The Cardinals smashed four home runs in each half of a twi-night doubleheader and swept over the Braves, 9-5 and 5-4, with the second game going 10 innings. Lou Brock set the tenor for the Cards' slugging by leading off the lidlifter with a homer on the first pitch thrown by Eddie Solomon. Bernie Carbo, Mike Phillips and Jerry Mumphrey joined in the attack, each hitting his first homer of the season in the Cardinals' four-run sixth. The Braves had a three-run triple by Rowland Office.

The Cards continued their slugging in the nightcap with two round-trippers by Garry Templeton and one each by Ken Reitz and Mike Tyson. Templeton smashed his second homer for the winning run in the 10th inning. [The Sporting News]



St. Louis Cardinals 9, Atlanta Braves 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, July      6, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Cardinals    1  1  1    0  1  4    0  1  0  -   9 13  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  0  -   5  8  2


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   2   1   1     0   0   .348      Royster 3b            5   1   3   0     0   0   .275
Mumphrey cf           5   3   3   1     0   1   .270      Matthews rf           4   1   0   1     1   1   .299
Oberkfell 2b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .302      Office cf             5   1   3   3     0   0   .273
Iorg 1b               5   0   2   1     0   2   .276      Horner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .317
Kennedy c             4   0   1   1     1   0   .290      Burroughs lf          3   0   0   1     1   1   .232
Carbo rf              5   1   2   1     0   1   .208      Nolan c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Reitz 3b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .280      Hubbard 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .224
Phillips ss           3   1   1   2     0   0   .304      Frias ss              4   1   1   0     0   1   .289
Denny p               4   0   0   0     0   0   .119      Solomon p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .148
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lum ph              1   1   0   0     0   0   .235
                                                            B. McLaughlin p     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pocoroba ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .333

Totals               40   9  13   8     1   5             Totals               35   5   8   5     4   6

Time of Game: 2:25
Left on Base: Cardinals 6, Braves 7
DP: Cardinals 1, Braves 1
Errors: Phillips, Matthews, Frias
Doubles: Iorg (5)
Triples: Office (1)
Home Runs: Brock (5), Carbo (1), Phillips (1), Mumphrey (1)
Stolen Bases: Mumphrey (3)
Caught Stealing: Royster (6)
GIDP: Phillips (3)
Hit by Pitch: Phillips (1,by Solomon)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny W(4-6)            7     6   5   3   3   5   0  30   4.93
Littell                 2     2   0   0   1   1   0   9   2.72
Totals                  9     8   5   3   4   6   0  39

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Solomon L(4-4)          5.1  10   8   6   1   3   3  29   4.81
Devine                  2.2   3   1   1   0   0   1  10   2.62
B. McLaughlin           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   4.70
Totals                  9    13   9   7   1   5   4  42

Hit by Pitch: Solomon (4)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Dave Pallone, 3B - Bob Engel


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock homered; Mumphrey flied out to center;
Oberkfell flied out to left; Iorg struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster singled to center; Matthews flied out to
right; Office singled to center [Royster to second]; Horner
struck out while Royster was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Kennedy flied out to center; Carbo homered; Reitz
flied out to center; Phillips was hit by a pitch; Denny grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 2,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs walked; Nolan grounded out (first
unassisted) [Burroughs to second]; Hubbard walked; Frias struck
out; Solomon grounded out (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Brock popped to catcher; Mumphrey struck out;
Oberkfell singled to third; Iorg singled to right [Oberkfell to
third]; Kennedy singled to right [Oberkfell scored, Iorg to
third]; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Royster flied out to left; Matthews struck out;
Office singled to right; Horner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 3, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz struck out; Phillips flied out to center;
Denny grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs struck out; Nolan flied out to center;
Hubbard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Mumphrey
singled to center; Mumphrey stole second; Oberkfell grounded out
(second to first) [Mumphrey to third]; Iorg doubled to right
[Mumphrey scored]; Kennedy walked; Carbo flied out to left; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Frias grounded out (second to first); Solomon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Royster grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 4, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Reitz singled to center; Phillips homered [Reitz
scored]; Denny grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock reached
on an error by Frias [Brock to first]; Mumphrey singled to
center [Brock to second]; DEVINE REPLACED SOLOMON (PITCHING);
Oberkfell singled to right [Brock scored (unearned), Mumphrey
scored (error by Matthews) (unearned) (no RBI), Oberkfell to
third]; Iorg grounded out (second to first); Kennedy flied out
to center; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Matthews popped to third; Office grounded out (first
to pitcher); Horner grounded out (third to shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: Carbo singled to left; Reitz popped to second;
Phillips grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 8,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Nolan
flied out to center; Hubbard grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 8, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 8TH: Denny made an out to first; Brock grounded out
(second to first); Mumphrey homered; Oberkfell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Braves
0.

BRAVES 8TH: Frias singled to left; LUM BATTED FOR DEVINE; Lum
reached on an error by Phillips [Frias to second, Lum to first];
On a bunt Royster singled to first [Frias to third, Lum to
second]; Matthews walked [Frias scored, Lum to third, Royster to
second]; Office tripled to right [Lum scored (unearned), Royster
scored, Matthews scored]; LITTELL REPLACED DENNY (PITCHING);
Horner struck out; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Office scored (unearned)]; Nolan singled to right; Hubbard
popped to third; 5 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 9,
Braves 5.

CARDINALS 9TH: B. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Iorg
struck out; Kennedy grounded out (first to pitcher); Carbo
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 9, Braves 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Frias grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
POCOROBA BATTED FOR B. MCLAUGHLIN; Pocoroba walked; Royster
singled to right [Pocoroba to second]; Matthews popped to first;
Office made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 9,
Braves 5.