The Chicago Cubs handily defeated the Atlanta Braves, 6 to 2, on May 4, 1979.

Final

Braves

8-15

2

Cubs

10-10

6

ATL

CHC

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

1

0

5

0

3

6

1

0

7

0

3

8

0

9

0

R

2

6

H

9

8

E

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 4th

ATL

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Pepe Frias; Error by Dave Kingman; Mike Lum scored.

1

0

Bottom 5th

ATL

CHC

Single by Bobby Murcer; Barry Foote scored.

1

Double by Bill Buckner; Error by Jerry Royster; Ivan De Jesus and Bobby Murcer scored.

1

3

Top 6th

ATL

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Royster; Glenn Hubbard scored.

2

3

Bottom 7th

ATL

CHC

Steve Ontiveros grounded out; Bobby Murcer scored.

2

4

Single by Jerry Martin; Bill Buckner and Dave Kingman scored.

2

6

Braves

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Jerry Royster 3B	4	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
Gary Matthews RF	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
Jeff Burroughs LF	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Dale Murphy C	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Lum 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Barry Bonnell CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
Glenn Hubbard 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Pepe Frias SS	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	3
Rick Matula P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rowland Office PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Adrian Devine P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Skok P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Garber P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Nolan PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Solomon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	2	9	2	5	9	2	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rick Matula (L)	5.0	4	3	3	3	2
Adrian Devine	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Craig Skok	0.1	1	3	3	2	0
Gene Garber	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Solomon	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Totals	8.0	8	6	6	7	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	4	1	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Murcer RF	2	2	1	1	3	0	1
Sam Mejias PR,RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Buckner 1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	3
Dave Kingman LF	2	1	0	0	2	2	0
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	2
Jerry Martin CF	4	0	1	2	0	0	1
Barry Foote C	4	1	1	0	0	0	2
Ted Sizemore 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Krukow P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scot Thompson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn McGlothen P	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Totals	32	6	8	5	7	2	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Mike Krukow (W)	6.0	6	2	2	5	7
Lynn McGlothen (S)	3.0	3	0	0	0	2
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	5	9

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More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Busch

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Imanaga

K

28

Imanaga

ERA

0.98

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

28

13th

R

140

6th

SO

232

15th

ERA

4.23

22nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	17	9	.654
Cubs	17	10	.630	0.5
Reds	15	12	.556	2.5
Pirates	13	14	.481	4.5
Cardinals	13	14	.481	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Mon 4/29	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Tue 4/30	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 5/1	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Thu 5/2	CHC	@	NYM	1:10 PM

Last Game

Red Sox

15-13

17

Final

0

Cubs

17-10

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