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Atlanta Braves @ San Diego Padres

1970-08-07 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · night · 2:26

Atlanta Braves defeated San Diego Padres 8–2. Atlanta Braves put up 4 in the 8th. Phil Niekro earned the win. Hank Aaron went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Phil Niekro L: Dave Roberts SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Harry Wendelstedt · 1B: Tony Venzon · 2B: Frank Secory · 3B: Bob Engel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gil Garrido	5	2	2	1	0	0
Tony Gonzalez	5	2	2	1	0	0
Hank Aaron	4	2	3	3	1	0
Orlando Cepeda	4	1	1	3	1	1
Clete Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommie Aaron	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Tillman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sonny Jackson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Phil Niekro	4	0	2	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Arcia	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Campbell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Cito Gaston	4	2	2	0	0	0
Al Ferrara	4	0	2	2	0	0
Ollie Brown	3	0	0	0	1	0
Nate Colbert	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ed Spiezio	3	0	0	0	1	1
Chris Cannizzaro	4	0	1	0	0	2
Dave Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ramon Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	9.0	7	2	8

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Roberts	7.1	6	2	4
Pat Dobson	0.2	1	0	0
Jack Baldschun	1.0	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gil Garrido: 53
Tony Gonzalez: 63
Hank Aaron: D7
Orlando Cepeda: IW
Clete Boyer: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Jose Arcia: 63
Dave Campbell: K23
Cito Gaston: T8
Al Ferrara: D.3-H
Ollie Brown: 7

Top 2

Tommie Aaron: 3/FL
Bob Tillman: K
Sonny Jackson: 13

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: 63
Ed Spiezio: 63
Chris Cannizzaro: S7
Dave Roberts: 9

Top 3

Phil Niekro: S7
Gil Garrido: 64(1)3/GDP
Tony Gonzalez: 3/L

Bot 3

Jose Arcia: 6/L
Dave Campbell: K/C
Cito Gaston: S8
Al Ferrara: D7.1-H
Ollie Brown: W
Nate Colbert: K

Top 4

Hank Aaron: 53
Orlando Cepeda: 53
Clete Boyer: 53

Bot 4

Ed Spiezio: 13
Chris Cannizzaro: 13
Dave Roberts: 6/FL

Top 5

Tommie Aaron: 53
Bob Tillman: 7/L
Sonny Jackson: K

Bot 5

Jose Arcia: S8
Dave Campbell: E6.1-2;B-1
Cito Gaston: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Al Ferrara: 63

Top 6

Phil Niekro: S7
Gil Garrido: 16(1)/FO
Tony Gonzalez: 64(1)/FO
Hank Aaron: HR.1-H
Orlando Cepeda: K

Bot 6

Ollie Brown: 4
Nate Colbert: 63
Ed Spiezio: W
Chris Cannizzaro: K

Top 7

Clete Boyer: 63
Tommie Aaron: K
Bob Tillman: E6.B-1
Sonny Jackson: 13

Bot 7

Dave Roberts: K
Jose Arcia: S8
Dave Campbell: 53.1-2
Cito Gaston: FC5.2X3(5465)

Top 8

Phil Niekro: 7/L
Gil Garrido: S9
Tony Gonzalez: D8.1-H
Hank Aaron: IW
Orlando Cepeda: HR.2-H;1-H
Clete Boyer: 8/L
Tommie Aaron: 53

Bot 8

Al Ferrara: 3/FL
Ollie Brown: 43
Nate Colbert: K

Top 9

Bob Tillman: 53
Sonny Jackson: D8
Phil Niekro: 63.2-3
Gil Garrido: S8.3-H
Tony Gonzalez: S9.1-2
Hank Aaron: S8.2-H;1-2
Orlando Cepeda: 8

Bot 9

Ed Spiezio: K
Chris Cannizzaro: K
Ramon Webster: 4