Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
August 14, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 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."

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Houston Astros 0, Atlanta Braves 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Menke ss 2 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Chiles lf 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
Cook p 2 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 5 0 0 0
Garr lf 5 1 1 0
Aaron H. rf 3 2 1 0
  Jackson cf 1 0 0 0
Williams c 4 2 2 2
Versalles 3b 2 1 0 0
  La Russa 2b 1 0 0 0
Aaron T. 1b 4 1 3 2
Lum cf,rf 3 0 0 1
Garrido 2b 1 0 1 0
  Evans ph,3b 0 0 0 1
Jarvis p 3 0 1 1
Totals 32 7 9 7
Houston 000 000 000030
Atlanta 000 103 30x791
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cook  L (0-1) 5.1 5 4 4 2 1
  Gladding   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Ray   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Harris   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
1
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis  W (5-11) 9.0 3 0 0 4 4
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
4
4

  E–Versalles (9).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Menke (20,off Jarvis), Atlanta Williams 2 (10,off Cook,off Ray); T Aaron (1,off Ray).  HBP–Rader (3,by Jarvis); Lum (5,by Cook).  IBB–Edwards (7,by Jarvis); Evans (2,by Ray).  SH–Jarvis (4,off Cook).  SF–Evans (4,off Gladding).  SB–Cedeno (10,2nd base off Jarvis/Williams).  WP–Cook (1), Gladding (2).  HBP–Cook (1,Lum); Jarvis (3,Rader).  IBB–Ray (4,Evans); Jarvis (9,Edwards).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:05.  A–25,188.
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