The Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets, 7 to 6, on June 2, 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves

Final

NYM

Mets

17-29

6

ATL

Braves

19-32

7

1

4

0

2

0

0

3

1

5

4

0

1

5

1

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

6

7

H

7

14

E

2

1

Top 1st

NYM

ATL

Mets

Willie Montanez walked; Joel Youngblood scored.

1

0

Mets

Steve Henderson grounded out; Error by Pepe Frias; Lee Mazzilli and Richie Hebner scored.

3

0

Mets

Double by Alex Trevino; Willie Montanez scored.

4

0

Top 3rd

NYM

ATL

Mets

Home run by Richie Hebner.

5

0

Bottom 3rd

NYM

ATL

Braves

Jerry Royster grounded out; Darrel Chaney scored.

5

1

Braves

Home run by Bob Horner; Phil Niekro scored.

5

3

Braves

Home run by Barry Bonnell; Jeff Burroughs scored.

5

5

Bottom 4th

NYM

ATL

Braves

Single by Gary Matthews; Jerry Royster scored.

5

6

Top 5th

NYM

ATL

Mets

Richie Hebner grounded out; Frank Taveras scored.

6

6

Bottom 8th

NYM

ATL

Braves

Single by Jeff Burroughs; Gary Matthews scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Joel Youngblood RF,2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Taveras SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Hodges PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Mazzilli CF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Richie Hebner 3B 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
Willie Montanez 1B 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
Steve Henderson LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Alex Trevino C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Doug Flynn 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dale Murray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Falcone P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Scott P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Twitchell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Kranepool PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Glynn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Boisclair RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 4 1 3 6 2 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Falcone 2.2 6 5 5 1 3 2
Mike Scott 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Wayne Twitchell 1.1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Ed Glynn (L) 2.2 5 1 1 2 3 0
Dale Murray 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 14 7 7 4 7 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1
Gary Matthews RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Bob Horner 1B 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 7
Jeff Burroughs LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rowland Office PR,CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Bonnell CF,LF 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Glenn Hubbard 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bruce Benedict C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Pepe Frias SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrel Chaney SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Phil Niekro P 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Charlie Spikes PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gene Garber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 14 7 2 4 7 1 2 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Niekro (W) 8.0 7 6 3 3 6 1
Gene Garber (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 6 3 3 6 1

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
0 0
Phillies Phillies
0 0
Mets Mets
0 0
Nationals Nationals
0 1 .000 0.5
Marlins Marlins
0 1 .000 0.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
3:05 PM
Sat
3/30
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
4:05 PM
Sun
3/31
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
1:35 PM
Mon
4/1
ATL ATL
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Tue
4/2
ATL ATL
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

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MLB 2024 Betting

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
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
1-16
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Fri
3/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
3:05 PM
Fri
3/29
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
3/29
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
3/29
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM