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Monday June 28, 1971
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Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, June 28, 1971 (Night game) at Astrodome

Braves       1  0  1    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  0
Astros       0  0  0    2  1  0    3  0  x  -   6 11  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .329      Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .219
  Jackson cf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Millan 2b             4   0   1   1     1   1   .308      Cedeno cf             4   2   3   3     0   0   .241
H. Aaron 1b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .305      Watson lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .290
Williams c            5   0   1   1     0   0   .236        Geronimo pr,lf      0   1   0   0     0   0   .250
Versalles 3b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .277      Menke 1b              4   1   3   1     0   1   .253
  Priddy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Rader 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .224
Brown cf,lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Wynn rf               2   0   0   0     2   0   .202
Lum rf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .252      Edwards c             4   1   1   0     0   2   .216
Perez ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .201      Blasingame p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .148
Nash p                3   0   1   0     0   2   .182        Ray p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Evans 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .273        Chiles ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .364
                                                            Culver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4   8   3     4   7             Totals               32   6  11   6     3   7

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance: 18,908
Left on Base: Braves 9, Astros 7
DP: Braves 0, Astros 1
Errors: Rader, Wynn
Doubles: Versalles 2 (7), Rader (13), Edwards (6), Menke (10)
Triples: Cedeno (5)
Home Runs: Cedeno (4)
Stolen Bases: Wynn (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (2), Culver (1)
GIDP: Millan (7)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nash L(5-5)             6.2  10   6   6   2   7   1  31   5.54
Priddy                  1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.80
Totals                  8    11   6   6   3   7   1  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blasingame              3.2   6   3   3   2   4   0  20   3.91
Ray W(4-1)              3.1   1   1   0   1   2   0  12   2.39
Culver SV(4)            2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   2.03
Totals                  9     8   4   3   4   7   0  40

Wild Pitches: Nash (2), Blasingame (6)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Lee Weyer


BRAVES 1ST: Garr walked; Millan walked [Garr to second]; H.
Aaron struck out; Williams singled [Garr scored, Millan to
third]; Versalles reached on a fielder's choice [Millan out at
home (third to catcher to third), Williams to second]; Brown
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Metzger flied out to right; Morgan flied out to
left; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum flied out to right; Perez reached on an error by
Rader [Perez to first]; Nash was called out on strikes; Garr
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; Menke was called out on strikes;
Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Millan struck out; H. Aaron singled; Blasingame
threw a wild pitch [H. Aaron to second]; Williams flied out to
left; Versalles doubled [H. Aaron scored]; Brown flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Wynn walked; Wynn stole second; Edwards struck out;
Blasingame was called out on strikes; Metzger singled [Wynn out
at home (first to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2,
Astros 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum singled; Perez flied out to right; Nash singled
[Lum to second]; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first) [Lum
stayed at second, Nash stayed at first]; Millan singled [Lum
scored, Nash to third]; RAY REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING); H.
Aaron flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros
0.

ASTROS 4TH: Morgan flied out to right; Cedeno homered; Watson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Menke singled; Rader doubled
[Menke scored]; Wynn popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Williams flied out to center; Versalles doubled;
Brown reached on an error by Wynn [Versalles scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Brown to first]; Lum flied out to right; Perez flied
out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Edwards doubled; Ray singled [Edwards to third];
Metzger made an out to third; Morgan struck out; Cedeno singled
[Edwards scored, Ray to second]; Watson grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Nash struck out; Garr walked; Millan grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garr out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Menke singled; Rader flied out to left; Wynn made an
out to second; Edwards struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
4, Astros 3.

BRAVES 7TH: H. Aaron made an out to second; Williams flied out
to center; Versalles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: CHILES BATTED FOR RAY; Chiles walked; Metzger out on
a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Chiles to second]; Nash
threw a wild pitch [Chiles to third]; Morgan flied out to right;
Cedeno tripled [Chiles scored]; Watson singled [Cedeno scored];
GERONIMO RAN FOR WATSON; EVANS REPLACED NASH (PLAYING 3B);
PRIDDY REPLACED VERSALLES (PITCHING); Menke doubled [Geronimo
scored]; Rader made an out to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 4, Astros 6.

BRAVES 8TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CULVER
REPLACED CHILES (PITCHING); Brown flied out to right; Lum made
an out to first; Perez walked; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 6.

ASTROS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED GARR (PLAYING CF); BROWN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Wynn walked; Edwards made an out to
third; Culver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Wynn
to second]; Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 6.

BRAVES 9TH: Jackson singled; Millan forced Jackson (shortstop
unassisted); H. Aaron flied out to right; Williams grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 6.



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