Atlantic City Press - May 14, 1980

Braves Pound Phillies

ATLANTA (AP) — Bob Horner, batting .051 at gametime, snapped out of an 0-for-21 slump and drove in his first run of the season with a single as the Atlanta Braves downed the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 Tuesday. 

Horner’s single was Atlanta's third straight hit off Randy Lerch, 0-5, in the second inning and scored pitcher Doyle Alexander, 1-2, who started the two-out rally with a single. The Braves added another run in the inning on Gary Matthews’ RBI single.

Alexander, 1-2, had a three-hitter going into the eighth inning when he was chased after yielding a walk and a double to Pete Rose. Bake McBride then delivered a two-run single off reliever Rick Camp. 

Atlanta scored two unearned runs' in the first. After Matthews reached second on an error by third baseman Mike Schmidt, the Braves followed with consecutive RBI doubles by Chris Chambliss and Jeff Burroughs. 

Schmidt laced a bad-hop double past third to score Pete Rose with an unearned run for the Phillies in the first after Rose had reached on an error by Chambliss at first. 

In the eighth, the Braves scored three times. Chambliss tripled home a run and scored on an error on the play and Dale Murphy followed with a solo home run.