New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
May 17, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1971 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 3, Atlanta Braves 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hahn cf 4 0 1 0
  Boswell ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 6 0 1 0
Agee rf,cf 6 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 5 2 3 3
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 2 0
  Weis pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Foli 2b 4 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Seaver p 4 0 2 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 11 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 6 0 0 0
Garr lf 6 2 3 2
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 5 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 5 1 2 1
Jackson cf 5 0 0 0
Didier c 4 0 1 0
Perez ss 3 0 1 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Garrido ss 0 0 0 0
Stone p 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Priddy p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 9 4
New York 200 000 000 1003111
Atlanta 010 000 001 101490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   9.2 7 3 3 1 5
  Frisella   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Taylor  L (1-1) 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.2
9
4
4
2
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.0 6 2 2 2 7
  Upshaw   3.0 2 1 1 0 5
  Priddy  W (2-1) 2.0 3 0 0 2 1
Totals
12.0
11
3
3
4
13

  E–Foli (4).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–New York Clendenon (3,off Stone).  HR–New York Clendenon 2 (5,1st inning off Stone 1 on, 2 out,10th inning off Upshaw 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Boyer (3,2nd inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out); Cepeda (11,9th inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out); Garr 2 (4,10th inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out,12th inning off Taylor 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Grote (2,off Priddy); Perez (2,off Seaver).  HBP–Jones (1,by Stone).  IBB–Marshall (1,by Priddy); Didier (2,by Taylor).  HBP–Stone (1,Jones).  IBB–Taylor (3,Didier); Priddy (2,Marshall).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:15.  A–16,051.
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