The Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros, 7 to 5, on May 21, 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves

Final

HOU

Astros

23-20

5

ATL

Braves

14-25

7

HOU

ATL

1

4

0

2

0

0

3

0

2

4

0

1

5

0

3

6

0

0

7

1

1

8

0

0

9

0

R

5

7

H

5

13

E

2

1

Top 1st

HOU

ATL

Astros

Home run by Terry Puhl.

1

0

Astros

Passed ball; Julio Gonzalez scored.

2

0

Astros

Enos Cabell struck out; Error by Dale Murphy; Cesar Cedeno scored.

3

0

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Bob Watson; Jose Cruz scored.

4

0

Bottom 3rd

HOU

ATL

Braves

Home run by Gary Matthews; Jerry Royster scored.

4

2

Bottom 4th

HOU

ATL

Braves

Double by Pepe Frias; Glenn Hubbard scored.

4

3

Bottom 5th

HOU

ATL

Braves

Home run by Bob Horner; Gary Matthews and Jeff Burroughs scored.

4

6

Top 7th

HOU

ATL

Astros

Cesar Cedeno walked; Rafael Landestoy scored.

5

6

Bottom 7th

HOU

ATL

Braves

Double by Rowland Office; Darrel Chaney scored.

5

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl RF 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 5
Julio Gonzalez SS 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joaquin Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno CF 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
Jose Cruz LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Enos Cabell 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Bob Watson 1B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Art Howe 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Ashby C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Dixon P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jimmy Sexton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bo McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy PH,SS 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 5 3 1 8 3 3 1 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Dixon 4.0 7 3 3 1 0 1
Bo McLaughlin (L) 2.0 4 3 2 0 3 1
Joaquin Andujar 2.0 2 1 0 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 13 7 5 2 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 3B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gary Matthews RF 5 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
Jeff Burroughs LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Barry Bonnell LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murphy C 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Bob Horner 1B 4 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
Darrel Chaney PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Garber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rowland Office CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Glenn Hubbard 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pepe Frias SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Phil Niekro P 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Craig Skok P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Lum 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 37 7 13 7 2 2 3 0 0 24

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Niekro (W) 6.2 5 5 4 7 3 1
Craig Skok 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Garber (S) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 5 5 4 8 3 1

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HR

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI

31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

AVG

.344

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

K

33

Sale

Chris Sale

ERA

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

143

3rd

SO

195

28th

ERA

3.73

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
18 6 .750
Phillies Phillies
17 10 .630 2.5
Mets Mets
13 12 .520 5.5
Nationals Nationals
11 14 .440 7.5
Marlins Marlins
6 21 .222 13.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Tue
4/30
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
3:40 PM

Last Game

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ATL Braves

18-6

6

Final

2

CLE Guardians

18-8

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MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

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25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

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37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

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24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

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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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM