Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
May 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1970 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 7 0 1 0
Millan 2b 6 3 2 0
Aaron rf 5 2 3 3
Carty lf 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,lf 2 1 0 0
Cepeda 1b 6 0 1 1
Lum cf 6 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 2 0
Didier c 6 0 0 0
Stone p 3 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Jaster p 1 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Neibauer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 6 9 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 7 1 1 1
Woodward 2b 4 0 1 0
  Chaney pr,2b 3 0 1 0
  Gullett p 1 0 1 1
Perez 3b 7 2 5 0
Bench cf,c 7 2 2 2
May 1b 6 1 3 3
McRae lf 3 0 0 0
  Tolan ph,cf 3 0 1 0
Corrales c 2 0 0 0
  Stewart ph,lf,2b 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 7 1 2 0
Simpson p 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Bravo ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 59 7 17 7
Atlanta 102 000 000 300 000692
Cincinnati 000 002 010 300 0017173
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.0 9 3 3 1 9
  Wilhelm   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Kline   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Jaster   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Neibauer  L (0-2) 2.1 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
14.1
17
7
7
5
13
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Simpson   7.0 4 3 2 2 2
  Granger   3.0 4 3 1 4 1
  Carroll   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gullett  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 2 4
Totals
15.0
9
6
3
8
7

  E–Cepeda (2), Boyer (2), Chaney (1), Perez (11), Concepcion (8).  DP–Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 3.  2B–Cincinnati Perez (5,off Stone); May (8,off Stone); Tolan (12,off Jaster).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (1,off Jaster).  HR–Atlanta H Aaron (16,3rd inning off Simpson 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Rose (6,8th inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out); Bench (11,10th inning off Kline 1 on, 0 out); May (11,10th inning off Kline 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Millan (5,off Granger); Bravo (1,off Neibauer).  HBP–Cepeda (5,by Simpson).  IBB–H Aaron (5,by Granger); Didier (3,by Granger); May (3,by Wilhelm); Rose (4,by Neibauer).  CS–Jackson (1,3rd base by Granger/Corrales).  SB–Perez (4,2nd base off Wilhelm/Didier); Tolan (11,2nd base off Neibauer/Didier).  HBP–Simpson (2,Cepeda).  IBB–Wilhelm (4,May); Neibauer (1,Rose); Granger 2 (3,H Aaron,Didier).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:55.  A–33,217.
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