Tom Seaver struck out 11 and yielded only four hits in pitching the Mets to a 9-1 victory over the Braves. Doubles by Mike Lum and Darrell Evans accounted for the Braves' run in the first inning. Ken Singleton and Cleon Jones homered for the Mets. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 9, Atlanta Braves 1
Game Played on Friday, August    6, 1971 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Mets         0  0  3    1  0  3    1  1  0  -   9 14  0
Braves       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          5   1   2   1     0   1   .277      Millan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .306
Garrett 3b            5   1   2   1     0   1   .327      Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .330
Agee cf               4   1   1   2     0   0   .277      Lum rf                4   1   1   0     0   1   .278
  Hahn cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Evans 3b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .244
Jones lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .323      Williams 1b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .244
  Marshall lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .235      King c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .206
Kranepool 1b          4   1   3   1     1   0   .281      Jackson cf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Boswell 2b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .266      Perez ss              2   0   0   0     1   1   .224
  Foli 2b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Jarvis p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .053
Singleton rf          4   3   2   1     1   0   .250        Herbel p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
Grote c               3   0   0   1     0   1   .277        Versalles ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Seaver p              2   0   0   1     1   1   .230        Priddy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               38   9  14   9     3   4             Totals               29   1   4   1     2  11

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 21,008
Left on Base: Mets 7, Braves 3
DP: Mets 2, Braves 1
Doubles: Singleton (4), Lum (11), Evans (8)
Home Runs: Singleton (6), Jones (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Grote (1)
GIDP: Boswell (10), Perez (9), Evans (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(12-8)          9     4   1   1   2  11   0  31   2.20
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2  11   0  31

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jarvis L(4-11)          5.2  10   7   7   1   3   1  28   3.91
Herbel                  2.1   4   2   2   1   1   1  11   4.82
Priddy                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.51
Totals                  9    14   9   9   3   4   2  43

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Mel Steiner


METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (third to first); Garrett
popped to third; Agee flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan flied to right; Garr grounded out (shortstop
to first); Lum doubled to left; Evans doubled to left [Lum
scored]; Williams struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Braves 1.

METS 2ND: Jones grounded out (third to first); Kranepool lined
to pitcher; Boswell singled to center; Singleton flied to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: King flied to center; Jackson singled to center;
Perez grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 1.

METS 3RD: Grote popped to shortstop; Seaver was called out on
strikes; Harrelson singled to center; Garrett singled to left
[Harrelson to third]; Agee singled to right [Garrett scored,
Harrelson scored]; Jones singled to left [Agee to third];
Kranepool singled to right [Jones to second, Agee scored];
Boswell popped to second; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves
1.

BRAVES 3RD: Jarvis struck out; Millan flied to left; Garr struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

METS 4TH: Singleton homered; Grote struck out; Seaver grounded
out (shortstop to first); Harrelson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum struck out; Evans struck out; Williams flied to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Braves 1.

METS 5TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Agee popped to
third in foul territory; Jones grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: King struck out; Jackson was called out on strikes;
Perez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Braves 1.

METS 6TH: Kranepool singled to right; Boswell singled to right
[Kranepool to third, Boswell to second (on throw)]; Singleton
was walked intentionally; Grote hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Boswell to third, Kranepool scored]; Seaver out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Singleton to second, Boswell scored];
Harrelson singled to center [Singleton scored, Harrelson to
second (on throw)]; HERBEL REPLACED JARVIS (PITCHING); Garrett
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Herbel struck out; Millan walked; Garr forced Millan
(second to shortstop); Lum grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7, Braves 1.

METS 7TH: Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones homered;
Kranepool singled to right; Boswell grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kranepool out at second]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: HAHN REPLACED AGEE (PLAYING CF); FOLI REPLACED
BOSWELL (PLAYING 2B); Evans struck out; Williams flied to right;
King popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 8, Braves
1.

METS 8TH: Singleton doubled to left; Grote flied to right;
Seaver walked; Harrelson forced Seaver (second to shortstop)
[Singleton to third]; Garrett singled to center [Harrelson to
third, Singleton scored]; Hahn forced Garrett (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 9, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED JONES (PLAYING LF); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Perez walked; VERSALLES BATTED
FOR HERBEL; Versalles struck out; Millan popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 9, Braves 1.

METS 9TH: PRIDDY REPLACED VERSALLES (PITCHING); Marshall flied
to left; Kranepool walked; Foli flied to center; Singleton
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 9,
Braves 1.

BRAVES 9TH: Garr singled to center; Lum forced Garr (second to
shortstop); Evans grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Lum out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 9, Braves 1.