New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
June 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1979 at Wrigley Field. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 6 1 2 2
Taveras ss 5 1 4 0
Mazzilli cf 3 2 2 4
Hebner 3b 4 2 1 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Stearns c 6 0 4 0
Montanez 1b 6 1 1 0
Henderson lf 6 0 2 3
Flynn 2b 6 0 0 0
Swan p 2 1 1 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0
  Ferrer pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Totals 46 9 17 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 6 1 1 0
Thompson rf 4 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 5 1 2 1
Kingman lf 4 2 2 1
  Mejias lf 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 1 1 4
Martin cf 5 1 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 0 1
Foote c 5 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 5 0 2 1
Reuschel p 3 0 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 44 8 13 8
New York 001 001 010 069170
Chicago 010 101 000 058130
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan   6.0 7 3 3 3 5
  Hassler   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell  W (3-0) 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Murray   0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Glynn  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
13
8
8
6
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   7.0 11 3 3 2 5
  Sutter   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Tidrow  L (3-2) 1.1 3 5 5 1 0
  Moore   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.0
17
9
9
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  3B–New York Henderson (3,off Moore), Chicago Kingman (2,off Swan); Reuschel (1,off Swan).  HR–New York Mazzilli 2 (8,8th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 0 out,11th inning off Tidrow 1 on, 1 out); Youngblood (11,11th inning off Tidrow 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Kingman (27,4th inning off Swan 0 on, 1 out); Vail (3,11th inning off Murray 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Mazzilli (2,off Reuschel); Ontiveros (2,off Swan).  HBP–Kranepool (1,by Tidrow).  IBB–Buckner (3,by Twitchell).  SB–Taveras 2 (20,2nd base off Reuschel/Foote,2nd base off Sutter/Foote); Thompson (1,2nd base off Twitchell/Stearns).  CS–Mazzilli (7,2nd base by Reuschel/Foote); Martin (2,2nd base by Swan/Stearns).  HBP–Tidrow (1,Kranepool).  IBB–Twitchell (7,Buckner).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:31.  A–28,394.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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