New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
August 15, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1970 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, Atlanta Braves 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 1 2 2
Shamsky rf 3 0 0 0
  Swoboda rf 1 0 0 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
  Weis 2b 0 0 0 0
Grote c 2 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lum rf 3 0 0 0
Jackson ss 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez cf 4 1 2 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 0
Carty lf 4 1 2 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 2 1
  Aaron ph 0 0 0 0
  Hall pr 0 0 0 0
Tillman c 4 0 0 0
Garrido 2b 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 1 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 1
New York 000 002 000241
Atlanta 010 000 002391
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (17-7) 8.2 9 3 2 1 6
Totals
8.2
9
3
2
1
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   8.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Wilhelm  W (4-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
4

  E–Grote (5), Jackson (22).  DP–New York 3.  2B–Atlanta Boyer (11,off Seaver).  HR–New York Clendenon (17,6th inning off Niekro 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Lum (5,by Seaver).  WP–Seaver (3).  HBP–Seaver (2,Lum).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:18.  A–31,897.
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