Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
June 1, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 1971 at Atlanta Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Houston Astros 7, Atlanta Braves 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 3 4 3
Watson lf 4 2 1 0
  Geronimo lf 1 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 1
  Menke 1b 0 0 0 0
Alou rf 5 0 4 3
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Edwards c 5 0 1 0
Blasingame p 2 1 0 0
  Culver p 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 5 0 1 0
Garr lf 4 1 2 1
Aaron rf 5 2 2 2
Cepeda 1b 5 1 1 2
Williams 3b 5 1 3 0
Jackson cf 4 0 1 0
Perez ss 1 0 1 1
  Garrido ss 0 0 0 0
Didier c 4 0 1 0
Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
  Staehle ph 1 0 0 0
  McQueen p 0 0 0 0
  Priddy p 1 0 1 0
  Versalles ph 1 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 6
Houston 003 020 200–7130
Atlanta 200 000 112–6141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  W (4-5) 6.2 9 3 3 1 4
  Culver   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Lemaster   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Gladding   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
1
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley  L (1-1) 2.2 5 3 2 2 1
  Jarvis   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  McQueen   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Priddy   2.2 2 2 2 1 2
  Barber   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw   1.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
5
7
  E–Williams (5).  2B–Houston Cedeno (8); Alou (8); Rader (8), Atlanta Garr (9).  HR–Houston Cedeno (3), Atlanta H Aaron (16); Cepeda (13).  SF–Mayberry (1).  HBP–Metzger (2).  HBP–McQueen (2).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:53.  A–6,754.
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