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Atlanta Braves @ New York Mets

1969-08-01 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 34779 · 2:39

New York Mets defeated Atlanta Braves 5–4. New York Mets put up 4 in the 1st. Cal Koonce earned the win and Ron Taylor picked up the save. Jerry Grote went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Cal Koonce L: Phil Niekro SV: Ron Taylor

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Nick Colosi · 2B: Tom Gorman · 3B: Stan Landes · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Alou	5	1	2	0	0	0
Tony Gonzalez	3	2	1	0	1	1
Hank Aaron	3	1	0	0	2	0
Orlando Cepeda	4	0	1	2	1	0
Clete Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	3
Felix Millan	4	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Didier	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gil Garrido	2	0	1	0	1	0
Phil Niekro	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tito Francona	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rico Carty	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Lum	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bud Harrelson	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bobby Pfeil	4	1	1	0	0	1
Tommie Agee	3	1	1	0	1	0
Wayne Garrett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ron Swoboda	2	1	0	1	2	1
Rod Gaspar	4	0	1	2	0	2
Jerry Grote	3	1	2	1	1	0
Cal Koonce	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	5.0	6	4	5
Gary Neibauer	3.0	1	1	3

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Cardwell	0.1	2	2	0
Cal Koonce	6.1	4	3	5
Ron Taylor	2.1	1	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: S9
Tony Gonzalez: HP.1-2
Hank Aaron: W.2-3;1-2
Orlando Cepeda: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Clete Boyer: 3/FL
Felix Millan: S7.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Bob Didier: IW
Gil Garrido: 53(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Phil Niekro: 4/P

Bot 1

Bud Harrelson: S9
Bobby Pfeil: S5/G.1-2
Tommie Agee: S7.2-3;1-2
Wayne Garrett: 7/F
Ed Kranepool: K
Ron Swoboda: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Rod Gaspar: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jerry Grote: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Jerry Grote: W
Cal Koonce: K/C

Top 2

Felipe Alou: 8/F
Tony Gonzalez: W
Hank Aaron: 8/F
Orlando Cepeda: 53

Bot 2

Bud Harrelson: 7/F
Bobby Pfeil: 63
Tommie Agee: 63

Top 3

Clete Boyer: K/C
Felix Millan: S6/G
Bob Didier: CS2(24)
Bob Didier: K

Bot 3

Wayne Garrett: 9/F
Ed Kranepool: S8
Ron Swoboda: 8/F
Rod Gaspar: K

Top 4

Gil Garrido: S8
Phil Niekro: K/BF
Felipe Alou: 64(1)/FO
Tony Gonzalez: K

Bot 4

Jerry Grote: HR
Cal Koonce: K
Bud Harrelson: 7/F
Bobby Pfeil: 53

Top 5

Hank Aaron: 63
Orlando Cepeda: 6/P
Clete Boyer: K/C

Bot 5

Tommie Agee: W
Wayne Garrett: PO1(13)
Wayne Garrett: 41
Ed Kranepool: E4/G
Ron Swoboda: W.1-2
Rod Gaspar: K

Top 6

Felix Millan: 13
Bob Didier: 31
Gil Garrido: W
Tito Francona: 3/G

Bot 6

Jerry Grote: 13
Cal Koonce: 31
Bud Harrelson: W
Bobby Pfeil: K

Top 7

Felipe Alou: 53
Tony Gonzalez: D9
Hank Aaron: 53
Orlando Cepeda: D8.2-H
Clete Boyer: K/C

Bot 7

Tommie Agee: 3/P
Wayne Garrett: 4/P
Ed Kranepool: K

Top 8

Felix Millan: 8/F
Bob Didier: 63
Rico Carty: K

Bot 8

Ron Swoboda: K
Rod Gaspar: 9/F
Jerry Grote: T8/89
Ron Taylor: 63

Top 9

Mike Lum: 63
Felipe Alou: S8/78
Tony Gonzalez: 3/G.1-2
Hank Aaron: IW
Orlando Cepeda: 43