Braves @ Reds
April 7, 1971

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Braves	2	6	0
Reds	1	10	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Braves	2	6	0
Reds	1	10	0

Tommy Helms Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.333
OBP	.250	.333
At Bats	4	9
Hits	1	3
• Singles	1	3
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	0

Cecil Upshaw Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	0	0

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Riverfront Stadium - April 7, 1971

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Strikeout

Cecil Upshaw

Hal King

Orlando Cepeda

Felix Millan

Clete Boyer

Gil Garrido

Dusty Baker

Sonny Jackson

Hank Aaron

Tommy Helms

Jimmy Stewart

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Atlanta Braves	2	6	0	6
Cincinnati Reds	1	10	0	10
Winning Pitcher	Ron Reed
Losing Pitcher	Jim McGlothlin
Save	Cecil Upshaw
Game Winning RBI	Clete Boyer
Attendance	10,452
Time of Game	1 hour 54 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Helms is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Cecil Upshaw now pitching. Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out. Stewart moves to third.

Bottom 9 Ty Cline pinch hits for Clay Carroll. Cline bunts towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out. Stewart moves to second.

Bottom 9 Gil Garrido now playing shortstop. Jimmy Stewart pinch hits for Woody Woodward. Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 9 Mike Lum pinch hits for Marty Perez. Lum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 9 Clay Carroll now pitching. Boyer strikes out.

Top 9 Millan is walked intentionally.

Top 9 King bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Helms covering, for the out. Cepeda moves to second.

Top 9 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Duffy strikes out.

Bottom 8 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Dusty Baker now playing left field. Carbo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. King settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Dusty Baker pinch hits for Ralph Garr. Baker hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Jackson bunts towards third. Woodward fields it and throws to first for the out. Reed moves to second.

Top 8 Joe Gibbon now pitching. Reed hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cepeda scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Perez for the out. Rose moves to third. Helms moves to second.

Bottom 7 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose moves to second.

Bottom 7 Rose takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Angel Bravo pinch hits for Jim McGlothlin. Bravo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 7 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. King scores. Millan moves to second.

Top 7 Millan is walked intentionally.

Top 7 King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Carbo. King reaches second base with a double.

Top 7 Cepeda strikes out.

Top 7 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 6 Woodward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Duffy hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bench scores. Carbo moves to second.

Bottom 6 Carbo is walked intentionally.

Bottom 6 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Bench reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garr for the out.

Top 6 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Reed strikes out.

Top 6 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards second. Millan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Bottom 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 5 There goes McGlothlin. The throw from King and he is out, Perez applying the tag.

Bottom 5 McGlothlin takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Millan hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 King takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Woodward strikes out.

Bottom 4 Duffy hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Carbo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Millan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Woodward fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Perez is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Helms strikes out.

Top 3 Reed hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Perez hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Boyer hits a popup towards third. Woodward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 McGlothlin bunts towards the mound. Reed fields it and throws to first for the out. Woodward moves to second.

Bottom 2 Woodward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Millan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Millan for the out.

Top 2 King hits a fly ball into right field. Rose settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Cepeda hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Carbo is walked intentionally.

Bottom 1 Bench hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Bench reaches second base with a double. Perez moves to third.

Bottom 1 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Aaron is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Garr hits a fly ball into left field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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