New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
June 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 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 8, Chicago Cubs 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b,2b 4 2 2 0
Maddox cf,rf 5 1 2 2
Henderson lf 6 1 3 1
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 6 1 0 0
Grieve rf 3 1 1 1
  Youngblood cf 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Stearns c,3b 3 2 3 2
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
  Hodges ph,c 1 0 1 1
Flynn 2b,ss 5 0 2 0
Koosman p 3 0 0 1
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 44 8 15 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Scott 3b 3 0 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Meoli ph 1 0 0 0
  Krukow p 0 0 0 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
  Burris p 1 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 6 2 2 1
Murcer cf,rf 5 0 1 1
Kingman lf 3 1 1 4
Clines rf 3 0 1 0
  Gross ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Biittner 1b 4 1 3 0
Kelleher 2b 3 1 1 1
Cox c 2 0 0 0
  Trillo ph 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez pr 0 1 0 0
  Rader c 1 1 1 0
Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  Vail ph 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph,3b 1 2 1 2
Totals 37 9 13 9
New York 100 210 013 08150
Chicago 000 001 430 19131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman   6.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Lockwood   0.2 2 1 1 2 0
  Siebert   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Murray   2.0 2 3 3 6 0
  Metzger  L (1-3) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.1
13
9
9
11
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   4.0 7 4 3 3 2
  McGlothen   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sutter   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Krukow   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Geisel   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Burris  W (5-5) 1.2 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
15
8
7
5
6

  E–DeJesus (12).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Rader (5).  2B–New York S Henderson (11,off Geisel), Chicago DeJesus (11,off Koosman); Ontiveros (11,off Lockwood); Rader (9,off Murray).  HR–New York Grieve (2,4th inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out); Stearns (7,8th inning off Sutter 0 on, 1 out); Maddox (1,9th inning off Krukow 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Kelleher (1,off Murray).  SF–Kingman 2 (5,off Koosman,off Lockwood).  HBP–Kingman (4,by Metzger).  IBB–Ontiveros 2 (3,by Murray 2); Rader (4,by Murray); Biittner (4,by Metzger).  CS–Stearns (3,2nd base by Holtzman/Cox).  WP–Murray (5).  HBP–Metzger (1,Kingman).  IBB–Murray 3 (14,Ontiveros 2,Rader); Metzger (7,Biittner).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:35.  A–24,278.
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