The Atlanta Braves managed to stay ahead of the San Francisco Giants, 5 to 4, on July 5, 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves

Final

SFG

Giants

40-42

4

ATL

Braves

35-47

5

1

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

0

2

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

1

9

0

2

R

4

5

H

8

11

E

0

0

Top 1st

SFG

ATL

Giants

Home run by Larry Herndon.

1

0

Top 2nd

SFG

ATL

Giants

Single by Terry Whitfield; Darrell Evans scored.

2

0

Top 4th

SFG

ATL

Giants

Triple by Johnnie LeMaster; Darrell Evans scored.

3

0

Bottom 5th

SFG

ATL

Braves

Single by Phil Niekro; Jeff Burroughs and Pepe Frias scored.

3

2

Top 8th

SFG

ATL

Giants

Home run by Darrell Evans.

4

2

Bottom 8th

SFG

ATL

Braves

Home run by Bob Horner.

4

3

Bottom 9th

SFG

ATL

Braves

Single by Biff Pocoroba; Glenn Hubbard scored.

4

4

Braves

Single by Rowland Office; Barry Bonnell scored.

4

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Larry Herndon CF 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
Joe Strain 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Clark RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Willie McCovey 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Darrell Evans 3B 5 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 8
Roger Metzger 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Whitfield LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Johnnie LeMaster SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Mike Sadek C 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Whitson P 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Greg Minton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4 2 6 10 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Whitson 7.2 8 3 3 1 5 1
Greg Minton (L) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0
Totals 8.2 11 5 5 2 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Matthews RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rowland Office CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Horner 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
Jeff Burroughs LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mike Lum 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glenn Hubbard PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pepe Frias SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bruce Benedict C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Biff Pocoroba PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Barry Bonnell PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Niekro P 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Joe Nolan PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5 1 2 5 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Niekro (W) 9.0 8 4 4 6 10 2
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 6 10 2

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2
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LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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@
BAL BAL
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Thu
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@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
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@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
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MIA MIA
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Thu
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TBR TBR
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