The Chicago Cubs came up just a bit short against the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 to 4, on August 5, 1979.

1979 Chicago Cubs

Final

CHC

Cubs

57-49

4

1

0

0

2

2

0

3

1

0

4

0

2

5

1

0

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

0

2

9

0

0

R

5

4

H

9

9

E

1

1

Top 2nd

STL

CHC

Cardinals

Home run by Tony Scott; George Hendrick scored.

2

0

Top 3rd

STL

CHC

Cardinals

Keith Hernandez grounded out; Garry Templeton scored.

3

0

Bottom 4th

STL

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Jerry Martin; Larry Biittner scored.

3

2

Top 5th

STL

CHC

Cardinals

Single by Jerry Mumphrey; Mike Tyson scored.

4

2

Top 7th

STL

CHC

Cardinals

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Mumphrey; Ken Reitz scored.

5

2

Bottom 8th

STL

CHC

Cubs

Double by Bill Buckner; Scot Thompson scored.

5

3

Cubs

Single by Larry Biittner; Bill Buckner scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Garry Templeton SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jerry Mumphrey LF 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Keith Hernandez 1B 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Simmons C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Hendrick RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mark Littell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Scott CF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Ken Reitz 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Tyson 2B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Bob Forsch P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bernie Carbo RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5 1 3 2 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Forsch (W) 7.2 9 4 4 1 1 1
Mark Littell (S) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 2 1 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scot Thompson RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Buckner 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry Biittner LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Miguel Dilone PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn McGlothen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Martin CF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Barry Foote C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Steve Dillard 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Kingman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mick Kelleher 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Ontiveros PH,3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ken Holtzman P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Sizemore PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Caudill P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Henderson PH,LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 4 9 4 1 2 1 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ken Holtzman (L) 5.0 7 4 4 1 0 1
Bill Caudill 3.0 0 1 0 2 1 0
Lynn McGlothen 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 4 3 2 1

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0 0
Reds Reds
0 0
Pirates Pirates
0 0
Cardinals Cardinals
0 0
Brewers Brewers
0 0

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Sat
3/30
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:05 PM
Sun
3/31
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Mon
4/1
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Tue
4/2
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM

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1-1

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1-1

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1-1

Dodgers

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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

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
15-11
Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
4:10 PM