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Reds
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
April 20, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds, played on April 20, 1970 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 20, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 20, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Merritt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | George Stone |
| Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 6,891 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Paul Pryor 1B: Dick Stello 2B: (none) 3B: Al Barlick |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Right Fielder |
| Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Tolan | Center Fielder |
| Tony Perez | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Lee May | First Baseman |
| Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
| Dave Concepcion | Shortstop |
| Jim Merritt | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Felix Millan | Second Baseman |
| Tony Gonzalez | Center Fielder |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Rico Carty | Left Fielder |
| Orlando Cepeda | First Baseman |
| Bob Aspromonte | Third Baseman |
| Bob Didier | Catcher |
| Gil Garrido | Shortstop |
| George Stone | Pitcher |
| Lum Harris | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
April 20, 1970
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Stone
Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Carty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Stone
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Stone
Tolan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Merritt
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Merritt
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Merritt
Aaron strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Stone
Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Perez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bench vs. Stone
Bench hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Stone
May strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Stone
McRae hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Stone
Concepcion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merritt vs. Stone
There goes Concepcion. The throw from Didier and he is safe. Concepcion steals second. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merritt vs. Stone
Merritt strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rose vs. Stone
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards third. Aspromonte fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Merritt
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards first. May juggles the ball. That's an error on May. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Merritt
Cepeda strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Merritt
Aspromonte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Stone
Helms hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Stone
Tolan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carty. Tolan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Stone
There goes Tolan. The throw from Didier and he is safe. Tolan steals third. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Stone
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bench vs. Stone
Bench strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Didier vs. Merritt
Didier hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Merritt covering, for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrido vs. Merritt
Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stone vs. Merritt
Stone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Stone
May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Stone
McRae hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gonzalez who is chasing the ball. McRae reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Reds, 3 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Concepcion vs. Stone
Concepcion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McRae scores. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merritt vs. Stone
Merritt strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rose vs. Stone
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Merritt
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Merritt
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Merritt
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Millan moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Merritt
Carty hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cepeda vs. Merritt
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Stone
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Stone
Tolan hits a line drive towards first. Cepeda reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Stone
Perez hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aspromonte vs. Merritt
Aspromonte hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Didier vs. Merritt
Didier hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bench fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrido vs. Merritt
Garrido hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Stone
Bench hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Stone
May hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. May reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Stone
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Concepcion vs. Stone
Concepcion is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merritt vs. Stone
Merritt takes first base on ball four. May moves to third. Concepcion moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rose vs. Stone
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Merritt
Jimmy Stewart now playing left field. Tommie Aaron pinch hits for George Stone.
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Merritt
Millan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Merritt
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Priddy
Bob Priddy now pitching.
Helms hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Priddy
Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Priddy
There's a wild pitch. Helms moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 4 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Priddy
Perez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Priddy
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Priddy
May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Millan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Merritt
Aaron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carty vs. Merritt
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Merritt
Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aspromonte vs. Merritt
Aspromonte hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Priddy
Stewart hits a popup towards short. Garrido settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Priddy
Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merritt vs. Priddy
Merritt strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Didier vs. Merritt
Didier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Merritt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garrido vs. Merritt
Garrido hits a ball on the ground towards third. Perez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tillman vs. Merritt
Bob Tillman pinch hits for Bob Priddy.
Tillman hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching.
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Wilhelm
Helms hits a popup towards first. Cepeda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Wilhelm
Tolan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Wilhelm
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garrido scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Millan vs. Merritt
Millan hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Merritt
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rose. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Merritt
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carty vs. Merritt
Carty hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Reds, 6 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Merritt
Cepeda strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/20/1970 -- Cincinnati at Atlanta (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Rose P, rf 5 0 0 0 Millan F, 2b 4 0 1 0
Helms T, 2b 5 1 1 0 Gonzalez T, cf 4 1 1 0
Tolan B, cf 4 0 1 0 Aaron H, rf 4 0 2 0
Perez T, 3b 5 2 2 2 Carty R, lf 4 1 1 2
Bench J, c 4 1 1 2 Cepeda O, 1b 4 0 1 0
May L, 1b 4 0 1 0 Aspromonte B, 3b 3 0 0 0
McRae H, lf 3 2 2 1 Didier B, c 3 0 0 0
Stewart J, lf 1 0 0 0 Garrido G, ss 3 0 0 0
Concepcion D, ss 3 0 2 1 Stone G, p 1 0 0 0
Merritt J, p 3 0 0 0 Aaron T, ph 1 0 0 0
Priddy B, p 0 0 0 0
Tillman B, ph 1 0 0 0
Wilhelm H, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 6 10 6 32 2 6 2
Cincinnati 030 100 200 -- 6
Atlanta 000 000 002 -- 2
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt J (W) 9.0 6 2 2 0 3
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Stone G (L) 6.0 8 4 4 2 5
Priddy B 2.0 2 2 2 0 2
Wilhelm H 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
E -- May L
DP -- Cincinnati 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 7, Atlanta 3
2B -- Perez T, Tolan B, May L, Gonzalez T
3B -- McRae H
HR -- Bench J, McRae H, Perez T, Carty R
SB -- Concepcion D, Tolan B
WP -- Priddy B
T -- 2:14
A -- 6891
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