1969 NL Atlanta Braves Clinch! September 21

The Atlanta Braves clinched the NL West Division title tonight in San Siego. The Braves easily handled the Padres 12-3. Ron Reed turned in another fine performance for Atlanta, going the distance and picking up his 21st win of the season. The Braves will now wait to see who comes out on top in the East to play for the NL Championship at the conclusion of the regular season.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 Atlanta Braves At 1969 San Diego Padres              9/21/1969
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Padres             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Millan 2B         6  1  1  1 .248     J.Arcia 2B          5  0  1  0 .215  
  T.Gonzalez CF       5  3  3  2 .263     R.Pena 3B,SS        4  0  1  0 .252  
  H.Aaron RF          4  3  3  0 .345     O.Brown RF          5  0  3  0 .250  
  R.Carty LF          4  2  2  1 .350     A.Ferrara LF        5  0  1  1 .233  
  O.Cepeda 1B         5  1  4  3 .229     N.Colbert 1B        5  0  0  0 .250  
  C.Boyer 3B          5  0  2  1 .277     I.Murrell CF        4  0  1  0 .222  
  B.Didier C          5  0  0  1 .230     C.Cannizzaro C      3  1  1  0 .217  
  G.Garrido SS        5  1  2  0 .243     T.Dean SS           3  1  1  1 .160  
  R.Reed P            5  1  1  0 .131   C-E.Spiezio PH,3B     1  0  0  0 .259  
                                          J.Niekro P          1  0  0  0 .136  
                                          T.Dukes P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        A-J.Williams PH       1  1  1  0 .526  
                                          G.Ross P            0  0  0  0 .176  
                                        B-R.Slocum PH         0  0  0  1 .111  
                                          D.Roberts P         0  0  0  0 .167  
                                        D-J.Morales PH        1  0  0  0 .200  
                                          J.Baldschun P       0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      44 12 18  9                 Totals      38  3 10  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Dukes In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ross In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Dean In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 8th Inning
 
Braves.......... 0 0 0  1 7 1  0 3 0  - 12 18  2
Padres.......... 0 0 0  0 1 2  0 0 0  -  3 10  4
 
Braves (95-59)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Reed WIN(21-4)          9      10   3   3   2   4   0 161   2.37
Totals                    9      10   3   3   2   4   0
 
Padres (55-98)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Niekro LOSS(9-15)       4 1/3  10   7   6   1   0   0  77   3.33
T.Dukes                   0 2/3   1   1   0   0   0   0  11   2.30
G.Ross                    1       2   1   1   0   1   1  25   2.09
D.Roberts                 2       5   3   3   1   0   0  44   5.90
J.Baldschun               1       0   0   0   0   1   0  15   3.88
Totals                    9      18  12  10   2   2   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 3,810 DATE- Sunday, September 21st 1969 TIME- Day 
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 7  Padres:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Padres: 2
ERRORS- R.Carty, R.Reed, A.Ferrara-2, N.Colbert, J.Niekro
DOUBLES- H.Aaron(37th)
TRIPLES- T.Dean(2nd)
HOME RUNS- T.Gonzalez(10th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Boyer
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Slocum
WALKS- H.Aaron, R.Carty, R.Pena, C.Cannizzaro
STRIKE OUTS- F.Millan, R.Reed, J.Arcia, A.Ferrara-2, J.Niekro
GIDP- F.Millan, C.Boyer
2-out RBI- A.Ferrara, T.Gonzalez, O.Cepeda, C.Boyer
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Dave Roberts robbed Ron Reed of a base hit.
 
Ron Reed pitched a complete game as the Atlanta Braves bested the San Diego
Padres 12 to 3 at San Diego Stadium.
 
Reed(21-4) earned his pay with a solid performance for Atlanta.  He went 9
innings and surrended up 10 hits and 2 walks.  Atlanta totaled 18 hits on the
afternoon.  
 
Joe Niekro(9-15) was the losing pitcher.  He was knocked around pretty good,
giving up 7 runs in 4 and 1/3 innings.

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