New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
June 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1978 at Wrigley Field. 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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New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 10

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 1 1
Maddox rf 5 1 1 0
Mazzilli cf 5 1 1 1
Henderson lf 3 1 2 2
Montanez 1b 4 1 2 2
Stearns c 3 0 0 0
Foli ss 3 2 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 1 1 0
Bruhert p 1 0 0 0
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 1 1 3
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 1
Gross cf 5 1 1 0
Murcer rf 3 2 1 0
Kingman lf 4 1 3 1
Biittner 1b 4 2 2 2
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 2 1
Scott 2b 4 1 3 0
Cox c 2 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 1 1 1 4
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 1 1 1 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 15 9
New York 000 161 1009101
Chicago 300 160 00x10150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Bruhert   2.0 7 3 3 2 2
  Kobel   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Metzger  L (1-2) 0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Murray   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Siebert   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lockwood   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
10
9
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   4.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Moore   0.2 3 3 3 0 0
  McGlothen  W (1-0) 1.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Geisel   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  SV (9) 2.0 0 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
3
6

  E–Kobel (1).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Ontiveros (10,off Bruhert); McGlothen (1,off Murray); DeJesus (10,off Murray).  HR–New York Mazzilli (6,4th inning off Burris 0 on, 0 out); Kranepool (2,5th inning off Burris 2 on, 0 out); Montanez (11,5th inning off Moore 1 on, 2 out); S Henderson (8,7th inning off McGlothen 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Rader (2,5th inning off Murray 3 on, 2 out).  SF–S Henderson (3,off Moore); Randle (3,off McGlothen).  SB–DeJesus (9,2nd base off Bruhert/Stearns); Scott 2 (2,3rd base off Kobel/Stearns,Home off Kobel/Stearns).  CS–Ontiveros (2,Home by Bruhert/Stearns); Scott (1,2nd base by Siebert/Stearns).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:14.  A–12,188.
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