Dale Murphy took over the league lead in homers with his eighth of the season, smashing a drive with a man on base in the third inning when the Braves scored four runs en route to a 7-2 victory over the Cubs.

With two out, Jerry Royster and Gary Matthews singled and both scored on a double by Jeff Burroughs and an error by third baseman Steve Ontiveros, who bobbled the throw from the outfield. Murphy followed with his homer, giving him one more than Dave Kingman of the Cubs. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 7, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Saturday, April     28, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Cubs         1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  3
Braves       0  0  4    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   7  9  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           4   1   2   0     0   1   .221      Royster 3b            3   1   1   0     2   0   .333
Murcer rf             3   0   2   1     1   0   .268      Matthews rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Buckner 1b            4   0   0   1     0   0   .197      Burroughs lf          3   1   1   1     1   1   .266
Kingman lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .276        Office pr,cf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .231
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Murphy c              3   2   1   2     1   1   .328
Martin cf             4   0   3   0     0   0   .244      Lum 1b                4   0   1   2     0   0   .258
Foote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .173      Bonnell cf,lf         4   1   2   0     0   1   .343
Sizemore 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .264      Hubbard 2b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .216
Reuschel p            0   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Frias ss              4   0   0   1     0   1   .268
  Thompson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .355      Matula p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .125
  Burris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               32   2   9   2     3   2             Totals               32   7   9   6     5   8

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 18,785
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Braves 6
DP: Cubs 2, Braves 3
Errors: Ontiveros, Sizemore 2
Doubles: De Jesus (5), Burroughs (3), Lum (4)
Home Runs: Murphy (8)
Stolen Bases: Buckner (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel (1)
GIDP: Sizemore (2), Buckner (1), Burroughs (2), Matthews (2)
Hit by Pitch: De Jesus (1,by Matula)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel L(1-3)         6     7   5   5   3   6   1  27   3.86
Burris                  2     2   2   2   2   2   0  10   7.59
Totals                  8     9   7   7   5   8   1  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matula W(2-2)           6.1   8   2   2   3   2   0  29   3.60
Garber SV(4)            2.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   4.42
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   2   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Matula (1)

Umpires: HP - Hank Rountree, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Andy Anderson, 3B - Ed Norris


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus singled; Murcer singled [De Jesus to third];
Buckner forced Murcer (second to shortstop) [De Jesus scored];
Buckner stole second; Kingman struck out; Ontiveros grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Matthews forced Royster (right to
shortstop); Burroughs grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 0.

CUBS 2ND: Martin singled; Foote popped to shortstop; Sizemore
walked [Martin to second]; Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Martin to third, Sizemore to second]; De
Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Lum grounded
out (second to first); Bonnell singled; Hubbard struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 0.

CUBS 3RD: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Buckner
grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman singled; Ontiveros
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Frias grounded out (pitcher to first); Matula struck
out; Royster singled; Matthews singled [Royster to second];
Burroughs doubled [Royster scored, Matthews scored (error by
Ontiveros), Burroughs to third]; Murphy homered [Burroughs
scored]; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 4.

CUBS 4TH: Martin singled; Foote popped to shortstop; Sizemore
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Martin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Bonnell singled; Hubbard singled [Bonnell to third];
Frias reached on an error by Sizemore [Bonnell scored, Hubbard
to second, Frias to first]; Matula struck out; Royster walked
[Hubbard to third, Frias to second]; Matthews grounded into a
double play (first to catcher to third) [Hubbard out at home,
Frias out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Braves 5.

CUBS 5TH: Reuschel walked; De Jesus was hit by a pitch [Reuschel
to second]; Murcer singled [Reuschel scored, De Jesus to
second]; Buckner grounded into a double play (first to shortstop
to pitcher) [De Jesus to third, Murcer out at second]; Kingman
flied out to right; Cubs Manager Herman Franks ejected by 2B
umpire Andy Anderson, who ruled that Gary Matthews caught Dave
Kingman's fly ball; Franks protested the game; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 5.

BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs struck out; Murphy struck out (catcher to
first); Lum flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Braves 5.

CUBS 6TH: Ontiveros flied out to center; Martin singled; Foote
made an out to shortstop; Sizemore forced Martin (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Bonnell made an out to second; Hubbard walked; Frias
forced Hubbard (second to shortstop) [Frias to first (error by
Sizemore)]; Matula was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 5.

CUBS 7TH: THOMPSON BATTED FOR REUSCHEL; Thompson flied out to
left; De Jesus doubled; Murcer walked; GARBER REPLACED MATULA
(PITCHING); Buckner lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [De Jesus out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Braves 5.

BRAVES 7TH: BURRIS REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Royster flied
out to right; Matthews flied out to right; Burroughs walked;
OFFICE RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Murphy walked [Office to second]; Lum
doubled [Office scored, Murphy scored]; Bonnell struck out; 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 7.

CUBS 8TH: OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BONNELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Kingman grounded out (third to first);
Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Martin grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 7.

BRAVES 8TH: Hubbard flied out to right; Frias struck out; Garber
singled; Royster flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
2, Braves 7.

CUBS 9TH: Foote flied out to right; Sizemore singled; BIITTNER
BATTED FOR BURRIS; Biittner grounded out (first unassisted)
[Sizemore to second]; De Jesus flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Braves 7.