Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
June 28, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1971 at Astrodome. 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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Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 2 1 0 0
  Jackson cf 1 0 1 0
Millan 2b 4 0 1 1
Aaron 1b 5 1 1 0
Williams c 5 0 1 1
Versalles 3b 4 1 2 1
  Priddy p 0 0 0 0
Brown cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Lum rf 4 1 1 0
Perez ss 3 0 0 0
Nash p 3 0 1 0
  Evans 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 3 3
Watson lf 4 0 1 1
  Geronimo pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Menke 1b 4 1 3 1
Rader 3b 4 0 1 1
Wynn rf 2 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 1 1 0
Blasingame p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 1 0 1 0
  Chiles ph 0 1 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 6
Atlanta 101 110 000480
Houston 000 210 30x6112
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Nash  L (5-5) 6.2 10 6 6 2 7
  Priddy   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame   3.2 6 3 3 2 4
  Ray  W (4-1) 3.1 1 1 0 1 2
  Culver  SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
4
7

  E–Rader (11), Wynn (2).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Atlanta Versalles 2 (7,off Blasingame,off Ray), Houston Rader (13,off Nash); Edwards (6,off Nash); Menke (10,off Priddy).  3B–Houston Cedeno (5,off Nash).  HR–Houston Cedeno (4,4th inning off Nash 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Metzger (2,off Nash); Culver (1,off Priddy).  SB–Wynn (5,2nd base off Nash/Williams).  WP–Nash (3), Blasingame (6).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:06.  A–18,908.
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