New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
August 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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 1, Atlanta Braves 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 8 0 4 1
Garrett 2b,3b 5 0 3 0
Agee cf 8 0 0 0
Jones lf 8 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 7 0 2 0
Singleton rf 5 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 2 0
  Foli 2b 3 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 2 0
  Hahn pr 0 0 0 0
  Dyer c 2 0 0 0
Sadecki p 3 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 61 1 15 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 6 0 1 0
Garr lf 4 0 0 0
  Nash p 2 0 0 0
  Evans 3b 1 0 1 1
Aaron H. rf 4 0 1 1
Williams c 6 0 1 0
Aaron T. 1b 7 0 1 0
Lum cf,lf 7 0 2 0
Versalles 3b 7 0 0 0
  Barber p 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 7 1 2 0
Kelley p 4 0 2 0
  Jackson pr,cf 2 1 2 0
Totals 57 2 13 2
New York 000 010 000 000 000 001150
Atlanta 001 000 000 000 000 012134
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki   8.0 7 1 1 2 5
  Frisella   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  McGraw   5.0 3 0 0 2 3
  Taylor  L (2-2) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
16.1
13
2
2
5
10
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley   10.0 11 1 1 6 4
  Nash   6.0 4 0 0 2 5
  Barber  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
17.0
15
1
1
8
11

  E–Williams 2 (14), T Aaron (1), Versalles (7).  DP–New York 2, Atlanta 6.  2B–Atlanta Williams (8,off Sadecki); Perez (9,off Sadecki).  SH–Foli (2,off Nash); Garr (15,off Sadecki); Millan 2 (11,off Frisella,off Taylor).  IBB–Garrett 2 (2,by Kelley,by Nash); Grote (3,by Kelley); Singleton (5,by Kelley); H Aaron 2 (16,by Sadecki,by Frisella).  SB–Harrelson 2 (19,2nd base off Kelley/Williams,2nd base off Nash/Williams).  WP–Kelley 2 (5).  IBB–Sadecki (4,H Aaron); Frisella (6,H Aaron); Kelley 3 (3,Garrett,Grote,Singleton); Nash (2,Garrett).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–4:23.  A–23,598.
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