Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 17, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1971 at Veteran's Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 5 1 1 0
Garr lf 4 1 2 1
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
  Lum pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 5 1 2 1
King c 3 1 1 1
Millan 2b 4 0 2 1
Williams 3b 4 2 3 2
Perez ss 4 0 2 0
Reed p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Money 3b 4 0 1 0
Montanez cf 3 1 2 1
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Freed rf 4 1 1 0
Stone lf 3 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 4 0 2 0
Lersch p 1 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 1 1
  Selma p 0 0 0 0
  Lis ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Atlanta 000 000 3126130
Philadelphia 000 100 100290
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (2-1) 9.0 9 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lersch  L (1-1) 6.1 8 3 3 0 2
  Hoerner   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Selma   2.0 4 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1.  PB–McCarver (2).  2B–Atlanta Williams (1,off Lersch); Perez (2,off Hoerner); Jackson (3,off Selma), Philadelphia Bowa (1,off Reed); Doyle (2,off Reed).  3B–Atlanta Garr (2,off Lersch).  HR–Atlanta Cepeda (3,7th inning off Lersch 0 on, 0 out); King (1,7th inning off Lersch 0 on, 0 out); Williams 2 (2,7th inning off Lersch 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Selma 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Montanez (2,4th inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lersch (1,off Reed); Johnson (1,off Reed).  IBB–Montanez (1,by Reed).  SB–Millan (1,2nd base off Lersch/McCarver); Garr (3,2nd base off Selma/McCarver).  WP–Selma (1).  IBB–Reed (3,Montanez).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:08.  A–10,686.
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