The Atlanta Braves won against the Houston Astros, 9 to 4, on September 26, 1979.

1979 Atlanta Braves

Final

HOU

Astros

87-72

4

ATL

Braves

64-93

9

1

0

0

2

0

2

3

0

2

4

0

0

5

1

3

6

0

2

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

2

R

4

9

H

8

12

E

2

2

Bottom 2nd

HOU

ATL

Braves

Double by Phil Niekro; Barry Bonnell and Darrel Chaney scored.

0

2

Bottom 3rd

HOU

ATL

Braves

Single by Gary Matthews; Jerry Royster scored.

0

3

Braves

Single by Barry Bonnell; Gary Matthews scored.

0

4

Top 5th

HOU

ATL

Astros

Art Howe grounded out; Luis Pujols scored.

1

4

Bottom 5th

HOU

ATL

Braves

Single by Barry Bonnell; Bob Horner scored.

1

5

Braves

Single by Phil Niekro; Dale Murphy and Barry Bonnell scored.

1

7

Bottom 6th

HOU

ATL

Braves

Home run by Gary Matthews; Jerry Royster scored.

1

9

Top 8th

HOU

ATL

Astros

Home run by Dave Bergman.

2

9

Top 9th

HOU

ATL

Astros

Single by Rafael Landestoy; Enos Cabell and Denny Walling scored.

4

9

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cruz LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Enos Cabell 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Denny Walling RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Luis Pujols C 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Danny Heep PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy 2B 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Joe Niekro P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Williams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Howe PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Dixon P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Niemann P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Ladd P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Roberge P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Bergman PH 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mike Mendoza P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Ashby PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4 1 1 6 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Niekro (L) 2.1 6 4 4 2 1 0
Rick Williams 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Dixon 0.2 4 3 3 1 1 0
Randy Niemann 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Ladd 1.0 2 2 1 1 1 1
Bert Roberge 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mike Mendoza 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 12 9 8 5 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Eddie Miller CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Royster 2B 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Gary Matthews RF 5 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
Bob Horner 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Dale Murphy 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Barry Bonnell LF 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
Darrel Chaney SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bruce Benedict C 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Phil Niekro P 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 3
Totals 37 9 12 9 1 5 4 1 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Niekro (W) 9.0 8 4 3 1 6 1
Totals 9.0 8 4 3 1 6 1

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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
16 10 .615 3.0
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