The Atlanta Braves couldn't pull it off against the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 5, on April 29, 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves

Final

CHC

Cubs

8-9

6

ATL

Braves

7-13

5

CHC

ATL

1

0

1

2

0

0

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

6

0

R

6

5

H

6

12

E

0

0

Bottom 1st

CHC

ATL

Braves

Dale Murphy grounded out; Jerry Royster scored.

0

1

Bottom 3rd

CHC

ATL

Braves

Double by Gary Matthews; Jerry Royster scored.

0

2

Braves

Double by Jeff Burroughs; Gary Matthews scored.

0

3

Bottom 6th

CHC

ATL

Braves

Single by Jerry Royster; Larry McWilliams scored.

0

4

Bottom 7th

CHC

ATL

Braves

Home run by Dale Murphy.

0

5

Top 9th

CHC

ATL

Cubs

Single by Tim Blackwell; Dave Kingman and Steve Ontiveros scored.

2

5

Cubs

Single by Larry Biittner; Ted Sizemore scored.

3

5

Cubs

Home run by Bobby Murcer; Tim Blackwell and Steve Dillard scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1
Larry Biittner PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Dillard PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer RF 3 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 4
Bill Buckner 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Kingman LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Steve Ontiveros 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Jerry Martin CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Foote C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lynn McGlothen P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Clines PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mick Kelleher SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Sizemore 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dennis Lamp P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Blackwell C 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 6 6 6 1 6 4 2 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Lamp 3.2 7 3 3 2 1 0
Lynn McGlothen (W) 4.1 3 2 2 1 5 1
Bruce Sutter (S) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 5 3 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 3B 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Gary Matthews RF 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Jeff Burroughs LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Barry Bonnell PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murphy C 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mike Lum 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Rowland Office CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Glenn Hubbard 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pepe Frias SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Larry McWilliams P 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Gene Garber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5 1 3 6 0 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry McWilliams 8.2 3 3 3 6 4 0
Gene Garber (L) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 6 6 6 6 4 1

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RBI

27

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AVG

.326

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W

3

Minter

A.J. Minter

K

27

Sale

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ERA

0.50

López

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HR

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R

133

2nd

SO

177

24th

ERA

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2024 Division Standings

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16 6 .727
Phillies Phillies
15 9 .625 2.0
Mets Mets
12 10 .545 4.0
Nationals Nationals
10 11 .476 5.5
Marlins Marlins
6 19 .240 11.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Fri
4/26
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM

Last Game

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ATL Braves

16-6

5

Final

0

MIA Marlins

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9

Ozuna

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8

Trout

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7

Cruz

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22

García

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22

Perez

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Batting Average Leaders

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Ohtani

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.351

Altuve

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36

Ohtani

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34

Kwan

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34

Betts

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24

Betts

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22

Cruz

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21

Kwan

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OBP Leaders

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.458

Betts

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.432

Soto

Juan Soto

.430

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.677

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.671

Abrams

CJ Abrams

SB Leaders

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12

Cruz

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12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Thomas

Lane Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

4

Berríos

José Berríos

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

39

Jones

Jared Jones

38

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

11.92

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

10.00

Ryan

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9.75

Jones

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Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

3

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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413.3

Betts

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393.9

Cruz

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383

Ohtani

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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Betts

Mookie Betts

297

Cruz

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296

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MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
1-2
Mon
4/22
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
4-1
Mon
4/22
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/23
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM
Tue
4/23
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
7:40 PM
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Tue
4/23
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
7:45 PM
Tue
4/23
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM