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Chicago Cubs 7 Atlanta Braves 4

July 9,1979

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (44-36)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (37-50)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

3,227

Time of Game

3:00

Umpires

[HP]: Eric Gregg [1B]: Doug Harvey [2B]: Charlie Williams [3B]: Andy Olsen

Chicago Cubs 7 Atlanta Braves 4

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	44-36		4	1	0		0	2	0		0	0	0			7	15	2		2	3	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	37-50		0	0	3		0	0	1		0	0	0			4	8	1		5	10	21	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ivan De Jesus	ss	26.181	R	5	1	0	0		1	2	.280		78	481
2	Scot Thompson	rf	23.214	L	5	1	2	1		0	0	.330		51	70
3	Bill Buckner	1b	29.207	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.292		80	1091
4	Jerry Martin	cf	30.059	R	5	1	3	1		0	1	.299		78	522
5	Larry Biittner	lf	33.347	L	4	2	2	2		0	1	.282		36	810
	Ken Henderson	ph-lf	33.024	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.222		20	1348
6	Steve Ontiveros	3b	27.256	B	3	1	2	3		0	0	.291		72	621
	Mick Kelleher	pr-3b	31.349	R	2	0	2	0		0	0	.281		29	375
7	Barry Foote	c	27.143	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.241		71	497
8	Ted Sizemore	2b	34.085	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.270		77	1354
9	Bill Caudill	p	22.361	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000		11	11
	Dick Tidrow	p	32.056	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.200		37	214
	Mike Vail	ph	27.241	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.368		41	328
	Bruce Sutter	p	26.182	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		28	206
Totals

Errors: Ivan De Jesus, Barry Foote

2B: Jerry Martin (19), Larry Biittner (2), Steve Ontiveros (10), Barry Foote (11), Ted Sizemore (15)

HR: Steve Ontiveros (3)

RBI: Scot Thompson (14), Jerry Martin (51), Larry Biittner 2 (8), Steve Ontiveros 3 (26)

SH: Bill Caudill (1)

HBP: Barry Foote (3)

GDP: Jerry Martin (7)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	2b	26.264	R	5	1	2	0		0	1	.280		85	543
2	Gary Matthews	rf	29.004	R	5	1	1	1		0	1	.306		86	957
3	Rowland Office	cf	26.257	L	4	0	0	0		1	1	.266		75	702
4	Bob Horner	3b	21.337	R	4	1	1	0		1	1	.297		51	140
5	Jeff Burroughs	lf	28.124	R	3	0	0	0		1	3	.228		83	1090
6	Mike Lum	1b	33.255	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.230		67	1307
7	Pepe Frias	ss	30.360	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.298		80	508
8	Bruce Benedict	c	23.325	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.198		35	57
	Joe Nolan	ph-c	28.058	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.295		42	207
9	Phil Niekro	p	40.099	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.210		24	573
	Biff Pocoroba	ph	25.349	B	0	1	0	0		1	0	.323		20	346
	Charlie Spikes	ph	28.167	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.321		41	603
Totals

Errors: Bruce Benedict

2B: Gary Matthews (25)

RBI: Gary Matthews (56), Pepe Frias 2 (28)

HBP: Jeff Burroughs (3)

GDP: Jerry Royster (5)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Caudill	R		2.2	4	3	3	2	3	0		5.40	1.69		11	11
2	Dick Tidrow	R	W 7-3	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	0		4.39	1.51		37	319
3	Donnie Moore	R		0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0		6.50	1.73		24	126
4	Bruce Sutter	R	SV 19	2.1	0	0	0	1	4	0		1.26	0.82		28	206
Totals				0.0

HB: Bill Caudill (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bill Caudill (0-0-0), Dick Tidrow (0-0-0), Donnie Moore (0-0-0), Bruce Sutter (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	L 11-11	6.0	11	3	3	2	3	1		3.88	1.39		24	576
2	Bo McLaughlin	R		1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0		4.50	1.43		28	103
3	Craig Skok	L		2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3.26	1.30		36	98
Totals				0.0

HB: Craig Skok (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Bo McLaughlin (0-0-0), Craig Skok (0-0-0)