Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
May 26, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1970 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, Atlanta Braves 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Alou lf 4 1 1 0
Wynn cf 4 0 2 0
Miller rf 4 1 2 3
Menke ss 3 0 1 0
Pepitone 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
Dierker p 2 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 1 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 4 1 2 0
Lum cf 4 1 2 0
Aaron rf 3 1 1 1
Carty lf 4 1 2 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Tillman c 4 1 1 2
Garrido ss 3 0 2 0
Nash p 3 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 13 5
Houston 300 000 000390
Atlanta 100 202 00x5130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (8-4) 6.0 10 5 5 2 5
  Billingham   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
2
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Nash  W (6-1) 7.0 9 3 3 2 5
  Wilhelm  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Menke (11,off Nash); Lampard (4,off Nash); Miller (4,off Nash), Atlanta Cepeda (13,off Dierker); Carty (12,off Dierker); Lum (2,off Billingham).  3B–Atlanta Millan (2,off Dierker).  HR–Houston Miller (3,1st inning off Nash 2 on, 1 out), Atlanta Tillman (3,6th inning off Dierker 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Garrido (2,by Dierker).  CS–Millan (3,2nd base by Dierker/Edwards).  IBB–Dierker (1,Garrido).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:33.  A–18,239.
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