Phil Niekro posted the 180th victory of his career and helped get it by driving in two runs with a single in the third inning when the Braves did all their scoring to defeat the Cubs, 5-0. Jerry Royster singled to touch off the Braves' outburst and Barry Bonnell was safe on an error by Manny Trillo. Atlanta Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 0Game Played on Saturday, April 29, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumCubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 3 Braves 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 13 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .313 Royster 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .338 Gross lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Bonnell cf,lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .203 Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .367 Burroughs lf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .413 Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Office pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .118 Gaston rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .114 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Asselstine ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Rader c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Murphy c 4 1 2 1 0 2 .191 Wallis cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .400 Paciorek 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Fryman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beall 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Krukow p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rockett ss 3 0 1 0 1 1 .107 Meoli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chaney 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .333 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 4 0 1 2 0 1 .154 Totals 30 0 6 0 2 5 Totals 35 5 13 4 2 9 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 7,638 Left on Base: Cubs 6, Braves 8 DP: Cubs 3, Braves 1 Errors: Gross, Trillo, Rader Doubles: Burroughs (6) Triples: Gross (1) Stolen Bases: Royster (11), Bonnell (2) Caught Stealing: De Jesus (3), Royster (3), Beall (1) Sacrifice Hits: Fryman (3) GIDP: Trillo (3), Bonnell (3) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fryman L(0-2) 2.2 7 5 2 2 5 0 18 5.40 Krukow 3.1 5 0 0 0 2 0 13 6.43 Roberts 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.00 Totals 8 13 5 2 2 9 0 37 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(2-4) 9 6 0 0 2 5 0 33 2.66 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 5 0 33 Passed Balls: Rader (1), Murphy 2 (4) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale CUBS 1ST: De Jesus lined to center; Gross tripled to center; Buckner struck out; Murcer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster singled to shortstop; Bonnell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Royster out at second]; Burroughs walked; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 0. CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros popped to catcher in foul territory; Trillo grounded out (pitcher to first); Rader lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy struck out; Paciorek struck out; Rockett walked; Chaney singled to center [Rockett to third]; Niekro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 0. CUBS 3RD: Wallis singled to right; Fryman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wallis to second]; Murphy allowed a passed ball [Wallis to third]; De Jesus struck out; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Royster singled to center; Bonnell reached on an error by Trillo [Royster to second, Bonnell to first]; Royster stole third and Bonnell stole second [Royster scored (error by Rader)]; Burroughs singled to right [Bonnell scored (unearned)]; Gaston singled to right [Burroughs to third]; Murphy singled to right [Burroughs scored, Gaston to third]; Paciorek reached on a fielder's choice [Gaston out at home (third to catcher), Murphy to second]; Rockett flied out to center; Chaney struck out but Murphy advanced to third and Paciorek advanced to second and Chaney advanced to first on a passed ball; Niekro singled to left [Murphy scored (unearned), Paciorek scored (unearned), Chaney to third (error by Gross)]; KRUKOW REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Royster popped to first in foul territory; 5 R (2 ER), 5 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. CUBS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer lined to first; Ontiveros singled to center; Trillo walked [Ontiveros to second]; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 4TH: Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs doubled to left; Gaston grounded out (second to first) [Burroughs to third]; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. CUBS 5TH: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Krukow struck out (catcher to first); De Jesus singled to left; Gross singled to right [De Jesus to third]; Murphy allowed a passed ball [Gross to second]; Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 5TH: Paciorek singled to center; Rockett singled to second [Paciorek to second]; Chaney grounded out (second to pitcher) [Paciorek to third, Rockett to second]; Niekro hit into a double play (left to catcher) [Paciorek out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. CUBS 6TH: Murcer struck out (catcher to first); Ontiveros walked; Trillo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ontiveros out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 6TH: Royster singled to shortstop; Bonnell struck out while Royster was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Burroughs singled to center; ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR GASTON; OFFICE RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Asselstine grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. CUBS 7TH: OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ASSELSTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BEALL REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING 1B); Rader grounded out (second to first); Wallis grounded out (second to first); MEOLI BATTED FOR KRUKOW; Meoli lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 7TH: ROBERTS REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); Murphy singled to third; Beall forced Murphy (pitcher to shortstop); Beall was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Rockett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. CUBS 8TH: De Jesus singled to left; De Jesus was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gross flied out to right; Buckner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 8TH: Chaney struck out; Niekro grounded out (third to first); Royster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. CUBS 9TH: Murcer lined to center; Ontiveros flied out to right; Trillo lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Braves 5. |
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