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Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros

1969-09-22 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 9831 · -1°F · 2:37

Atlanta Braves defeated Houston Astros 5–3. Atlanta Braves put up 3 in the 7th. Phil Niekro earned the win and Cecil Upshaw picked up the save. Tony Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	11
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	11

W: Phil Niekro L: Larry Dierker SV: Cecil Upshaw

Umpires — HP: Dick Stello · 1B: Augie Donatelli · 2B: Mel Steiner · 3B: Bob Engel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felix Millan	5	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Gonzalez	5	2	3	2	0	0
Hank Aaron	4	0	1	0	1	0
Rico Carty	4	0	2	2	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	4	0	1	0	0	0
Clete Boyer	3	0	2	0	1	0
Bob Didier	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gil Garrido	4	1	0	0	0	0
Phil Niekro	3	1	1	0	0	1
Cecil Upshaw	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Morgan	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jesus Alou	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	5	1	1	1	0	2
Norm Miller	3	0	2	1	1	1
Denis Menke	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Blefary	4	1	3	0	0	0
Doug Rader	3	0	1	0	1	1
Johnny Edwards	4	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Dierker	3	0	0	0	0	2
Marty Martinez	1	0	1	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	6.1	9	2	7
Cecil Upshaw	2.2	2	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Dierker	9.0	11	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felix Millan: 99
Tony Gonzalez: S
Hank Aaron: W.1-2
Rico Carty: S.2-H;1-2
Orlando Cepeda: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Joe Morgan: K
Jesus Alou: S
Jim Wynn: 99
Norm Miller: PB.1-2
Norm Miller: PB.2-3
Norm Miller: W
Denis Menke: 99

Top 2

Clete Boyer: S
Bob Didier: 99
Gil Garrido: 99
Phil Niekro: K

Bot 2

Curt Blefary: S
Doug Rader: 99
Johnny Edwards: S.1-3
Larry Dierker: K
Joe Morgan: 99

Top 3

Felix Millan: S
Tony Gonzalez: WP.1-2
Tony Gonzalez: S.2-H
Hank Aaron: 99
Rico Carty: 99.1-2
Orlando Cepeda: 99

Bot 3

Jesus Alou: 99
Jim Wynn: 99
Norm Miller: K

Top 4

Clete Boyer: W
Bob Didier: 99/SH.1-2
Gil Garrido: 99.2-3
Phil Niekro: 99

Bot 4

Denis Menke: 99
Curt Blefary: S
Doug Rader: W.1-2
Johnny Edwards: WP.2-3;1-2
Johnny Edwards: 43.3-H;2-3
Larry Dierker: K

Top 5

Felix Millan: 99
Tony Gonzalez: 99
Hank Aaron: D
Rico Carty: 99

Bot 5

Joe Morgan: 99
Jesus Alou: HP
Jim Wynn: K
Norm Miller: S.1-2
Denis Menke: 99

Top 6

Orlando Cepeda: S
Clete Boyer: 85(B)3(1)/LDP
Bob Didier: K

Bot 6

Curt Blefary: D
Doug Rader: K
Johnny Edwards: 99.2-3
Larry Dierker: 99

Top 7

Gil Garrido: E5.B-1
Phil Niekro: S.1-H(E3)(UR)
Felix Millan: 99.1-2
Tony Gonzalez: S.2-H(UR);B-2(THH)
Hank Aaron: 99
Rico Carty: D8.2-H(UR)
Orlando Cepeda: 99

Bot 7

Joe Morgan: K
Jesus Alou: D7
Jim Wynn: S.2-H
Norm Miller: PO1(E1).1-3
Norm Miller: S.3-H(UR)
Denis Menke: WP.1-2
Denis Menke: 43.2-3
Curt Blefary: OA.3XH(25)

Top 8

Clete Boyer: S
Bob Didier: 99
Gil Garrido: 99
Cecil Upshaw: K

Bot 8

Curt Blefary: 99
Doug Rader: S
Johnny Edwards: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Felix Millan: 99
Tony Gonzalez: 99
Hank Aaron: 99

Bot 9

Marty Martinez: S
Joe Morgan: 99.1-2
Jesus Alou: 99.2-3
Jim Wynn: K

Notes & reviews

TJR: placement a guess
TJR: placement a guess
TJR: placement a guess
TJR: could be swapped with the single in the 2nd.
TJR: placement a guess
TJR: could be swapped with the single in the 1st.
TJR: placement a guess
TJR: placement a guess
TJR: placement a guess
TJR: placement a guess
Bob Didier's white finger guard flew off his finger and went to the backstop; Norm Miller, mistaking it for the baseball, headed for HP and was thrown out

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