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Atlanta Braves 5 Houston Astros 7

August 3,1970

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (51-56)

Home Team

Houston Astros (47-60)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:50

Umpires

[HP]: John Kibler [1B]: Satch Davidson [2B]: Augie Donatelli [3B]: Chris Pelekoudas

Atlanta Braves 5 Houston Astros 7

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7th inning: NP **Denis Menke left with injured ankle**
7th inning: 253/SH.2-3 **Jesus Alou**
7th inning: 253/SH.2-3 **was safe at 3B and the Braves still had time to throw out Alou**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	51-56		2	1	1		0	1	0		0	0	0			5	11	2		3	6	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	47-60		0	2	0		0	0	3		2	0	x			7	10	4		5	11	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Oscar Brown	cf	24.176	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.200		1	8
2	Felix Millan	2b	26.347	R	4	1	1	1		1	0	.310		97	465
3	Hank Aaron	rf	36.179	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.307		100	2344
4	Orlando Cepeda	1b	32.320	R	4	3	2	2		1	0	.321		102	1788
5	Clete Boyer	3b	33.175	R	4	0	2	2		1	0	.237		89	1632
6	Tommie Aaron	lf	30.363	R	4	0	2	0		1	1	.293		31	387
7	Bob Tillman	c	33.132	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.221		45	742
	Hal King	ph	26.183	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.277		58	93
8	Gil Garrido	ss	29.038	R	4	1	2	0		0	1	.275		62	173
	Bob Aspromonte	ph	32.045	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.188		42	1187
9	Phil Niekro	p	31.124	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.129		24	215
Totals

Errors: Felix Millan, Clete Boyer

2B: Oscar Brown (1), Orlando Cepeda (27)

HR: Orlando Cepeda (22)

RBI: Felix Millan (28), Orlando Cepeda 2 (72), Clete Boyer 2 (45)

GDP: Bob Aspromonte (3)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jesus Alou	rf	28.132	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.301		73	821
2	Joe Morgan	2b	26.318	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.280		90	672
3	Jimmy Wynn	lf	28.144	R	3	1	0	0		1	1	.283		101	941
4	Denis Menke	ss	30.013	R	2	2	2	0		0	0	.309		102	1048
	Marty Martinez	ss	28.345	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.232		52	313
5	Doug Rader	3b	26.004	R	4	1	3	2		0	1	.250		101	386
6	Bob Watson	1b	24.115	R	4	1	2	3		0	0	.260		62	132
7	Cesar Cedeno	cf	19.159	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.256		40	40
8	Johnny Edwards	c	32.054	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.201		102	1088
9	Wade Blasingame	p	26.254	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	150
	Keith Lampard	ph	24.226	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.220		39	48
	George Culver	p	27.026	R	2	1	1	0		0	0	.211		21	156
Totals

Errors: Jesus Alou, Joe Morgan, Doug Rader 2

HR: Bob Watson (6)

RBI: Joe Morgan (29), Doug Rader 2 (52), Bob Watson 3 (34), Cesar Cedeno (16)

SH: Jesus Alou (3)

HBP: Denis Menke (3)

GDP: Bob Watson (7), Johnny Edwards (7)

SB: Joe Morgan (24), Denis Menke (2), Cesar Cedeno (6)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	L 9-14	6.2	10	7	7	2	5	1		4.37	1.23		24	214
2	Julio Navarro	R		1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		5.40	1.13		9	122
Totals				0.0

BK: Phil Niekro (2)

HB: Phil Niekro (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Julio Navarro (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Wade Blasingame	L		2.0	7	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	3.50		1	152
2	Jim Ray	R		3.0	2	1	1	1	6	1		3.89	1.53		37	115
3	George Culver	R	W 5-3	3.1	1	0	0	3	2	0		3.75	1.46		21	153
4	Denny Lemaster	L	SV 1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.47	1.45		25	282
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Wade Blasingame (0-0-0), Jim Ray (0-0-0), George Culver (0-0-0), Denny Lemaster (0-0-0)