Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 25, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1970 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 4 0 1 0
Millan 2b 5 1 2 0
Aaron rf 4 1 1 0
Carty lf 5 3 3 1
Cepeda 1b 3 0 1 1
Gonzalez cf 4 1 3 2
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 1
King c 2 0 0 0
  Aspromonte ph 1 0 0 0
  Didier c 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
Stone p 3 0 0 0
  Priddy p 1 0 1 1
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 3 2 1 1
Hebner 3b 4 2 3 0
Clemente rf 4 2 3 4
Robertson 1b 4 0 0 0
  Oliver 1b 0 0 0 0
Stargell lf 4 1 1 2
Sanguillen c 4 0 2 1
Alley ss 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Patek ph 1 1 1 0
  McBean p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Atlanta 012 010 3007131
Pittsburgh 100 003 40x8111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   5.2 6 4 4 1 6
  Priddy   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Wilhelm  L (0-1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   6.0 9 6 5 4 2
  Gibbon   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Giusti  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McBean  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
7
3

  E–Jackson (3), Clemente (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Atlanta Boyer (2,off Ellis); Cepeda (7,off Ellis); Carty (5,off Ellis), Pittsburgh Clemente 2 (5,off Stone 2); Hebner 2 (7,off Stone,off Priddy); Sanguillen (2,off Stone).  3B–Pittsburgh Patek (2,off Priddy).  HR–Atlanta Carty (5,5th inning off Ellis 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Stargell (2,7th inning off Wilhelm 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Cepeda (2,by Ellis).  IBB–King (1,by Ellis); Gonzalez (1,by Ellis); Cepeda (4,by Gibbon).  SF–Alou (2,off Priddy).  SB–Jackson (1,2nd base off Ellis/Sanguillen).  WP–Ellis (1).  HBP–Ellis (1,Cepeda).  IBB–Ellis 2 (3,King,Gonzalez); Gibbon (1,Cepeda).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:37.  A–7,125.
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