The Braves smashed four homers in one inning and won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 6-4, but the Expos came back to capture a 5-3 victory in the second game. The Braves were losing the lidlifter, 4-1, before their slugging explosion in the eighth inning. Mike Lum led off with a homer and, after one out, Hal King also hit for the circuit. After a walk to Ralph Garr, Sonny Jackson popped up, but Hank Aaron and Darrell Evans followed with successive round-trippers to tie the Braves' all-time record for most homers in one inning. The Braves also had a previous homer in the game by Garr, while Gary Sutherland hit one for the Expos.

In the nightcap, the situation was reversed with the Braves holding a 3-0 lead before the Expos picked up a pair in the sixth, one run scoring on a boundary belt by Bob Bailey. The Expos then rallied for three runs in the eighth on a double by Jim Fairey, single by Jim Gosger and doubles by Ron Fairly and Ron Hunt. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 6, Montreal Expos 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, June      21, 1971 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Expos        0  0  1    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   4  9  0
Braves       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  5  x  -   6  7  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 2b               4   1   1   0     0   1   .257      Garr lf               3   2   1   1     1   0   .336
Jones lf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .179      Jackson cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Mashore ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      H. Aaron 1b           4   1   2   2     0   0   .317
  Fairey ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Evans 3b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .255
Staub rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .326        Garrido 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .164
Fairly 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .284      Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Bailey 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .251      Williams c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .244
  Laboy 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bateman c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Lum rf                3   1   1   1     0   1   .226
  Raymond p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perez ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nash p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Day cf                4   1   2   0     0   0   .242        King c              1   1   1   1     0   0   .205
Sutherland ss         4   1   2   2     0   1   .328
Strohmayer p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .286
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Boccabella c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
  Gosger ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .163

Totals               33   4   9   3     2   6             Totals               30   6   7   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:28
Left on Base: Expos 5, Braves 2
DP: Expos 0, Braves 1
Errors: Nash
Triples: Day (2)
Home Runs: Sutherland (2), Garr (6), Lum (5), King (4), H. Aaron (20), Evans (2)
Caught Stealing: Staub (2), Evans (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Strohmayer (2)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strohmayer              7     4   2   2   1   4   2  25   5.54
Marshall                0.1   1   2   2   1   0   1   3   6.39
Raymond L(1-3)          0.1   2   2   2   0   0   2   3   4.50
Reed                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.75
Totals                  8     7   6   6   2   4   5  32

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nash                    7.1   9   4   3   2   4   1  31   5.30
Upshaw W(8-4)           1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   4.01
Totals                  9     9   4   3   2   6   1  36

Passed Balls: Williams (1), King (7)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


EXPOS 1ST: Hunt struck out; Jones popped to catcher in foul
territory; Staub walked; Staub was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
popped to second; H. Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Fairly flied out to right; Bailey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bateman popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans walked; Evans was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Millan flied out to center; Williams was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Day flied out to left; Sutherland homered; Strohmayer
was called out on strikes; Hunt flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Lum struck out; Perez grounded out (third to first);
Nash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 1, Braves 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Jones walked; Staub lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Jones out at first]; Fairly singled; Bailey singled
[Fairly to second]; Bateman forced Bailey (second to shortstop);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Garr homered; Jackson grounded out (second to
first); H. Aaron grounded out (third to first); Evans struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 1, Braves 1.

EXPOS 5TH: Day tripled; Sutherland singled [Day scored];
Strohmayer out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sutherland
to second]; Hunt flied out to left; Jones popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Millan singled; Williams flied out to left; Lum
flied out to right; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Braves 1.

EXPOS 6TH: Staub flied out to center; Fairly grounded out (first
to second to pitcher); Bailey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Nash struck out; Garr made an out to first; Jackson
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2, Braves 1.

EXPOS 7TH: Bateman grounded out (shortstop to first); Day
singled; Day was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Nash [Day to second]; Williams allowed a passed ball [Day to
third]; On a bunt Sutherland struck out; Strohmayer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: H. Aaron singled; Evans popped to catcher in foul
territory; Millan lined to shortstop; Williams grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Braves 1.

EXPOS 8TH: Hunt singled; MASHORE BATTED FOR JONES; FAIREY BATTED
FOR MASHORE; Fairey flied out to center; Staub singled [Hunt to
second]; Fairly singled [Hunt scored, Staub to third]; UPSHAW
REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); KING REPLACED NASH (PLAYING C );
On a bunt Bailey struck out; King allowed a passed ball [Staub
scored (unearned), Fairly to third]; Bateman struck out; 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: FAIREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LABOY REPLACED
BAILEY (PLAYING 3B); Lum homered; MARSHALL REPLACED STROHMAYER
(PITCHING); Perez grounded out (second to first); King homered;
Garr walked; RAYMOND REPLACED BATEMAN (PITCHING); BOCCABELLA
REPLACED MARSHALL (PLAYING C ); Jackson popped to second; H.
Aaron homered [Garr scored]; Evans homered; REED REPLACED
RAYMOND (PITCHING); Millan grounded out (second to first); 5 R,
4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Braves 6.

EXPOS 9TH: GARRIDO REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING 3B); Day made an out
to second; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); GOSGER
BATTED FOR BOCCABELLA; Gosger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 4, Braves 6.