The Atlanta Braves beat the Chicago Cubs, 7 to 2, on April 28, 1979.

Final

Cubs

7-9

2

Braves

7-12

7

CHC

ATL

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

1

5

1

0

6

0

7

0

2

8

0

9

0

R

2

7

H

9

E

3

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

CHC

ATL

Bill Buckner grounded out; Ivan De Jesus scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

CHC

ATL

Double by Jeff Burroughs; Error by Steve Ontiveros; Jerry Royster and Gary Matthews scored.

1

2

Home run by Dale Murphy; Jeff Burroughs scored.

1

4

Bottom 4th

CHC

ATL

Pepe Frias ground ball; Error by Ted Sizemore; Barry Bonnell scored.

1

5

Top 5th

CHC

ATL

Single by Bobby Murcer; Rick Reuschel scored.

2

5

Bottom 7th

CHC

ATL

Double by Mike Lum; Rowland Office and Dale Murphy scored.

2

7

Cubs

Braves

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	3
Bobby Murcer RF	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	2
Bill Buckner 1B	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Kingman LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Martin CF	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
Barry Foote C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Sizemore 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Rick Reuschel P	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Scot Thompson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Burris P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Biittner PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	2	9	2	3	2	1	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rick Reuschel (L)	6.0	7	5	5	3	6	1
Ray Burris	2.0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Totals	8.0	9	7	7	5	8	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Jerry Royster 3B	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
Gary Matthews RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Burroughs LF	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
Rowland Office PR,CF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Murphy C	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	4
Mike Lum 1B	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	2
Barry Bonnell CF,LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Glenn Hubbard 2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Pepe Frias SS	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Rick Matula P	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Gene Garber P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	32	7	9	6	1	5	8	14

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rick Matula (W)	6.1	8	2	2	3	2
Gene Garber (S)	2.2	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	3	2

Explore

More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

9

Ozuna

RBI

31

Ozuna

AVG

.354

Ozuna

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Minter

K

33

Sale

ERA

0.72

López

Team Rankings

HR

29

10th

R

145

3rd

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.66

9th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	18	7	.720
Phillies	18	10	.643	1.5
Mets	13	13	.500	5.5
Nationals	12	14	.462	6.5
Marlins	6	22	.214	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	CLE	@	ATL	1:35 PM
Mon 4/29	ATL	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Tue 4/30	ATL	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Wed 5/1	ATL	@	SEA	3:40 PM
Fri 5/3	ATL	@	LAD	10:10 PM

Last Game

Braves

18-7

2

Final

4

Guardians

19-8

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0