Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
September 16, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1971 at Astrodome. 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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Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Millan 2b 5 0 1 0
Garr lf 5 1 3 0
Aaron H. 1b 3 0 1 1
Williams c 5 1 1 0
Lum rf 4 2 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
  Aaron T. 3b 0 0 0 0
Jackson cf 3 0 1 1
Perez ss 2 0 0 0
  Breazeale ph 0 0 0 1
  Garrido ss 1 0 0 0
Kelley p 2 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 1 1
  Foster pr 0 0 0 0
  Jarvis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 1 3 1
Watson lf 4 0 2 0
  Thomas pr 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Geronimo rf 3 0 0 0
Menke 3b 4 1 1 1
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Atlanta 001 002 010490
Houston 001 110 000391
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Kelley   5.0 8 3 3 2 2
  Jarvis  W (6-13) 4.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (2-1) 7.0 7 4 4 4 9
  Blasingame   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Culver   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Cook   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
11

  E–Edwards (2).  PB–Edwards (8).  2B–Houston Watson (17,off Jarvis).  SF–Breazeale (1,off Richard).  IBB–H Aaron (20,by Culver).  SH–Richard (2,off Kelley).  SB–Garr 2 (27,2nd base off Richard/Edwards,2nd base off Culver/Edwards); Metzger (12,2nd base off Kelley/Williams).  CS–Geronimo (1,2nd base by Kelley/Williams); Cedeno (9,2nd base by Kelley/Williams).  WP–Richard 2 (2).  IBB–Culver (9,H Aaron).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:40.  A–7,906.
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