With two homers, one triple and three doubles among their 15 hits, the Braves knocked off the Cardinals, 10-2, behind the pitching of rookie Tony Brizzolara, who turned in his first major league complete game. Charlie Spikes drove in three runs with a homer in the third inning and added a fourth RBI with a single in the sixth. Gary Matthews also homered for the Braves. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 10, St. Louis Cardinals 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      7, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Cardinals    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  8  0
Braves       0  3  3    1  0  3    0  0  x  -  10 15  0


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Templeton ss          5   0   1   0     0   1   .320      Royster 3b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .276
Brock lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .345      Matthews rf           5   2   2   1     0   1   .305
Scott cf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .285      Office cf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .274
Iorg 1b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .275      Horner 1b             4   1   0   0     1   2   .303
Kennedy c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Nolan c               4   3   3   2     0   1   .298
Carbo rf              2   1   2   1     2   0   .269        Benedict c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Spikes lf             4   1   2   4     0   1   .327
Oberkfell 2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Hubbard 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .231
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Frias ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .291
  Mumphrey ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Brizzolara p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Martinez p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .033
  Hernandez ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .326
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Phillips 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .292

Totals               35   2   8   2     2   6             Totals               38  10  15   9     2   6

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 16,468
Left on Base: Cardinals 8, Braves 7
DP: Cardinals 0, Braves 0
Doubles: Brock (5), Carbo (1), Hubbard 2 (11), Matthews (24)
Triples: Nolan (1)
Home Runs: Spikes (3), Matthews (18)
Stolen Bases: Royster 2 (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Brizzolara (1)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Martinez L(6-3)         3    10   6   6   0   4   1  19   3.25
Knowles                 2.2   5   4   4   2   2   1  15   4.09
McEnaney                2.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.39
Totals                  8    15  10  10   2   6   2  41

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brizzolara W(4-3)       9     8   2   2   2   6   0  37   4.45
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   6   0  37

Balks: Martinez (1)

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


CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton made an out to first; Brock flied out
to center; Scott grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster singled to right; Matthews popped to second;
Office popped to shortstop; Royster stole second; Horner struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Iorg grounded out (second to first); Kennedy
popped to shortstop; Carbo singled to left; Reitz struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Nolan singled to center; Spikes was called out on
strikes; Hubbard doubled to left [Nolan to third]; Frias singled
to left [Nolan scored, Hubbard to third]; Brizzolara struck out;
Martinez balked [Hubbard scored, Frias to second]; Royster
singled to left [Frias scored]; Royster stole second; Matthews
struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 3.

CARDINALS 3RD: Oberkfell made an out to first; Martinez struck
out; Templeton singled to left; Brock doubled [Templeton to
third]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Braves 3.

BRAVES 3RD: Office singled to right; Horner popped to third;
Nolan singled to center [Office to third]; Spikes homered
[Office scored, Nolan scored]; Hubbard singled to left; Frias
singled to center [Hubbard to second]; Brizzolara out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hubbard to third, Frias to
second]; Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 5 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Braves 6.

CARDINALS 4TH: Iorg singled to center; Kennedy forced Iorg
(second to shortstop); Carbo walked [Kennedy to second]; Reitz
singled to center [Kennedy to third, Carbo to second]; Oberkfell
forced Kennedy (first to catcher) [Carbo to third, Reitz to
second]; HERNANDEZ BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Hernandez singled to
center [Carbo scored, Reitz to third, Oberkfell to second];
Templeton struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves
6.

BRAVES 4TH: KNOWLES REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Matthews
homered; Office walked; Horner struck out; Nolan struck out;
Spikes flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1,
Braves 7.

CARDINALS 5TH: Brock grounded out (third to first); Scott
grounded out (shortstop to first); Iorg was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 7.

BRAVES 5TH: Hubbard flied out to center; Frias grounded out
(second to first); Brizzolara grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 7.

CARDINALS 6TH: Kennedy flied out to right; Carbo walked; Reitz
popped to shortstop; Oberkfell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 7.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster flied out to center; Matthews doubled to
right; Office grounded out (second to first) [Matthews to
third]; Horner was walked intentionally; Nolan tripled to center
[Matthews scored, Horner scored]; Spikes singled to center
[Nolan scored]; Hubbard doubled to left [Spikes to third];
MCENANEY REPLACED OBERKFELL (PITCHING); PHILLIPS REPLACED
KNOWLES (PLAYING 2B); Frias flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 1, Braves 10.

CARDINALS 7TH: BENEDICT REPLACED NOLAN (PLAYING C ); Phillips
popped to shortstop; Templeton grounded out (second to first);
Brock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Braves 10.

BRAVES 7TH: Brizzolara flied out to center; Royster popped to
second; Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cardinals 1, Braves 10.

CARDINALS 8TH: Scott singled to right; Iorg was called out on
strikes; Kennedy made an out to first; Carbo doubled to center
[Scott scored]; Reitz flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cardinals 2, Braves 10.

BRAVES 8TH: Office popped to third; Horner grounded out (third
to first); Benedict grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Braves 10.

CARDINALS 9TH: MUMPHREY BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Mumphrey flied out
to center; Phillips grounded out (second to first); Templeton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
2, Braves 10.