A bases-loaded triple by Barry Bonnell highlighted an eight-run outburst in the seventh inning as the Braves thumped the Cardinals, 13-4. The Braves trailed, 4-3, going into the seventh, when George Frazier came on to pitch for the Redbirds.

Consecutive singles by Gary Matthews, Rowland Office and Bob Horner tied the score and brought on the exit of Frazier and entrance of Mark Littell, who walked Dale Murphy to load the bases. Bonnell then cleared the sacks with his triple. A single by Joe Nolan plated Bonnell. Other runs followed on an error by Card second baseman Ken Oberkfell, single by Jerry Royster and double by Horner. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 13, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      25, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  3    8  2  0  -  13 17  3
Cardinals    0  1  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 2b            6   1   2   1     0   1   .266      Templeton ss          3   1   2   0     1   0   .324
  Hubbard 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Kennedy c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Matthews rf           6   1   2   0     0   1   .311      Brock lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .319
Office cf             2   1   2   0     3   0   .271        Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Horner 3b             6   1   2   2     0   1   .323        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Murphy 1b             5   2   1   0     1   1   .326        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Spikes lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .318        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Bonnell lf          4   2   2   3     0   1   .246        Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Nolan c               4   3   3   1     1   1   .270      Hernandez 1b          5   1   1   0     0   0   .318
  Benedict c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .322
Frias ss              5   2   3   3     0   0   .294        Phillips ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Chaney ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .105      Hendrick rf           3   1   1   2     1   1   .316
Matula p              1   0   0   0     1   0   .057      Scott cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .272
  Lum ph              1   0   0   1     0   0   .227      Reitz 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .281
  J. McLaughlin p     2   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Oberkfell 2b          3   0   2   1     1   0   .325
                                                          Denny p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .109
                                                            Mumphrey ph,lf      1   0   1   0     1   0   .291

Totals               44  13  17  11     6   7             Totals               33   4  10   4     6   2

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 12,590
Left on Base: Braves 11, Cardinals 9
DP: Braves 3, Cardinals 1
Errors: Murphy, Spikes, Frias, Scott, Oberkfell
Doubles: Horner (11), Frias (17)
Triples: Frias (2), Bonnell (3)
Stolen Bases: Templeton (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Denny (4)
GIDP: Hernandez (6), Brock (3), Kennedy (2)
Hit by Pitch: Office (2,by McEnaney)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matula                  5     9   4   3   4   2   0  26   3.53
J. McLaughlin W(3-1)    4     1   0   0   2   0   0  14   1.57
Totals                  9    10   4   3   6   2   0  40

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   6     6   3   3   4   7   0  28   4.87
Frazier L(1-2)          0     3   3   3   0   0   0   3   5.14
Littell                 0     3   4   3   1   0   0   4   3.25
McEnaney                2     5   3   2   0   0   0  12   3.10
Thomas                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.80
Totals                  9    17  13  11   6   7   0  51

Hit by Pitch: McEnaney (2)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - John Kibler


BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (second to first); Matthews
struck out; Office singled to center; Horner struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton singled to second; Brock flied out to
right; Hernandez grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Templeton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy struck out; Spikes struck out; Nolan struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hendrick
walked; Scott flied out to left; Reitz singled to left [Hendrick
to second]; Oberkfell singled to left [Hendrick scored, Reitz to
third (error by Spikes), Oberkfell to second (on throw to 3b)];
Denny struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Frias flied out to center; Matula walked; Royster
struck out; Matthews singled to center [Matula to second];
Office walked [Matula to third, Matthews to second]; Horner
forced Office (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 0, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton singled to first; Templeton stole
second; Brock walked; Hernandez grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Templeton to third, Brock to second]; Simmons was walked
intentionally; Hendrick singled to center [Templeton scored,
Brock scored, Simmons out at third (center to third), Hendrick
to second (on throw to 3b)]; Scott grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Murphy popped to shortstop; Spikes grounded out
(second to first); Charlie Spikes ejected by 1B umpire Jerry
Crawford; Nolan singled to right; Frias grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 3.

CARDINALS 4TH: BONNELL REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING LF); Reitz
singled to left; Oberkfell singled to right [Reitz to second];
Denny out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Reitz to
third, Oberkfell to second]; Templeton was walked intentionally;
Brock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Templeton out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Cardinals 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Matula grounded out (third to first); Royster
singled to right; Matthews forced Royster (shortstop to second);
Office walked [Matthews to second]; Horner grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals
3.

CARDINALS 5TH: Hernandez singled to right; Simmons reached on an
error by Murphy [Hernandez to third (error by Frias), Simmons to
first]; Pepe Frias called for obstruction; Hendrick
struck out; Scott singled to shortstop [Hernandez scored
(unearned), Simmons to second]; Reitz forced Scott (shortstop to
second) [Simmons to third]; Oberkfell forced Reitz (second to
shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Murphy singled to left; Bonnell struck out; Nolan
walked [Murphy to second]; Frias tripled to center [Murphy
scored, Nolan scored]; LUM BATTED FOR MATULA; Lum grounded out
(second to first) [Frias scored]; Royster grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals
4.

CARDINALS 6TH: J. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); MUMPHREY
BATTED FOR DENNY; Mumphrey walked; Templeton grounded out (first
unassisted) [Mumphrey to second]; Brock grounded out (second to
first) [Mumphrey to third]; Hernandez popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 7TH: MUMPHREY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FRAZIER
REPLACED BROCK (PITCHING); Matthews singled to right; Office
singled to center [Matthews to third]; Horner singled to center
[Matthews scored, Office to second]; LITTELL REPLACED FRAZIER
(PITCHING); Murphy walked [Office to third, Horner to second];
Bonnell tripled to left [Office scored, Horner scored, Murphy
scored]; Nolan singled to center [Bonnell scored]; Frias singled
to center [Nolan to second]; MCENANEY REPLACED LITTELL
(PITCHING); J. McLaughlin reached on a fielder's choice [Nolan
scored (error by Oberkfell) (unearned) (no RBI), Frias to third,
J. McLaughlin to second]; Royster singled to right [Frias
scored, J. McLaughlin to third]; Matthews hit into a double play
(center to catcher) [Royster to second, J. McLaughlin out at
home]; Office was hit by a pitch; Horner doubled to right
[Royster scored (unearned), Office to third]; Murphy flied out
to left; 8 R (6 ER), 8 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 11, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 7TH: Simmons grounded out (second to first); Hendrick
flied out to right; Scott popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 11, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 8TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING SS); KENNEDY
REPLACED TEMPLETON (PLAYING C ); Bonnell singled to center;
Nolan singled to center [Bonnell to second]; Frias doubled to
center [Bonnell scored, Nolan scored (error by Scott) (no RBI)];
J. McLaughlin grounded out (first unassisted) [Frias to third];
Royster reached on a fielder's choice [Frias out at home (first
to catcher)]; Matthews popped to first; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 13, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 8TH: HUBBARD REPLACED ROYSTER (PLAYING 2B); BENEDICT
REPLACED NOLAN (PLAYING C ); CHANEY REPLACED FRIAS (PLAYING SS);
Reitz grounded out (second to first); Oberkfell walked; Mumphrey
singled to left [Oberkfell to second]; Kennedy grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mumphrey out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 13, Cardinals 4.

BRAVES 9TH: THOMAS REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Office walked;
Horner flied out to center; Murphy flied out to center; Bonnell
forced Office (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 13, Cardinals 4.

CARDINALS 9TH: CARBO BATTED FOR THOMAS; Carbo flied out to left;
Hernandez grounded out (third to first); Phillips grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 13, Cardinals
4.