The Philadelphia Phillies couldn't pull it off against the Atlanta Braves, 5 to 4, on August 21, 1979.

1979 Philadelphia Phillies

Final

ATL

Braves

49-78

5

PHI

Phillies

64-61

4

ATL

PHI

1

3

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

1

3

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

5

4

H

9

8

E

0

1

Top 1st

ATL

PHI

Braves

Single by Bob Horner; Gary Matthews scored.

1

0

Braves

Double by Barry Bonnell; Bob Horner and Dale Murphy scored.

3

0

Bottom 1st

ATL

PHI

Phillies

Home run by Bake McBride.

3

1

Top 6th

ATL

PHI

Braves

Single by Pepe Frias; Jeff Burroughs scored.

4

1

Bottom 6th

ATL

PHI

Phillies

Triple by Dave Rader; Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski scored.

4

3

Phillies

Single by Manny Trillo; Dave Rader scored.

4

4

Top 7th

ATL

PHI

Braves

Home run by Gary Matthews.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Matthews RF 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Jeff Burroughs LF 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0
Rowland Office CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Horner 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dale Murphy 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Barry Bonnell CF,LF 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
Pepe Frias SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bruce Benedict C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rick Matula P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Larry Bradford P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Lum PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey McLaughlin P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gene Garber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5 1 4 9 2 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Matula 5.2 8 4 4 2 4 1
Larry Bradford (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey McLaughlin 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Gene Garber (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 5 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bake McBride RF 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Larry Bowa SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Rose 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mike Schmidt 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Greg Luzinski LF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Bud Harrelson PR,2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Maddox CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Rader C 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Manny Trillo 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Greg Gross PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Lerch P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rawly Eastwick P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Del Unser PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4 1 5 5 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Randy Lerch 5.2 5 4 4 3 4 0
Rawly Eastwick (L) 3.1 4 1 1 1 5 1
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 4 9 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Schwarber

Kyle Schwarber

RBI

11

Bohm

Alec Bohm

AVG

.329

Turner

Trea Turner

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K

30

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

ERA

1.73

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

Team Rankings

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HR

21

9th

R

72

22nd

SO

186

3rd

ERA

3.56

7th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
12 5 .706
Phillies Phillies
11 8 .579 2.0
Mets Mets
10 8 .556 2.5
Nationals Nationals
8 10 .444 4.5
Marlins Marlins
4 15 .211 9.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Sat
4/20
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:05 PM
Sun
4/21
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
1:35 PM
Mon
4/22
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Tue
4/23
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM

Last Game

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PHI Phillies

11-8

7

Final

6

COL Rockies

4-15

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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8

Trout

Mike Trout

8

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI Leaders

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23

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

21

Ward

Taylor Ward

20

Jr.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

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.388

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.377

Arcia

Orlando Arcia

.369

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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31

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

31

Betts

Mookie Betts

31

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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22

Betts

Mookie Betts

20

Marte

Ketel Marte

18

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.485

Winker

Jesse Winker

.478

Soto

Juan Soto

.470

Betts

Mookie Betts

SLG Leaders

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.732

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.675

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.667

Busch

Michael Busch

SB Leaders

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9

Turang

Brice Turang

8

Carroll

Corbin Carroll

8

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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3

Peguero

Elvis Peguero

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

3

Miller

Bryce Miller

Strikeout Leaders

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34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

32

Jones

Jared Jones

31

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

ERA Leaders

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0.42

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.50

López

Reynaldo López

0.86

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.68

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.71

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

0.77

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K/9 Leaders

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13.25

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

13.06

Greene

Hunter Greene

12.52

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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16.00

Jones

Jared Jones

14.00

Houck

Tanner Houck

13.00

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

Walk Leaders

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2

Jones

Jared Jones

2

Kirby

George Kirby

2

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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367.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

296.1

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

293

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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277

Betts

Mookie Betts

230

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

221

Trout

Mike Trout

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
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-6
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM