The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves, 9 to 3, on May 5, 1979.

Final

Braves

8-16

3

Cubs

11-10

9

ATL

CHC

1

0

4

2

0

1

3

0

2

4

0

5

0

2

6

0

7

3

0

8

0

9

0

R

3

9

H

8

10

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

ATL

CHC

Home run by Ivan De Jesus.

0

1

Home run by Jerry Martin; Bill Buckner and Steve Ontiveros scored.

0

4

Bottom 2nd

ATL

CHC

Double by Bill Buckner; Ted Sizemore scored.

0

5

Bottom 3rd

ATL

CHC

Home run by Barry Foote.

0

6

Triple by Ivan De Jesus; Ted Sizemore scored.

0

7

Bottom 5th

ATL

CHC

Home run by Bobby Murcer; Ivan De Jesus scored.

0

9

Top 7th

ATL

CHC

Home run by Glenn Hubbard; Dale Murphy and Mike Lum scored.

3

9

Braves

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	TB
Jerry Royster 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Gary Matthews RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jeff Burroughs LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dale Murphy C	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
Joe Nolan C	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Mike Lum 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Barry Bonnell CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Hubbard 2B	3	1	1	3	1	0	4
Pepe Frias SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Niekro P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank LaCorte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Mahler P	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Rowland Office PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Craig Skok P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	3	8	3	1	2	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Phil Niekro (L)	2.2	7	7	4	2	1	3
Frank LaCorte	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0
Rick Mahler	3.0	2	2	2	2	1	1
Craig Skok	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.0	10	9	6	6	3	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	4	2	3	2	1	1	0	0	8
Bobby Murcer RF	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4
Bill Buckner 1B	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	2
Dave Kingman LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	2
Jerry Martin CF	5	1	1	3	1	0	1	0	4
Barry Foote C	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Ted Sizemore 2B	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dennis Lamp P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	9	10	9	4	6	3	1	25

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Lamp (W)	9.0	8	3	3	0	2	1
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	0	2	1

Explore

More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

28

6th

R

133

7th

SO

217

17th

ERA

3.82

12th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	16	8	.667
Cubs	16	9	.640	0.5
Reds	14	11	.560	2.5
Pirates	13	13	.500	4.0
Cardinals	11	14	.440	5.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Mon 4/29	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Tue 4/30	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

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