Dale Murphy took over the league lead in homers with his eighth of the season, smashing a drive with a man on base in the third inning when the Braves scored four runs en route to a 7-2 victory over the Cubs. Atlanta Braves 7, Chicago Cubs 2Game Played on Saturday, April 28, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumCubs 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 3 Braves 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 x - 7 9 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .221 Royster 3b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .333 Murcer rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .268 Matthews rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Buckner 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .197 Burroughs lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .266 Kingman lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276 Office pr,cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231 Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Murphy c 3 2 1 2 1 1 .328 Martin cf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .244 Lum 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .258 Foote c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Bonnell cf,lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .343 Sizemore 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .264 Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .216 Reuschel p 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 Frias ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .268 Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .355 Matula p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .125 Burris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garber p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Totals 32 2 9 2 3 2 Totals 32 7 9 6 5 8 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 18,785 Left on Base: Cubs 8, Braves 6 DP: Cubs 2, Braves 3 Errors: Ontiveros, Sizemore 2 Doubles: De Jesus (5), Burroughs (3), Lum (4) Home Runs: Murphy (8) Stolen Bases: Buckner (1) Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel (1) GIDP: Sizemore (2), Buckner (1), Burroughs (2), Matthews (2) Hit by Pitch: De Jesus (1,by Matula) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel L(1-3) 6 7 5 5 3 6 1 27 3.86 Burris 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 10 7.59 Totals 8 9 7 7 5 8 1 37 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matula W(2-2) 6.1 8 2 2 3 2 0 29 3.60 Garber SV(4) 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.42 Totals 9 9 2 2 3 2 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Matula (1) Umpires: HP - Hank Rountree, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Andy Anderson, 3B - Ed Norris CUBS 1ST: De Jesus singled; Murcer singled [De Jesus to third]; Buckner forced Murcer (second to shortstop) [De Jesus scored]; Buckner stole second; Kingman struck out; Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Matthews forced Royster (right to shortstop); Burroughs grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0. CUBS 2ND: Martin singled; Foote popped to shortstop; Sizemore walked [Martin to second]; Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Martin to third, Sizemore to second]; De Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Lum grounded out (second to first); Bonnell singled; Hubbard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0. CUBS 3RD: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman singled; Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Frias grounded out (pitcher to first); Matula struck out; Royster singled; Matthews singled [Royster to second]; Burroughs doubled [Royster scored, Matthews scored (error by Ontiveros), Burroughs to third]; Murphy homered [Burroughs scored]; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 4. CUBS 4TH: Martin singled; Foote popped to shortstop; Sizemore grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Martin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 4. BRAVES 4TH: Bonnell singled; Hubbard singled [Bonnell to third]; Frias reached on an error by Sizemore [Bonnell scored, Hubbard to second, Frias to first]; Matula struck out; Royster walked [Hubbard to third, Frias to second]; Matthews grounded into a double play (first to catcher to third) [Hubbard out at home, Frias out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 5. CUBS 5TH: Reuschel walked; De Jesus was hit by a pitch [Reuschel to second]; Murcer singled [Reuschel scored, De Jesus to second]; Buckner grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [De Jesus to third, Murcer out at second]; Kingman flied out to right; Cubs Manager Herman Franks ejected by 2B umpire Andy Anderson, who ruled that Gary Matthews caught Dave Kingman's fly ball; Franks protested the game; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs struck out; Murphy struck out (catcher to first); Lum flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 5. CUBS 6TH: Ontiveros flied out to center; Martin singled; Foote made an out to shortstop; Sizemore forced Martin (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 6TH: Bonnell made an out to second; Hubbard walked; Frias forced Hubbard (second to shortstop) [Frias to first (error by Sizemore)]; Matula was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 5. CUBS 7TH: THOMPSON BATTED FOR REUSCHEL; Thompson flied out to left; De Jesus doubled; Murcer walked; GARBER REPLACED MATULA (PITCHING); Buckner lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [De Jesus out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 7TH: BURRIS REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Royster flied out to right; Matthews flied out to right; Burroughs walked; OFFICE RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Murphy walked [Office to second]; Lum doubled [Office scored, Murphy scored]; Bonnell struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 7. CUBS 8TH: OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Kingman grounded out (third to first); Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Martin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 7. BRAVES 8TH: Hubbard flied out to right; Frias struck out; Garber singled; Royster flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 7. CUBS 9TH: Foote flied out to right; Sizemore singled; BIITTNER BATTED FOR BURRIS; Biittner grounded out (first unassisted) [Sizemore to second]; De Jesus flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 7. |
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