A four-run outburst in the first inning, featuring a homer by Mike Lum with two men on base, started the Braves off to a 7-1 victory over the Mets. Ralph Garr was hit by a pitch and Felix Millan and Hank Aaron singled for the first run. Atlanta Braves 7, New York Mets 1Game Played on Saturday, July 3, 1971 (Day game) at Shea StadiumBraves 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 7 8 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .334 Agee cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .291 Millan 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .318 Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 H. Aaron 1b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .310 Jones lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .300 Evans 3b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .265 Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .302 Lum rf 4 1 3 4 1 0 .288 Marshall rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .248 Williams c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .235 Boswell 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .252 Jackson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .264 Aspromonte 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .241 Perez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .197 Dyer c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Nash p 4 0 0 0 0 0 .162 Gentry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .088 McAndrew p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .077 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 7 8 7 6 4 Totals 30 1 5 1 3 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 30,249 Left on Base: Braves 8, Mets 6 DP: Braves 1, Mets 0 Doubles: Evans (5), Aspromonte (7), Jones (11) Home Runs: Lum (7) Stolen Bases: Garr (14) Sacrifice Hits: Millan (6) Sacrifice Flies: Marshall (2) GIDP: Harrelson (5) Hit by Pitch: Garr (2,by Gentry) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nash W(6-5) 9 5 1 1 3 5 0 34 5.08 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 5 0 34 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gentry L(7-6) 0.1 3 4 4 1 1 1 6 3.06 McAndrew 4.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 4.60 McGraw 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 2.01 Taylor 2 4 3 3 1 1 0 11 3.71 Totals 9 8 7 7 6 4 1 42 Hit by Pitch: Gentry (4) Wild Pitches: Nash (3) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas BRAVES 1ST: Garr was hit by a pitch; Millan singled to left [Garr to second]; H. Aaron singled to left [Millan to second, Garr scored]; Evans struck out; Lum homered [Millan scored, H. Aaron scored]; Williams walked; MCANDREW REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Jackson forced Williams (first to shortstop); Perez grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Agee was called out on strikes; Harrelson flied to right; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. BRAVES 2ND: Nash lined to right; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Marshall lined to third; Boswell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. BRAVES 3RD: H. Aaron popped to third; Evans flied to right; Lum walked; Williams flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Aspromonte singled to left; Dyer was called out on strikes; McAndrew was called out on strikes; Agee forced Aspromonte (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. BRAVES 4TH: Jackson struck out; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Nash popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Harrelson flied to center; Jones flied to right; Kranepool walked; Marshall forced Kranepool (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. BRAVES 5TH: Garr singled; Garr stole second; Millan flied to right; H. Aaron flied to left; Evans flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Boswell singled to right; Aspromonte doubled to left [Boswell to third]; Dyer walked; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR MCANDREW; Jorgensen was called out on strikes; Agee struck out; Harrelson forced Dyer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. BRAVES 6TH: MCGRAW REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Lum popped to first; Williams walked; Jackson walked [Williams to second]; Perez grounded out (second to first) [Jackson to second, Williams to third]; Nash grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Jones doubled to right; Nash threw a wild pitch [Jones to third]; Kranepool flied to center; Marshall hit a sacrifice fly to left [Jones scored]; Boswell flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 1. BRAVES 7TH: Garr struck out; Millan walked; H. Aaron popped to second; Evans flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 1. METS 7TH: Aspromonte flied to center; Dyer popped to shortstop; CLENDENON BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Clendenon flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 1. BRAVES 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED CLENDENON (PITCHING); Lum singled to right; Williams popped to second; Jackson popped to shortstop; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 1. METS 8TH: Agee singled to right; Harrelson grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Agee out at second]; Jones flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Mets 1. BRAVES 9TH: Nash grounded out (third to first); Garr singled to right; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Garr to second]; H. Aaron was walked intentionally; Evans doubled to left [H. Aaron scored, Garr scored]; Lum singled to right [Evans scored]; Williams popped to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 7, Mets 1. METS 9TH: Kranepool popped to third; Marshall grounded out (second to first); Boswell walked; Aspromonte popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 7, Mets 1. |
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