The Braves piled up five runs in the first two innings and breezed to a 5-0 victory over the Mets behind the four-hit pitching of Phil Niekro. In the first, Felix Millan tripled and counted on a sacrifice fly by Ralph Garr.

In the second, a single by Sonny Jackson, walk to Marty Perez and safe bunt by Niekro, who was trying to sacrifice, loaded the bases. Millan drove in two runs with a single. After a single by Garr filled the sacks again, Hank Aaron singled to plate the last two tallies. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    8, 1971 (Day game) at Atlanta Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Braves       1  4  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .278      Millan 2b             4   2   2   2     0   0   .307
Garrett 3b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .305      Garr lf               3   1   1   1     0   0   .329
Agee cf               4   0   0   0     0   4   .280      H. Aaron 1b           4   0   2   2     0   0   .313
Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .321      Lum rf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Kranepool 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .280      Williams c            2   0   1   0     2   0   .246
Boswell 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .274      T. Aaron 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Jackson cf            3   1   2   0     0   0   .271
Dyer c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Perez ss              2   1   1   0     1   0   .224
Williams p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .105      Niekro p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .152
  Frisella p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Shamsky ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .194
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Aspromonte ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  McAndrew p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .077

Totals               30   0   4   0     3   7             Totals               28   5  11   5     3   2

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 15,664
Left on Base: Mets 6, Braves 4
DP: Mets 3, Braves 1
Errors: Boswell
Doubles: H. Aaron (16)
Triples: Millan (7)
Stolen Bases: Garr (21)
Caught Stealing: Jackson (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Garr (4)
GIDP: Singleton (7), Williams (10), T. Aaron 2 (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams L(4-6)         1.2   7   5   5   1   0   0  11   5.68
Frisella                3.1   4   0   0   1   1   0  13   2.31
Sadecki                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.34
McAndrew                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.02
Totals                  8    11   5   5   3   2   0  33

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(12-8)          9     4   0   0   3   7   0  33   2.82
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   7   0  33

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


METS 1ST: Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Garrett
grounded out (shortstop to first); Agee was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Millan tripled to right; Garr hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Millan scored]; H. Aaron doubled to left; Lum singled to
right [H. Aaron to third]; Williams grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Lum out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 1.

METS 2ND: Jones grounded out (third to first); Kranepool struck
out; Boswell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: T. Aaron popped to third; Jackson singled to right;
Jackson was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error
by Boswell; assist by Dyer); Perez walked; Niekro singled to
left [Perez to second, Jackson to third]; Millan singled to
right [Jackson scored, Perez scored, Niekro out at third (right
to shortstop to third)]; Garr singled to right [Millan to
third]; FRISELLA REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Garr stole
second; H. Aaron singled to left [Garr scored, Millan scored];
Lum grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
0, Braves 5.

METS 3RD: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Dyer singled
to left; Frisella forced Dyer (shortstop to second); Harrelson
forced Frisella (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 3RD: Williams singled to right; T. Aaron grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Williams out at second];
Jackson singled to right; Jackson was out trying to advance to
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Braves 5.

METS 4TH: Garrett grounded out (first unassisted); Agee struck
out; Jones popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Braves 5.

BRAVES 4TH: Perez singled to left; Niekro out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Perez to second]; Millan grounded out
(third to first); Garr grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

METS 5TH: Kranepool flied to left; Boswell singled to right;
Singleton forced Boswell (second to shortstop); Dyer flied to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 5TH: H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Lum
struck out; Williams walked; T. Aaron forced Williams (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

METS 6TH: SHAMSKY BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Shamsky struck out;
Harrelson singled to center; Garrett walked [Harrelson to
second]; Agee struck out; Jones forced Garrett (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 6TH: SADECKI REPLACED SHAMSKY (PITCHING); Jackson flied
to center; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

METS 7TH: Kranepool singled to center; Boswell flied to center;
Singleton grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Kranepool out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves
5.

BRAVES 7TH: Millan grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded
out (second to first); H. Aaron flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

METS 8TH: Dyer grounded out (third to first); ASPROMONTE BATTED
FOR SADECKI; Aspromonte grounded out (shortstop to first);
Harrelson walked; Garrett walked [Harrelson to second]; Agee
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: MCANDREW REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PITCHING); Lum popped
to third; Williams walked; T. Aaron grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 5.

METS 9TH: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool
lined to left; Boswell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 5.