Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
April 11, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1978 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 3 1
Clines cf,lf 5 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 0
  Meoli pr 0 1 0 0
  Wallis cf 1 0 0 0
Murcer rf 3 1 2 2
Kingman lf 2 0 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Cruz 3b 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Rader c 4 1 1 0
Reuschel p 3 0 0 0
  Kelleher 3b 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 5 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 1 1 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
Henderson S. lf 3 0 1 1
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Henderson K. rf 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 1
Stearns c 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 2 0
Koosman p 2 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago 010 001 0204120
New York 000 000 011270
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (1-1) 7.0 4 0 0 1 5
  Sutter   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Hernandez   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Moore  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (1-1) 6.1 7 2 2 3 3
  Myrick   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Lockwood   2.0 4 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–Chicago Rader (2,off Koosman); Buckner (1,off Koosman); Murcer (1,off Lockwood), New York Foli (2,off Sutter).  HR–New York Mazzilli (2,9th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Kingman (1,by Koosman).  HBP–S Henderson (1,by R Reuschel).  CS–DeJesus (2,2nd base by Koosman/Stearns); Clines (1,2nd base by Koosman/Stearns).  WP–Sutter (2), Koosman (1).  HBP–R Reuschel (1,S Henderson).  IBB–Koosman (1,Kingman).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:35.  A–3,653.
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