Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 25, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 13, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 6 1 2 1
  Hubbard 2b 0 0 0 0
Matthews rf 6 1 2 0
Office cf 2 1 2 0
Horner 3b 6 1 2 2
Murphy 1b 5 2 1 0
Spikes lf 2 0 0 0
  Bonnell lf 4 2 2 3
Nolan c 4 3 3 1
  Benedict c 0 0 0 0
Frias ss 5 2 3 3
  Chaney ss 0 0 0 0
Matula p 1 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 1
  McLaughlin p 2 0 0 0
Totals 44 13 17 11
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 3 1 2 0
  Kennedy c 1 0 0 0
Brock lf 3 1 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
  Phillips ss 1 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 3 1 1 2
Scott cf 4 0 1 1
Reitz 3b 4 0 2 0
Oberkfell 2b 3 0 2 1
Denny p 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Atlanta 000 003 82013173
St. Louis 012 010 0004102
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula   5.0 9 4 3 4 2
  McLaughlin  W (3-1) 4.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
6
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   6.0 6 3 3 4 7
  Frazier  L (1-2) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Littell   0.0 3 4 3 1 0
  McEnaney   2.0 5 3 2 0 0
  Thomas   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
13
11
6
7

  E–Murphy (8), Spikes (3), Frias (25), Scott (4), Oberkfell (4).  DP–Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1.  2B–Atlanta Horner (11,off McEnaney); Frias (17,off McEnaney).  3B–Atlanta Frias (2,off Denny); Bonnell (3,off Littell).  HBP–Office (2,by McEnaney).  SH–Denny (4,off Matula).  IBB–Simmons (12,by Matula); Templeton (2,by Matula).  SB–Templeton (15,2nd base off Matula/Nolan).  HBP–McEnaney (2,Office).  IBB–Matula 2 (6,Simmons,Templeton).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:51.  A–12,590.
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