Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
August 12, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1971 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 2 1 1 0
  Chiles ph,lf 3 2 2 1
Morgan 2b 5 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 3 1
Watson 1b 4 0 1 2
Rader 3b 4 0 1 1
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Wynn rf 4 0 1 0
Hiatt c 1 0 0 0
  Edwards ph,c 3 0 1 0
Blasingame p 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 5 1 1 1
Aaron T. 1b 5 2 3 0
Aaron H. rf 3 1 1 1
  Brown rf 0 0 0 0
Williams c 4 3 4 4
Versalles 3b 5 1 1 0
Lum lf 5 0 1 1
Garrido 2b 4 1 1 0
Perez ss 4 1 2 3
Reed p 4 0 2 0
Totals 39 10 16 10
Houston 100 000 0315111
Atlanta 511 210 00x10160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  L (8-9) 1.1 6 6 6 2 0
  Harris   2.0 7 3 3 0 1
  Lemaster   4.2 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
3
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (12-9) 9.0 11 5 5 0 9
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
0
9

  E–Rader (21).  2B–Houston Wynn (13,off Reed); Cedeno (29,off Reed), Atlanta Perez 2 (11,off Blasingame,off Harris); Garrido (3,off Harris).  3B–Houston Cedeno (6,off Reed).  HR–Houston Chiles (1,9th inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Williams 2 (21,4th inning off Harris 1 on, 0 out,5th inning off Lemaster 0 on, 2 out).  SF–H Aaron (5,off Blasingame).  HBP–Williams (7,by Lemaster).  IBB–Perez (3,by Lemaster).  SB–Rader (3,2nd base off Reed/Williams).  WP–Harris (1), Reed (4).  HBP–Lemaster (1,Williams).  IBB–Lemaster (5,Perez).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:19.  A–10,430.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook