Lee May homered with a man on base in the ninth inning to enable the Reds to outlast the Braves, 7-5. Bernie Carbo batted in three runs with a homer and double. George Foster accounted for the Reds' two other tallies with a bases-loaded walk and double.

Hank Aaron smashed the 613th and 614th homers of his career, leaving the Braves' slugger exactly 100 behind Babe Ruth's record total. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, Atlanta Braves 5
Game Played on Sunday, June      27, 1971 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Reds         0  1  0    3  0  1    0  0  2  -   7 10  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  3  -   5  5  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose rf               3   0   0   0     2   0   .286      Garr lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .332
Foster cf             3   1   1   2     1   1   .281      Millan 2b             4   2   2   1     0   0   .314
May 1b                5   1   2   2     0   0   .304      H. Aaron rf           4   2   2   4     0   1   .307
Bench c               5   1   0   0     0   0   .239      Cepeda 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Perez 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .248        King c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .206
  Concepcion ss       1   0   0   0     0   1   .207      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .264
Carbo lf              4   2   2   3     0   0   .226      Williams c,1b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
  Bradford ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .189      Lum cf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Perez ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Woodward ss,3b        4   1   2   0     0   0   .257      Reed p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .086
Nolan p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .053        Herbel p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .259
                                                            House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  10   7     3   2             Totals               32   5   5   5     1   6

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 15,937
Left on Base: Reds 8, Braves 1
DP: Reds 0, Braves 0
Errors: Evans
Doubles: Helms (13), Carbo (13), Foster (15), Millan (9)
Home Runs: Carbo (2), May (18), H. Aaron 2 (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Nolan 2 (4)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (4,by House)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan W(6-7)            8     4   4   4   1   5   1  29   2.82
Granger SV(6)           1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   3.26
Totals                  9     5   5   5   1   6   2  33

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed L(7-6)             3.2   6   4   2   2   1   1  20   3.43
Herbel                  4.1   3   1   1   1   0   0  17   4.78
House                   1     1   2   2   0   1   1   5  13.50
Totals                  9    10   7   5   3   2   2  42

Hit by Pitch: House (1)
Wild Pitches: Reed (2), House (2)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster struck
out; May singled to right; Reed threw a wild pitch [May to
second]; Bench lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan flied
out to right; H. Aaron struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Braves 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez lined to right; Carbo homered; Helms doubled to
center; Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first) [Helms to
third]; Nolan grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Cepeda struck out; Evans struck out; Williams flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Braves 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to left; Foster popped to shortstop;
May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Lum flied out to right; Perez flied out to left;
Reed flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Braves
0.

REDS 4TH: Bench reached on an error by Evans [Bench to first];
Perez singled to left [Bench to second]; Carbo doubled to center
[Bench scored (unearned), Perez scored]; Helms grounded out
(shortstop to first); Woodward singled to shortstop [Carbo
stayed at second]; Nolan out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Carbo to third, Woodward to second]; Rose was walked
intentionally; Foster walked [Carbo scored (unearned), Woodward
to third, Rose to second]; HERBEL REPLACED REED (PITCHING); May
flied out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 4,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Garr flied out to left; Millan popped to second; H.
Aaron popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 0.

REDS 5TH: Bench flied out to left; Perez singled to center;
Carbo flied out to center; Helms flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Cepeda popped to first; Evans grounded out (second
to first); Williams popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
4, Braves 0.

REDS 6TH: Woodward singled to right; Nolan out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Woodward to second]; 40 minute
rain delay; KING REPLACED CEPEDA (PLAYING C ); WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Rose walked; Foster doubled to
left [Woodward scored, Rose to third]; May grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bench flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Lum flied out to right; Perez popped to third in
foul territory; Herbel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
5, Braves 0.

REDS 7TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); Carbo grounded
out (second to first); Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: CONCEPCION REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING SS); WOODWARD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Garr grounded out (catcher to
first); Millan singled to left; H. Aaron homered [Millan
scored]; King flied out to right; Evans walked; Williams flied
out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Braves 2.

REDS 8TH: Woodward grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Lum flied out to center; Perez lined to left;
JACKSON BATTED FOR HERBEL; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 5, Braves 2.

REDS 9TH: HOUSE REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Foster was hit by a
pitch; House threw a wild pitch [Foster to second]; May homered
[Foster scored]; Bench grounded out (shortstop to first);
Concepcion struck out; BRADFORD BATTED FOR CARBO; Bradford flied
out to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Garr singled
to right; Millan doubled to center [Garr scored]; GRANGER
REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); H. Aaron homered [Millan scored];
King grounded out (second to first); Evans grounded out (second
to first); Williams struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7,
Braves 5.