The Atlanta Braves lost to the Chicago Cubs, 7 to 4, on July 9, 1979.

Final

Cubs

44-36

7

Braves

37-50

4

CHC

ATL

1

4

0

2

1

0

3

0

3

4

0

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

9

0

R

7

4

H

15

8

E

2

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

CHC

ATL

Single by Jerry Martin; Ivan De Jesus scored.

1

0

Larry Biittner grounded out; Scot Thompson scored.

2

0

Home run by Steve Ontiveros; Larry Biittner scored.

4

0

Top 2nd

CHC

ATL

Scot Thompson grounded out; Ted Sizemore scored.

5

0

Bottom 3rd

CHC

ATL

Double by Gary Matthews; Jerry Royster scored.

5

1

Single by Pepe Frias; Gary Matthews and Bob Horner scored.

5

3

Top 5th

CHC

ATL

Double by Larry Biittner; Jerry Martin scored.

6

3

Double by Steve Ontiveros; Larry Biittner scored.

7

3

Bottom 6th

CHC

ATL

Gary Matthews ground ball; Error by Ivan De Jesus; Biff Pocoroba scored.

7

4

Cubs

Braves

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Scot Thompson RF	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
Bill Buckner 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Martin CF	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	4
Larry Biittner LF	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	3
Ken Henderson PH,LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Ontiveros 3B	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	6
Mick Kelleher PR,3B	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Barry Foote C	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Ted Sizemore 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Bill Caudill P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Vail PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Donnie Moore P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Sutter P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	41	7	15	7	1	3	5	23

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Bill Caudill	2.2	4	3	3	2	3
Dick Tidrow (W)	3.1	2	1	0	2	0
Donnie Moore	0.2	2	0	0	0	1
Bruce Sutter (S)	2.1	0	0	0	1	4
Totals	9.0	8	4	3	5	8

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Jerry Royster 2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	2
Gary Matthews RF	5	1	1	1	0	1	2
Rowland Office CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Horner 3B	4	1	1	0	1	1	1
Jeff Burroughs LF	3	0	0	0	1	3	0
Mike Lum 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	1
Pepe Frias SS	4	0	2	2	0	0	2
Bruce Benedict C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Nolan PH,C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Phil Niekro P	2	0	1	0	0	1	1
Biff Pocoroba PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Bo McLaughlin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Spikes PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Skok P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	4	8	3	5	8	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Phil Niekro (L)	6.0	11	7	3	2	3	1
Bo McLaughlin	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0
Craig Skok	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	15	7	3	3	5	1

Explore

More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

12

Ozuna

RBI

38

Ozuna

AVG

.313

Ozuna

Team Pitching Leaders

W

5

Sale

K

52

Sale

ERA

1.45

Lee

Team Rankings

HR

39

14th

R

176

13th

SO

299

25th

ERA

3.52

9th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Phillies	27	12	.692
Braves	23	12	.657	2.0
Nationals	19	18	.514	7.0
Mets	18	19	.486	8.0
Marlins	10	30	.250	17.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 5/11	ATL	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sun 5/12	ATL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Mon 5/13	CHC	@	ATL	7:20 PM
Tue 5/14	CHC	@	ATL	7:20 PM
Wed 5/15	CHC	@	ATL	7:20 PM

Last Game

Mets

18-19

2

Final

4

Braves

23-12

Fri 10 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

12

Tucker

12

Ozuna

11

Henderson

RBI Leaders

38

Ozuna

33

Soto

33

Ramírez

Batting Average Leaders

.355

Ohtani

.353

Kwan

.346

Betts

Hit Leaders

54

Ohtani

53

Betts

51

Contreras

Run Leaders

36

Jr.

35

Contreras

32

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.451

Betts

.429

Soto

.425

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.678

Ohtani

.634

Ozuna

.609

Jeffers

SB Leaders

23

Cruz

16

Turang

15

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

7

Suárez

6

Glasnow

5

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

64

Crochet

63

Wheeler

63

Glasnow

ERA Leaders

1.08

Imanaga

1.50

Suárez

1.53

López

WHIP Leaders

0.72

Suárez

0.75

Cease

0.77

Skubal

K/9 Leaders

12.34

Crochet

12.00

Flaherty

11.64

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Eflin

9.33

Flaherty

9.00

Kirby

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Imanaga

5

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

619.9

Ohtani

586.9

Betts

569.2

Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

475

Ohtani

447

Betts

439

Jr.

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