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St. Louis Cardinals 5 Atlanta Braves 6

July 8,1979

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (42-39)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (37-49)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

4,160

Time of Game

2:12

Umpires

[HP]: Bob Engel [1B]: Dick Stello [2B]: John McSherry [3B]: Dave Pallone

St. Louis Cardinals 5 Atlanta Braves 6

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4th inning: NP **Bob Forsch left after aggravating back**
8th inning: NP **Rick Matula left with lower back problem**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	42-39		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	1	3			5	9	0		3	4	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	37-49		0	4	0		0	0	0		1	0	1			6	10	2		5	10	21	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Garry Templeton	ss	23.106	B	5	2	2	2		0	0	.321		76	437
2	Lou Brock	lf	40.020	L	5	0	0	1		0	0	.336		63	2556
3	Tony Scott	cf	27.293	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.284		79	391
4	Keith Hernandez	1b	25.261	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.322		80	607
5	George Hendrick	rf	29.263	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.327		77	1013
6	Terry Kennedy	c	23.034	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.275		13	23
7	Ken Oberkfell	3b	23.065	L	4	2	3	0		0	0	.315		58	91
8	Mike Phillips	2b	28.323	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.288		25	562
9	Bob Forsch	p	29.176	R	0	0	0	1		0	0	.143		17	170
	George Frazier	p	24.268	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		7	21
	Bernie Carbo	ph	31.337	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.259		28	964
	Dane Iorg	rf	29.058	L	0	0	0	1		0	0	.275		46	123
Totals

2B: Terry Kennedy (4), Ken Oberkfell (7)

3B: Garry Templeton (10)

HR: Garry Templeton (5)

RBI: Garry Templeton 2 (29), Lou Brock (25), Bob Forsch (4), Dane Iorg (12)

SF: Bob Forsch (2), Dane Iorg (1)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	3b	26.263	R	5	0	2	3		0	0	.278		84	542
2	Gary Matthews	rf	29.003	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.307		85	956
3	Rowland Office	cf	26.256	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.273		74	701
4	Bob Horner	1b	21.336	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.298		50	139
5	Joe Nolan	c	28.057	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.295		41	206
6	Charlie Spikes	lf	28.166	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.327		40	602
	Barry Bonnell	lf	25.254	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.253		74	291
7	Glenn Hubbard	2b	21.286	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.232		80	124
8	Pepe Frias	ss	30.359	R	4	2	2	1		0	0	.295		79	507
9	Rick Matula	p	25.228	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.067		16	16
	Jeff Burroughs	ph	28.123	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.231		82	1089
Totals

Errors: Charlie Spikes, Glenn Hubbard

2B: Glenn Hubbard (12), Pepe Frias (13)

HR: Gary Matthews (19)

RBI: Jerry Royster 3 (30), Gary Matthews (55), Charlie Spikes (18), Pepe Frias (26)

SH: Rick Matula (5)

GDP: Rowland Office (1)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Forsch	R		3.2	6	4	4	1	1	0		5.07	1.43		18	173
2	George Frazier	R		2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0		2.53	1.03		7	21
3	Roy Thomas	R		1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1		3.77	1.19		3	23
4	Mark Littell	R	L 6-3	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0		2.85	1.49		33	228
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Forsch (0-0-0), George Frazier (0-0-0), Roy Thomas (0-0-0), Mark Littell (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Matula	R		7.0	5	2	2	0	1	0		3.73	1.30		16	16
2	Gene Garber	R	W 5-9	2.0	4	3	3	0	0	1		3.68	1.28		43	421
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rick Matula (0-0-0), Gene Garber (0-0-0)