Four homers carried the Cubs to a 9-3 victory over the Braves. Ivan DeJesus, who broke a 1-for-15 slump with three hits, led off the Cubs' first inning with a circuit clout. Bobby Murcer was safe on an error, Steve Ontiveros singled and Jerry Martin made it 4-0 with a homer.

Barry Foote rapped a round-tripper in the third and Murcer accounted for the Cubs' fourth homer of the game with a two-run blast in the fifth. A homer by Glenn Hubbard in the seventh produced the Braves' runs off Dennis Lamp. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 9, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Saturday, May 5, 1979 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   3  8  1
Cubs         4  1  2    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   9 10  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .350      De Jesus ss           4   2   3   2     1   0   .227
Matthews rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Murcer rf             4   1   1   2     1   0   .271
Burroughs lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Buckner 1b            3   1   1   1     2   0   .239
Murphy c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .310      Kingman lf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .227
  Nolan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Ontiveros 3b          4   1   2   0     1   1   .276
Lum 1b                4   1   1   0     0   0   .231      Martin cf             5   1   1   3     0   1   .246
Bonnell cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .326      Foote c               4   1   1   1     0   0   .179
Hubbard 2b            3   1   1   3     0   0   .207      Sizemore 2b           3   2   1   0     0   0   .239
Frias ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Lamp p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Niekro p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .095
  LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  R. Mahler p         1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Office ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   8   3     0   2             Totals               34   9  10   9     6   3

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 16,312
Left on Base: Braves 3, Cubs 9
DP: Braves 0, Cubs 2
Errors: Murphy
Doubles: Buckner (8)
Triples: De Jesus (1)
Home Runs: Hubbard (1), De Jesus (2), Martin (2), Foote (2), Murcer (3)
Stolen Bases: Buckner (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Lamp (1)
GIDP: Bonnell (3)
Hit by Pitch: Sizemore (1,by Niekro)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(3-5)           2.2   7   7   4   2   1   3  19   3.09
LaCorte                 1.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   6   8.53
R. Mahler               3     2   2   2   2   1   1  13   6.75
Skok                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.24
Totals                  8    10   9   6   6   3   4  42

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamp W(3-0)             9     8   3   3   0   2   1  33   2.36
Totals                  9     8   3   3   0   2   1  33

Hit by Pitch: Niekro (2)
Wild Pitches: LaCorte 2 (2)
Balks: R. Mahler (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe Maher, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Dick Cavenaugh, 3B - Dennis Riccio


BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to right; Matthews struck out;
Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus homered; Murcer grounded out (pitcher to
first); Buckner reached on an error by Murphy [Buckner to
first]; Kingman flied out to left; Ontiveros singled [Buckner to
second]; Martin homered (unearned) [Buckner scored (unearned),
Ontiveros scored (unearned)]; Foote flied out to left; 4 R (1
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 4.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy singled; Lum flied out to center; Bonnell
lined into a double play (pitcher to first) [Murphy out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 4.

CUBS 2ND: Sizemore was hit by a pitch; Lamp out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Sizemore to second]; De Jesus grounded
out (shortstop to first); Murcer walked; Buckner doubled
[Sizemore scored, Murcer to third]; Kingman walked; Ontiveros
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 5.

BRAVES 3RD: Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); Frias
grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 5.

CUBS 3RD: Martin lined to third; Foote homered; Sizemore
singled; Lamp popped to shortstop; De Jesus tripled [Sizemore
scored]; LACORTE REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Murcer popped to
shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 7.

BRAVES 4TH: Royster singled; Matthews flied out to left;
Burroughs popped to second; Murphy forced Royster (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 7.

CUBS 4TH: Buckner walked; Buckner stole second; LaCorte threw a
wild pitch [Buckner to third]; Kingman flied out to right;
Ontiveros walked; LaCorte threw a wild pitch [Ontiveros to
second]; Martin struck out; Foote grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 7.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum grounded out (first to pitcher); Bonnell out on
an unknown play; Hubbard flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 7.

CUBS 5TH: R. MAHLER REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Sizemore
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Lamp grounded out
(shortstop to first); De Jesus walked; Murcer homered [De Jesus
scored]; Buckner walked; R. Mahler balked [Buckner to second];
Kingman struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 9.

BRAVES 6TH: Frias grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Mahler
singled; Royster flied out to left; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 9.

CUBS 6TH: Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin
grounded out (third to first); Foote flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cubs 9.

BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs singled; Murphy forced Burroughs (third to
second); Lum singled [Murphy to second]; Bonnell flied out to
center; Hubbard homered [Murphy scored, Lum scored]; Frias
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3,
Cubs 9.

CUBS 7TH: Sizemore lined to second; Lamp grounded out (third to
first); De Jesus singled; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Cubs 9.

BRAVES 8TH: OFFICE BATTED FOR R. MAHLER; Office singled; Royster
flied out to center; Matthews flied out to right; Burroughs
forced Office (pitcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
3, Cubs 9.

CUBS 8TH: SKOK REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); Buckner lined to
right; Kingman popped to second; Ontiveros singled; Martin
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
3, Cubs 9.

BRAVES 9TH: NOLAN BATTED FOR MURPHY; Nolan singled; Lum forced
Nolan (second to shortstop); Bonnell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Lum out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Cubs 9.

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