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Hank Aaron hit two homers and drove in five runs to power the Braves to a 5-2 victory over the Reds. The superstar's big night raised his career RBI total to 1,953, making him the N. L.'s all-time leader, passing Stan Musial, and putting him fourth on the major leagues' list behind Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb. Atlanta Braves 5, Cincinnati Reds 2Game Played on Tuesday, September 14, 1971 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumBraves 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 1
Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 10 0
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Rose rf 5 0 4 0 0 0 .301
Garr lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .332 Helms 2b 3 0 1 2 1 0 .261
H. Aaron 1b 4 2 3 5 0 0 .327 May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .274
Williams c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Perez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268
Baker rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Bench c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240
T. Aaron 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Carbo lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .218
Lum cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Foster cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .248
Perez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .228 Chaney ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .273
Reed p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .155 Gullett p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .114
Upshaw p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sprague p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cline ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .198
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .180
Totals 35 5 10 5 1 4 Totals 35 2 10 2 1 4
Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 8,385
Left on Base: Braves 4, Reds 9
DP: Braves 2, Reds 1
Errors: Perez
Doubles: H. Aaron (22)
Home Runs: H. Aaron 2 (43)
Caught Stealing: Perez (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Helms (7)
GIDP: H. Aaron (8), May (12), Bench (19)
Hit by Pitch: Gullett (1,by Reed)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Reed W(13-12) 7.2 9 2 2 1 4 0 33 3.54
Upshaw SV(17) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.74
Totals 9 10 2 2 1 4 0 38
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gullett L(15-6) 5 7 5 5 0 1 2 22 2.62
Sprague 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0.00
Wilcox 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 8 3.78
Totals 9 10 5 5 1 4 2 36
Hit by Pitch: Reed (2)
Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Nick Colosi
BRAVES 1ST: Millan singled to right; Garr singled to right
[Millan to second]; H. Aaron homered [Millan scored, Garr
scored]; Williams lined to left; Baker singled to left; T. Aaron
popped to third; Lum grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Helms walked [Rose to second];
May struck out; Perez flied out to left [Rose to third]; Bench
forced Helms (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 3, Reds 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Perez popped to shortstop; Reed flied out to right;
Millan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 3, Reds 0.
REDS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (second to first); Foster grounded
out (shortstop to first); Chaney grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Garr struck out; H. Aaron doubled to left; Williams
flied out to center; Baker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
REDS 3RD: Gullett was hit by a pitch; Rose singled to left
[Gullett to second]; Helms out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Gullett to third, Rose to second]; May struck out; Perez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3,
Reds 0.
BRAVES 4TH: T. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Lum
grounded out (second to first); Perez popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
REDS 4TH: Bench reached on an error by Perez; Carbo popped to
shortstop; Foster forced Bench (shortstop to second); Chaney
singled to center [Foster to second]; Gullett struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
BRAVES 5TH: On a bunt Reed singled to third; Millan flied out to
right; Garr flied out to center; H. Aaron homered [Reed scored];
Williams grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 5, Reds 0.
REDS 5TH: Rose singled to third; Helms popped to third; May
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rose out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Reds 0.
BRAVES 6TH: SPRAGUE REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Baker popped to
first; T. Aaron popped to second; Lum flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Reds 0.
REDS 6TH: Perez singled to center; Bench grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Perez out at second]; Carbo
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves
5, Reds 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Perez singled to first; Reed struck out; Perez was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Millan grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Reds
0.
REDS 7TH: Foster singled to right; Chaney singled to center
[Foster to second]; CLINE BATTED FOR SPRAGUE; Cline struck out;
Rose grounded out (second to first) [Foster to third, Chaney to
second]; Helms singled to center [Foster scored, Chaney scored];
May grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 5, Reds 2.
BRAVES 8TH: WILCOX REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); Garr singled to
left; H. Aaron grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Garr out at second]; Williams walked; Baker struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Reds 2.
REDS 8TH: Perez flied out to right; Bench grounded out (third to
first); Carbo singled to left; UPSHAW REPLACED REED (PITCHING);
Foster popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5,
Reds 2.
BRAVES 9TH: T. Aaron lined to right; Lum struck out; Perez
singled to left; Upshaw lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 5, Reds 2.
REDS 9TH: Chaney popped to shortstop in foul territory; SMITH
BATTED FOR WILCOX; Smith flied out to center; Rose singled to
shortstop; Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Braves 5, Reds 2.
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