Breaking up Bob Forsch's bid for a no-hitter, Jeff Burroughs homered in the seventh inning to start the Braves off to a 3-0 victory over the Cardinals. The Braves added their other runs in the eighth on a single by Bruce Benedict, an error, a sacrifice fly by Mike Lum and a double by Gary Matthews. Atlanta Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0Game Played on Friday, May 11, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium IIBraves 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 3 1 Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .304 Templeton ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .261 Matthews rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .299 Mumphrey lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .071 Burroughs lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .253 Hernandez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Office pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Hendrick rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .307 Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .330 Scott cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .336 Bonnell cf,lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .310 Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Swisher c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Benedict c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .353 Simmons ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Chaney ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .059 Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 McWilliams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Oberkfell ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Devine p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Forsch p 3 0 3 0 0 0 .333 Lum ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .224 Bruno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 30 3 3 3 3 6 Totals 33 0 7 0 1 3 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 9,209 Left on Base: Braves 4, Cardinals 7 DP: Braves 1, Cardinals 0 Errors: Devine, Hernandez Doubles: Matthews (6), Hernandez (12) Home Runs: Burroughs (2) Stolen Bases: Chaney (1), Scott (11) Caught Stealing: Templeton (3) Sacrifice Flies: Lum (2) GIDP: Mumphrey (1) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McWilliams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 7.83 Devine W(1-0) 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 25 2.40 Garber SV(5) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 5.13 Totals 9 7 0 0 1 3 0 34 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch L(0-3) 7.2 3 3 1 2 6 1 29 3.91 Bruno 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.50 Totals 9 3 3 1 3 6 1 34 Wild Pitches: Devine (1) Umpires: HP - Bob Sharp, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Jim Jones, 3B - Joe Bendekovits BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (third to first); Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton singled to left; Templeton was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Mumphrey grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonnell struck out; Hubbard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 2ND: DEVINE REPLACED MCWILLIAMS (PITCHING); Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Scott singled to left; Reitz struck out; Swisher lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 3RD: Benedict lined to shortstop; Chaney grounded out (second to first); Devine struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 3RD: Tyson grounded out (second to first); Forsch singled to shortstop; Templeton singled to center [Forsch to third, Templeton to second (on throw to 3b)]; Mumphrey reached on a fielder's choice [Forsch out at home (second to catcher), Templeton to third]; Hernandez lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 4TH: Royster grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews popped to second; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 4TH: Hendrick walked; Scott forced Hendrick (second to shortstop); Scott stole second; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Swisher grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 5TH: Murphy grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Bonnell struck out; Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 5TH: Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); Forsch singled to third; Templeton reached on an error by Devine [Forsch to second, Templeton to first]; Mumphrey grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Templeton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 6TH: Benedict walked; Chaney flied out to center; Devine forced Benedict (pitcher to shortstop); Royster walked [Devine to second]; Matthews popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 6TH: Hernandez doubled to center; Hendrick popped to third; Scott grounded out (first unassisted) [Hernandez to third]; Reitz popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs homered; Murphy was called out on strikes; Bonnell grounded out (second to first); Hubbard popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 7TH: SIMMONS BATTED FOR SWISHER; Simmons lined to right; OBERKFELL BATTED FOR TYSON; Oberkfell grounded out (second to first); Forsch singled to pitcher; Devine threw a wild pitch [Forsch to second]; Templeton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 8TH: OBERKFELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Benedict singled to shortstop; Chaney reached on an error by Hernandez [Benedict to third, Chaney to first]; LUM BATTED FOR DEVINE; Chaney stole second; Lum hit a sacrifice fly to center [Benedict scored (unearned)]; Royster grounded out (third to first); Matthews doubled to left [Chaney scored (unearned)]; BRUNO REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Burroughs walked; OFFICE RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Murphy forced Office (third to second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Mumphrey struck out; Hernandez grounded out (first unassisted); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 0. BRAVES 9TH: Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Hubbard flied out to center; Benedict flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 0. CARDINALS 9TH: Scott was called out on strikes; Reitz flied out to left; Simmons popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Cardinals 0. |
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