The Chicago Cubs managed to stay ahead of the Atlanta Braves, 14 to 13, on May 6, 1979.

1979 Chicago Cubs

Final

ATL

13

CHC

Cubs

12-10

14

1

2

0

2

3

6

3

3

2

4

0

2

5

1

2

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

2

1

R

13

14

H

17

18

E

2

0

Top 1st

ATL

CHC

Braves

Single by Dale Murphy; Jerry Royster scored.

1

0

Braves

Double by Joe Nolan; Rowland Office scored.

2

0

Top 2nd

ATL

CHC

Braves

Home run by Rowland Office; Larry McWilliams and Jerry Royster scored.

5

0

Bottom 2nd

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Jerry Martin grounded out; Error by Glenn Hubbard; Dave Kingman scored.

5

1

Cubs

Wild pitchSome( by Larry McWilliams); Jerry Martin scored.

5

2

Cubs

Single by Ivan De Jesus; Ted Sizemore and Ray Burris scored.

5

4

Cubs

Home run by Mike Vail; Ivan De Jesus scored.

5

6

Top 3rd

ATL

CHC

Braves

Double by Pepe Frias; Charlie Spikes and Glenn Hubbard scored.

7

6

Braves

Sacrifice fly by Larry McWilliams; Pepe Frias scored.

8

6

Bottom 3rd

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Single by Barry Foote; Dave Kingman scored.

8

7

Cubs

Single by Ted Sizemore; Steve Ontiveros scored.

8

8

Bottom 4th

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Single by Steve Ontiveros; Bill Buckner scored.

8

9

Cubs

Single by Jerry Martin; Dave Kingman scored.

8

10

Top 5th

ATL

CHC

Braves

Single by Pepe Frias; Glenn Hubbard scored.

9

10

Bottom 5th

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Mike Vail; Ivan De Jesus scored.

9

12

Top 6th

ATL

CHC

Braves

Sacrifice fly by Dale Murphy; Gary Matthews scored.

10

12

Braves

Double by Glenn Hubbard; Joe Nolan scored.

11

12

Bottom 8th

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Bill Buckner.

11

13

Top 9th

ATL

CHC

Braves

Single by Pepe Frias; Joe Nolan scored.

12

13

Braves

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Royster; Glenn Hubbard scored.

13

13

Bottom 9th

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Single by Scot Thompson; Tim Blackwell scored.

13

14

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 3B 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rowland Office CF 6 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
Gary Matthews RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Dale Murphy 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Charlie Spikes LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Nolan C 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Glenn Hubbard 2B 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Pepe Frias SS 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 4
Larry McWilliams P 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Craig Skok P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Burroughs PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Garber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 17 13 1 4 4 1 1 28

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry McWilliams 2.1 7 8 8 2 1 1
Craig Skok 3.2 7 4 4 1 0 1
Gene Garber (L) 2.1 4 2 2 0 2 1
Totals 8.1 18 14 14 3 3 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Mike Vail RF 5 2 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 9
Bill Buckner 1B 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Dave Kingman LF 4 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Steve Ontiveros 3B 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Jerry Martin CF 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Barry Foote C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Blackwell C 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ted Sizemore 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rick Reuschel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Burris P 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Gene Clines PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Moore P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn McGlothen P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scot Thompson PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 42 14 18 13 3 3 3 0 0 31

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Reuschel 1.1 7 5 5 1 0 1
Ray Burris 1.2 2 3 3 1 1 0
Donnie Moore 2.2 5 3 3 2 1 0
Lynn McGlothen 2.1 2 2 2 0 1 0
Bruce Sutter (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 17 13 13 4 4 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Busch

Michael Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

Cody Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Seiya Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

Jordan Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Team Rankings

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HR

27

7th

R

130

5th

SO

211

18th

ERA

3.94

16th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
15 8 .652
Cubs Cubs
15 9 .625 0.5
Reds Reds
14 10 .583 1.5
Pirates Pirates
13 12 .520 3.0
Cardinals Cardinals
11 14 .440 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM
Sun
4/28
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Mon
4/29
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

Last Game

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CHC Cubs

15-9

4

Final

3

HOU Astros

7-18

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM