Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
July 26, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1970 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, Chicago Cubs 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 5 2 2 0
Millan 2b 5 1 1 1
Gonzalez cf 5 1 2 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 3 0
  Aaron T. pr,1b 0 1 0 0
  Aaron H. ph 1 0 0 0
King c 4 1 1 2
Lum rf 4 0 1 1
Hall lf 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 1 0
Cardwell p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 2 0 0 0
  Boyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Navarro p 0 0 0 0
  Garrido ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 6 12 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 2 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 5 1
Williams lf 5 1 1 3
Santo 3b 3 1 0 0
Hickman cf 4 1 1 2
Smith 1b 3 1 2 0
Callison rf 3 0 1 1
Martin c 2 0 0 0
Colborn p 3 0 0 0
  Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Atlanta 000 210 0126120
Chicago 500 110 00x7111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  L (1-3) 0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Stone   6.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Navarro   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
4
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn  W (3-0) 7.0 7 3 2 1 1
  Holtzman   1.2 5 3 3 0 2
  Rodriguez  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
1
3

  E–Beckert (13).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Atlanta Jackson (8,off Colborn); Cepeda (25,off Holtzman); Millan (18,off Holtzman), Chicago Beckert 2 (7,off Stone 2); Kessinger (14,off Stone); Smith (8,off Navarro).  3B–Atlanta Lum (2,off Holtzman).  HR–Atlanta King (6,4th inning off Colborn 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Williams (29,1st inning off Cardwell 2 on, 0 out); Hickman (23,1st inning off Stone 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Martin (1,off Stone).  HBP–Martin (1,by Stone).  SB–Smith (1,3rd base off Navarro/King).  WP–Stone (2).  HBP–Stone (5,Martin).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:25.  A–39,189.
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