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Four home runs and the three-hit pitching by Phil Niekro carried the Braves to a 9-0 thrashing of the Cubs. Jeff Burroughs hit a round-tripper in the sixth after a walk to Gary Matthews and Joe Nolan hit a solo shot in the same inning. Bob Horner clouted a two-run smash in the eighth frame and Dale Murphy smacked a bases-empty blow later in the inning. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 9, Chicago Cubs 0Game Played on Wednesday, August 16, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldBraves 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 - 9 9 0
Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Royster ss 3 0 0 0 2 0 .270 De Jesus ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .267
Office cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .246 White cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .244
Matthews rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .286 Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Burroughs lf 3 2 2 2 1 0 .322 Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Bonnell pr,lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .228 Kingman lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241
Horner 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 .267 Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .216
Nolan c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .243 Burris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .140
Murphy 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .241 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ruiz 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .292 Scott 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .285
Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .218 Blackwell c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .195
Krukow p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .208
Kelleher 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Totals 35 9 9 8 5 6 Totals 30 0 3 0 1 5
Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 19,828
Left on Base: Braves 5, Cubs 4
DP: Braves 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Scott
Doubles: Horner (12)
Home Runs: Burroughs (18), Nolan (3), Horner (14), Murphy (19)
Caught Stealing: Royster (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (4)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(15-12) 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 31 2.89
Totals 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 31
Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Krukow L(5-1) 7 8 8 7 3 3 3 32 3.84
Burris 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 5.05
Hernandez 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4.06
Totals 9 9 9 8 5 6 4 41
Passed Balls: Nolan (4)
Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming
BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (third to first); Office
grounded out (second to first); Matthews grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cubs 0.
CUBS 1ST: De Jesus struck out (catcher to first); White grounded
out (second to first); Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Braves 0, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs walked; Horner doubled to right [Burroughs
to third]; Nolan reached on an error by Scott [Burroughs scored
(RBI), Horner scored (unearned) (no RBI), Nolan to second];
Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first) [Nolan to third]; Ruiz
popped to second; Niekro grounded out (third to first); 2 R (1
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cubs 0.
CUBS 2ND: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Kingman popped
to first; Johnson singled to second; Nolan allowed a passed ball
[Johnson to second]; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Royster walked; Office flied out to left; Royster
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Matthews
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cubs 0.
CUBS 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Krukow
struck out; De Jesus grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Horner grounded out
(third to first); Nolan singled to right; Murphy struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cubs 0.
CUBS 4TH: White walked; Buckner flied out to left; Murcer struck
out; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Ruiz flied out to center; Niekro flied out to right;
Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 2, Cubs 0.
CUBS 5TH: Johnson flied out to right; Scott grounded out
(pitcher to first); Blackwell singled to left; Krukow popped to
catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 6TH: Office grounded out (first to pitcher); Matthews
walked; Burroughs homered [Matthews scored]; Horner flied out to
center; Nolan homered; Murphy struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 5, Cubs 0.
CUBS 6TH: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); White grounded
out (first unassisted); Buckner grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Ruiz singled to center; Niekro out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Ruiz to second]; Royster grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Ruiz to third]; Office singled to right
[Ruiz scored]; Matthews forced Office (third to second); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Cubs 0.
CUBS 7TH: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 8TH: Burroughs singled to center; BONNELL RAN FOR
BURROUGHS; Horner homered [Bonnell scored]; BURRIS REPLACED
JOHNSON (PITCHING); KELLEHER REPLACED KRUKOW (PLAYING 3B); Nolan
grounded out (second to pitcher); Murphy homered; Ruiz popped to
third; Niekro struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 9, Cubs
0.
CUBS 8TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Scott grounded
out (second to first); Blackwell singled to left; Kelleher flied
out to left; De Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves
9, Cubs 0.
BRAVES 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); Royster
walked; Office grounded out (second to first) [Royster to
second]; Matthews was called out on strikes; Bonnell walked;
Horner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 9, Cubs 0.
CUBS 9TH: White popped to catcher in foul territory; Buckner
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 9, Cubs 0.
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