Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 5 2 2 0
Matthews rf 4 2 2 1
Burroughs lf 4 0 1 1
Murphy 1b 3 0 1 1
Bonnell cf 3 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 0 0 0 0
  Spikes ph 1 0 1 2
  Office cf 0 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 2 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Chaney ss 4 1 1 0
Mahler p 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 1 1 1
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
  Frias ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ss 5 1 2 0
Mumphrey lf 4 3 3 0
Hernandez 1b 5 2 2 2
Simmons c 3 0 1 1
Hendrick rf 2 0 0 2
Scott cf 5 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 2 1
Tyson 2b 4 0 1 1
Martinez p 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 0 0 0 0
  Schultz pr,p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Atlanta 100 000 041691
St. Louis 210 000 2027110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   7.0 8 5 5 2 3
  Skok   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Garber  L (1-6) 0.1 3 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.1
11
7
7
5
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez   7.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Littell   0.1 0 1 1 2 1
  Knowles   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Schultz  W (2-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
7

  E–Chaney (4).  DP–St. Louis 2.  PB–Simmons (3).  2B–Atlanta Chaney (2,off Martinez); Spikes (3,off Knowles); Matthews (7,off Schultz), St. Louis Simmons (7,off M Mahler); Reitz (12,off M Mahler); Tyson (5,off M Mahler).  3B–Atlanta Matthews (2,off Martinez); Murphy (1,off Martinez), St. Louis Hernandez 2 (3,off M Mahler,off Garber).  SF–Burroughs (1,off Martinez); Hendrick 2 (3,off M Mahler 2).  IBB–Hubbard (1,by Knowles); Simmons (7,by Garber); Hendrick (1,by Garber).  SH–Martinez (2,off M Mahler); Mumphrey (2,off M Mahler).  HBP–Reitz (3,by M Mahler).  HBP–M Mahler (2,Reitz).  IBB–Garber 2 (3,Simmons,Hendrick); Knowles (1,Hubbard).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Bob Sharp, 2B–Joe Bendekovits, 3B–Bob Freels.  T–2:44.  A–16,011.
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