Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
June 21, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1971 at Atlanta Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, Atlanta Braves 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hunt 2b 4 0 3 2
Sutherland ss 5 0 0 0
Bailey lf,3b 3 1 2 1
  O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0
  Day cf 0 0 0 0
Bateman c 5 0 0 0
Mashore rf,lf 3 1 1 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Brand 3b 1 0 0 0
Swoboda cf 3 0 0 0
  Fairey ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Laboy 3b 3 0 1 1
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Gosger ph,cf 1 1 1 1
  Morton p 0 0 0 0
Boccabella 1b 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph,1b 3 1 2 0
McGinn p 2 0 1 0
  Staub ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 0 1 0
Millan 2b 3 2 2 0
Aaron 1b 2 1 0 0
Williams c 4 0 1 1
Versalles 3b 3 0 1 2
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Garrido 3b 0 0 0 0
Lum rf 3 0 2 0
Jackson cf 3 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Barber p 1 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Didier ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Montreal 000 002 0305121
Atlanta 102 000 000370
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McGinn   5.0 4 3 3 4 2
  Reed  W (2-1) 2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  O'Donoghue   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Morton  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Barber   5.2 6 2 2 1 1
  Upshaw  L (8-5) 1.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Niekro   1.2 0 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
7

  E–Bateman (8).  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Fairey (4,off Upshaw); Fairly (11,off Upshaw); Hunt (7,off Upshaw), Atlanta Lum (6,off Reed).  HR–Montreal Bailey (7,6th inning off Barber 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hunt (15,by Barber).  IBB–Staub (6,by Upshaw); Bailey (3,by Niekro); Jackson (1,by Reed); H Aaron (7,by Reed).  SH–Millan (4,off Reed).  SB–Gosger (1,2nd base off Niekro/Williams); Millan (5,2nd base off McGinn/Bateman).  HBP–Barber (2,Hunt).  IBB–Reed 2 (3,Jackson,H Aaron); Upshaw (7,Staub); Niekro (3,Bailey).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Mel Steiner, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:42.  A–8,203.
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