Posting their fifth straight victory, the Cubs downed the Braves, 7-3. The Cubs got a run-scoring single by Dave Kingman in the first inning and another by Scot Thompson in the second. With two out in the third, Steve Ontiveros was hit by a pitch and Barry Foote followed with a homer. Ivan DeJesus drilled a round-tripper in the fourth and Foote added his second circuit clout of the game in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 7, Atlanta Braves 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 10, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Cubs 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 10 2 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 5 2 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .282 Royster 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Thompson rf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .345 Matthews rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .304 Buckner 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .293 Office cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Kingman lf 4 0 1 2 0 2 .293 Horner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Martin cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Burroughs lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .226 Ontiveros 3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .287 Nolan c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .297 Foote c 4 2 2 3 0 0 .245 Hubbard 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .232 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Frias ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .301 Reuschel p 4 1 0 0 0 3 .061 Solomon p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 J. McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 Lum ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Totals 38 7 10 7 1 8 Totals 34 3 5 2 4 7 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 5,687 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Braves 8 DP: Cubs 0, Braves 0 Errors: Ontiveros 2, Hubbard, Frias Doubles: Frias (14) Home Runs: Foote 2 (10), De Jesus (4) Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (4) Hit by Pitch: Ontiveros (5,by Solomon) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel W(8-5) 8.1 5 3 3 4 5 0 36 3.80 Sutter SV(20) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.24 Totals 9 5 3 3 4 7 0 38 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Solomon L(4-5) 7 7 5 4 1 6 2 32 4.84 J. McLaughlin 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 9 1.52 Totals 9 10 7 6 1 8 3 41 Hit by Pitch: Solomon (5) Wild Pitches: Sutter (4) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Eric Gregg CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (second to first); Thompson singled; Buckner singled [Thompson to second]; Kingman singled [Thompson scored, Buckner to second]; Martin popped to first; Ontiveros grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster made an out to second; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Office walked; Horner reached on an error by Ontiveros [Office to second, Horner to first]; Burroughs forced Horner (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Braves 0. CUBS 2ND: Foote grounded out (third to first); Sizemore reached on an error by Frias [Sizemore to first]; Reuschel forced Sizemore; De Jesus singled [Reuschel to second]; Thompson singled [Reuschel scored (unearned), De Jesus to second]; Buckner flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Nolan grounded out (second to first); Hubbard grounded out (third to first); Frias struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Braves 0. CUBS 3RD: Kingman grounded out (second to first); Martin struck out; Ontiveros was hit by a pitch; Foote homered [Ontiveros scored]; Sizemore grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Solomon struck out; Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews singled; Office grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 4, Braves 0. CUBS 4TH: Reuschel struck out; De Jesus homered; Thompson walked; Buckner popped to third in foul territory; Kingman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Horner made an out to third; Burroughs struck out; Nolan walked; Hubbard grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. CUBS 5TH: Martin grounded out (pitcher to first); Ontiveros lined to third; Foote reached on an error by Hubbard [Foote to first]; Sizemore grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Frias grounded out (shortstop to first); Solomon grounded out (first to pitcher); Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. CUBS 6TH: Reuschel struck out; De Jesus lined to second; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: Matthews grounded out (second to first); Office flied out to left; Horner reached on an error by Ontiveros [Horner to first]; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. CUBS 7TH: Buckner struck out; Kingman struck out; Martin made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. BRAVES 7TH: Nolan grounded out (second to first); Hubbard flied out to center; Frias singled; POCOROBA BATTED FOR SOLOMON; Pocoroba forced Frias (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Braves 0. CUBS 8TH: J. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED POCOROBA (PITCHING); Ontiveros struck out; Foote homered; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Reuschel struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 6, Braves 0. BRAVES 8TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews struck out; Office grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 6, Braves 0. CUBS 9TH: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson singled; Buckner singled [Thompson to third]; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thompson scored]; Martin popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 7, Braves 0. BRAVES 9TH: Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs walked; Nolan singled [Burroughs to second]; Hubbard singled [Burroughs scored, Nolan to second]; Frias doubled [Nolan scored, Hubbard to third]; LUM BATTED FOR J. MCLAUGHLIN; Lum walked; SUTTER REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Royster struck out; Sutter threw a wild pitch [Hubbard scored, Frias to third, Lum to second]; Matthews struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 7, Braves 3.

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