Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 24, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1976 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday 1b 4 1 1 0
LaCock lf 5 2 4 0
Biittner rf 4 0 1 1
Morales cf 3 0 2 2
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Sperring 3b 4 0 0 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 1 0
Kelleher ss 3 0 0 0
Burris p 3 0 0 0
  Coleman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0
Millan 2b 4 1 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 1
  Brown pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Kingman rf,1b 4 1 3 1
Boisclair lf 3 0 2 0
Stearns c 4 0 1 0
Staiger 3b 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin ph 1 1 1 1
Totals 32 4 10 3
Chicago 002 010 000391
New York 011 000 0114101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   7.0 8 3 3 2 4
  Coleman  L (2-8) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.1
10
4
4
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   7.0 7 3 3 1 8
  Apodaca   1.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Lockwood  W (9-7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
10

  E–Mitterwald (8), Millan (15).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Chicago LaCock (9,off Seaver), New York Stearns (6,off Burris); Boisclair (13,off Burris); Millan (25,off Burris).  3B–Chicago Biittner (1,off Seaver).  HR–New York Kranepool (9,3rd inning off Burris 0 on, 2 out); B Baldwin (1,9th inning off Coleman 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trillo (6,off Apodaca); Harrelson (8,off Burris).  HBP–Biittner (1,by Seaver).  IBB–Harrelson (5,by Burris); Boisclair (5,by Coleman).  CS–Brown (4,3rd base by Coleman/Mitterwald).  WP–Burris (7).  HBP–Seaver (4,Biittner).  IBB–Burris (5,Harrelson); Coleman (8,Boisclair).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:27.  A–8,583.
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