6   2.57
Mikkelsen               0.2   2   1   1   0   0   1   3   1.84
Vance L(2-1)            0.2   2   3   3   1   0   1   5   7.20
Totals                  8.2  10   7   7   3   4   3  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   6.1   8   3   3   2   4   0  27   3.38
Priddy                  0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.48
Herbel                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.00
Barber                  1     2   2   1   0   0   0   5  12.27
Upshaw                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.10
McQueen W(1-0)          0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.31
Totals                  9    13   5   4   4   4   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Herbel (2)
Wild Pitches: Vance (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Augie Donatelli


DODGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Mota flied out to right;
Grabarkewitz walked; Allen made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan doubled to left; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Millan to third]; H. Aaron homered [Millan
scored]; Cepeda grounded out (first unassisted); Boyer struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 2.

DODGERS 2ND: Parker singled to right; Garvey grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Parker out at
second]; Sudakis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to pitcher); Didier
grounded out (pitcher to first); Garrido flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell flied out to left; Osteen struck out; Wills
singled to right; Mota grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Stone struck out; Millan grounded out (shortstop to
first); Garr singled to center; H. Aaron made an out to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Grabarkewitz grounded out (shortstop to first);
Allen doubled to left; Parker singled to center [Allen scored];
Garvey popped to catcher in foul territory; Sudakis singled to
left [Parker to second]; Russell flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Cepeda singled to right; Boyer flied out to right;
Jackson forced Cepeda (second to shortstop); Didier flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

DODGERS 5TH: Osteen struck out; Wills struck out; Mota flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Garrido grounded out (pitcher to first); Stone
struck out; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Grabarkewitz walked; Allen grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Grabarkewitz out at
second]; Parker popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr made an out to pitcher; H. Aaron walked; Cepeda
singled to third [H. Aaron to second]; Boyer grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Cepeda out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Garvey singled to left; Sudakis struck out; Russell
singled to left [Garvey to second]; LEFEBVRE BATTED FOR OSTEEN;
Lefebvre singled to left [Russell to second, Garvey scored];
PRIDDY REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Wills singled to center
[Lefebvre to second, Russell to third]; DAVIS BATTED FOR MOTA;
Davis singled to center [Russell scored, Lefebvre to third,
Wills to second, Davis out at second (center to catcher to first
to second)]; Grabarkewitz grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RUSSELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SIMS REPLACED SUDAKIS (PLAYING C );
BREWER REPLACED LEFEBVRE (PITCHING); Jackson flied out to
center; Didier grounded out (second to first); Garrido singled
to center; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR PRIDDY; Williams struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

DODGERS 8TH: HERBEL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Allen was hit
by a pitch; Parker out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Allen to second]; Garvey singled to pitcher [Allen to third];
BARBER REPLACED HERBEL (PITCHING); Sims reached on a fielder's
choice [Allen out at home (first to catcher), Garvey to second];
Russell forced Garvey (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Millan flied out to center; Garr walked; MIKKELSEN
REPLACED BREWER (PITCHING); H. Aaron homered [Garr scored];
Cepeda singled to center; Cepeda was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second to pitcher); Boyer
popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Braves 4.

DODGERS 9TH: VALENTINE BATTED FOR MIKKELSEN; Valentine grounded
out (third to first); Wills doubled to center; Davis singled to
center [Wills scored]; UPSHAW REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING);
Grabarkewitz walked [Davis to second]; Allen reached on an error
by Millan [Grabarkewitz to second, Davis to third]; Parker
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Allen to second,
Grabarkewitz to third, Davis scored (unearned)]; MCQUEEN
REPLACED UPSHAW (PITCHING); Garvey was walked intentionally;
Sims flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED VALENTINE (PLAYING LF); VANCE
REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); Jackson walked; Didier out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jackson to second]; LUM
BATTED FOR GARRIDO; Vance threw a wild pitch [Jackson to third];
Lum singled to right [Jackson scored]; McQueen forced Lum
(catcher to shortstop); Millan homered [McQueen scored]; 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 7.