Undefeated since joining the Braves, Larry McWilliams gained his sixth straight victory, pitching a four-hitter and shutting out the Cardinals, 3-0. The complete game, however, was the first for the lefthander since coming up from Richmond (International) in mid-July. Bob Forsch suffered his ninth straight defeat. In those nine losses, the Cardinals had scored a total of only 13 runs for Forsch. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    19, 1978 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  1  -   3  6  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster ss            3   1   1   0     1   0   .272      Templeton ss          4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Office cf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .247      Scott lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Matthews rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .282      Hendrick cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Burroughs lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .319      Freed 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .225
  Bonnell pr,lf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .228      Morales rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Horner 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .258        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Murphy 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .239        Simmons ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Ruiz 2b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .306      Reitz 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Benedict c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .500      Swisher c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .289
McWilliams p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .071      Tyson 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .242
                                                          Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Mumphrey rf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .243

Totals               30   3   6   2     3   6             Totals               30   0   4   0     2   4

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 24,313
Left on Base: Braves 5, Cardinals 5
DP: Braves 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Murphy, Templeton
Doubles: Burroughs (28), Reitz (21), Tyson (13)
Triples: Royster (7)
Stolen Bases: Office (6)
Caught Stealing: Murphy (7), Scott (5)
Sacrifice Hits: McWilliams (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Office (3)
GIDP: Office (4), Simmons (13)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McWilliams W(6-0)       9     4   0   0   2   4   0  32   2.66
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   4   0  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(9-15)          7     5   2   2   2   5   0  27   3.48
Littell                 2     1   1   1   1   1   0   8   2.71
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   6   0  35

Wild Pitches: Littell 2 (7)
Balks: Forsch (3)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Joe West, 3B - John Kibler


BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (third to first); Office
singled to left; Office stole second; Matthews was called out on
strikes; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton reached on an error by Murphy
[Templeton to first]; Scott forced Templeton (shortstop to
second); Scott was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Hendrick flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Horner struck out; Murphy grounded out (third to
first); Ruiz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Freed was called out on strikes; Morales popped
to catcher in foul territory; Reitz doubled to left; Swisher
walked; Tyson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Benedict walked; McWilliams out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Benedict to second]; Royster walked; Office
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Royster out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Forsch flied out to left; Templeton grounded out
(second to first); Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs struck out; Horner grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick singled to shortstop; Freed grounded out
(third to first) [Hendrick to second]; Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); Reitz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Ruiz grounded
out (shortstop to first); Benedict singled to third; McWilliams
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); Tyson
doubled to left; Forsch grounded out (third to first); Templeton
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster tripled to right; Office hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Royster scored]; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to
first); Burroughs lined to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Scott struck out; Hendrick grounded out (third to
first); Freed grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Horner singled to left; Murphy popped to first; Ruiz
singled to center [Horner to third]; Forsch balked [Horner
scored, Ruiz to second]; Benedict grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Ruiz to third]; McWilliams struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Morales flied out to right; Reitz grounded out
(third to first); Swisher grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); MUMPHREY
REPLACED FORSCH (PLAYING RF); Royster flied out to left; Office
grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey
singled to left; Templeton flied out to right; Scott lined to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 9TH: Burroughs doubled to right; BONNELL RAN FOR
BURROUGHS; Littell threw a wild pitch [Bonnell to third]; Horner
grounded out (third to first); Murphy walked; Ruiz reached on an
error by Templeton [Bonnell scored (RBI), Murphy to second, Ruiz
to first]; Littell threw a wild pitch [Murphy to third, Ruiz to
second]; Murphy was caught stealing home (catcher
unassisted); missed squeeze; Benedict flied out to left;
1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 9TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hendrick
walked; Freed flied out to right; SIMMONS BATTED FOR LITTELL;
Simmons grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Hendrick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3,
Cardinals 0.