Knuckling Down

Home cooking was not the recipe as the visiting team won all 3 games

Game 1 the butterfly was working as Phil Niekro pitched a complete game leading Atlanta to a 4-1 win.

Game 2 Atlanta behind 3 home runs including one by Hank Aaron and another complete game by Carl Morton downed the Cubs 6-2

Game 3 Chicago turned the tables winning 9-1 as Milt Pappas for the second start in a row shut down the opponets bats. The Cubs roughed up 5 Braves pitchers

Cubs record is now 11-19

Braves stand at 17-13

--submitted by Gene Couture--