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.

Darrell Evans struck out before Lum came to the plate and smashed his homer. Lum, who wound up with three hits, drove in another run in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 7, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Saturday, July      3, 1971 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Braves       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.