The Atlanta Braves couldn't keep up with the New York Mets, 6 to 3, on August 16, 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves

Final

NYM

Mets

51-66

6

ATL

Braves

47-75

3

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

5

2

9

0

0

R

6

3

H

8

12

E

0

1

Top 5th

NYM

ATL

Mets

Home run by Jose Cardenal.

1

0

Bottom 5th

NYM

ATL

Braves

Single by Jeff Burroughs; Jerry Royster scored.

1

1

Top 8th

NYM

ATL

Mets

Single by Alex Trevino; Error by Barry Bonnell; Gil Flores and Frank Taveras scored.

3

1

Mets

Sacrifice hit by John Stearns; Alex Trevino scored.

4

1

Mets

Double by Joel Youngblood; Lee Mazzilli and John Stearns scored.

6

1

Bottom 8th

NYM

ATL

Braves

Bruce Benedict grounded out; Dale Murphy scored.

6

2

Braves

Single by Jerry Royster; Barry Bonnell scored.

6

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Taveras SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Alex Trevino C 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee Mazzilli CF 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
John Stearns 3B 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Sergio Ferrer 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Youngblood LF 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jose Cardenal 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Dan Norman RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Glynn P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neil Allen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Flynn 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pete Falcone P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gil Flores PH,RF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 5 1 2 5 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Falcone (W) 7.0 7 1 1 4 1 0
Ed Glynn 0.0 2 2 2 1 0 0
Neil Allen (S) 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 9.0 12 3 3 5 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 2B 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
Gary Matthews RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Jeff Burroughs LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Bob Horner 3B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dale Murphy 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Barry Bonnell CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rowland Office PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pepe Frias SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bruce Benedict C 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Phil Niekro P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 38 3 12 3 0 5 4 1 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Niekro (L) 8.0 8 6 6 2 5 1
Gene Garber 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 6 6 2 5 1

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More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI

31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

AVG

.344

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

K

33

Sale

Chris Sale

ERA

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

Team Rankings

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HR

29

7th

R

143

3rd

SO

195

28th

ERA

3.73

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
18 6 .750
Phillies Phillies
17 10 .630 2.5
Mets Mets
13 12 .520 5.5
Nationals Nationals
11 14 .440 7.5
Marlins Marlins
6 21 .222 13.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Tue
4/30
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
3:40 PM

Last Game

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ATL Braves

18-6

6

Final

2

Fri 26 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
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM