Driving home three runs with a double and single, George Hendrick paced the Cardinals to a 7-3 victory over the Braves. The two-bagger capped a three-run fourth inning and Hendrick's single drove home the first run of a three-run seventh, which was climaxed by a two-run homer by Ken Oberkfell, his first major league round-tripper. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       13, 1979 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  6  1
Cardinals    0  0  0    3  1  0    3  0  x  -   7 11  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Brock lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .382
Matthews rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .296        Mumphrey lf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Burroughs lf          4   1   1   0     0   0   .252      Oberkfell 2b          4   1   1   2     1   0   .308
Murphy 1b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .327      Hernandez 1b          3   2   1   1     1   0   .273
Office cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Simmons c             4   1   1   1     0   1   .264
Hubbard 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .224      Hendrick rf           4   0   2   3     0   1   .308
Benedict c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Scott cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Frias ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .288      Reitz 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .269
Niekro p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .160      Phillips ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .300
  R. Mahler p         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Vuckovich p           4   2   1   0     0   0   .238
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   6   3     0   4             Totals               36   7  11   7     2   4

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 16,762
Left on Base: Braves 2, Cardinals 7
DP: Braves 0, Cardinals 0
Errors: Murphy
Doubles: Burroughs (5), Hendrick (8)
Triples: Royster (1)
Home Runs: Murphy (10), Oberkfell (1)
Stolen Bases: Brock (3)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(3-6)           6.2   9   7   6   2   4   1  32   3.99
R. Mahler               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.63
Skok                    1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.63
Totals                  8    11   7   6   2   4   1  38

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich W(4-2)        9     6   3   3   0   4   1  32   2.18
Totals                  9     6   3   3   0   4   1  32

Umpires: HP - Jim Jones, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Bob Freels, 3B - Bob Sharp


BRAVES 1ST: Royster tripled to right; Matthews struck out;
Burroughs popped to shortstop; Murphy grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Brock flied out to left; Oberkfell grounded out
(second to first); Hernandez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Office popped to shortstop; Hubbard singled to
shortstop; Benedict grounded out (second to first) [Hubbard to
second]; Frias singled to left [Hubbard scored, Frias to second
(on throw to home)]; Niekro singled to right [Frias out at home
(right to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons popped to shortstop; Hendrick struck out;
Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Royster struck out; Matthews flied to left in foul
territory; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Reitz flied out to right; Phillips struck out
(catcher to first); Vuckovich popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Office
grounded out (second to first); Hubbard flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Brock singled to third; Oberkfell lined to
center; Hernandez singled to left [Brock to third]; Simmons
reached on a fielder's choice [Brock scored, Hernandez to third
(error by Murphy)]; Hendrick doubled to left [Hernandez scored
(unearned), Simmons scored, Hendrick to third (on throw to
home)]; Scott popped to third in foul territory; Reitz grounded
out (third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1,
Cardinals 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Benedict flied out to center; Frias popped to
second; Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Phillips singled to center; Vuckovich forced
Phillips (pitcher to shortstop); Brock singled to right
[Vuckovich to third]; Brock stole second; Oberkfell walked;
Hernandez forced Oberkfell (first to shortstop) [Vuckovich
scored, Brock to third]; Simmons struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster grounded out (catcher to first); Matthews
struck out; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 6TH: Hendrick flied out to left; Scott grounded out
(second to first); Reitz struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Murphy flied out to right; Office was called out on
strikes; Hubbard flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Phillips singled to right; Vuckovich forced
Phillips (pitcher to shortstop); Brock flied out to center;
Oberkfell homered [Vuckovich scored]; Hernandez walked; Simmons
singled to right [Hernandez to third]; Hendrick singled to
center [Hernandez scored, Simmons to second]; R. MAHLER REPLACED
NIEKRO (PITCHING); Scott forced Hendrick (shortstop to second);
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 7.

BRAVES 8TH: MUMPHREY REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Benedict
grounded out (shortstop to first); Frias grounded out (shortstop
to first); LUM BATTED FOR R. MAHLER; Lum flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 7.

CARDINALS 8TH: SKOK REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Reitz flied out to
right; Phillips grounded out (second to first); Vuckovich
singled to center; Mumphrey singled to center [Vuckovich to
second]; Oberkfell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Cardinals 7.

BRAVES 9TH: Royster flied out to right; Matthews flied out to
right; Burroughs doubled to right; Murphy homered [Burroughs
scored]; Office flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
3, Cardinals 7.