New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
July 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1979 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 4, Chicago Cubs 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Taveras ss 5 0 1 1
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 3 1 1 1
Stearns c 4 1 2 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0
Henderson lf 2 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 2
Hausman p 2 0 0 0
  Hassler p 1 0 0 0
  Maddox rf 1 1 1 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 1 0 0
Thompson rf 5 1 2 1
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0
Kingman lf 4 2 2 3
Martin cf 2 0 1 0
  Mejias cf 1 0 1 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 5 0 2 0
Foote c 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 2 0
  Dillard pr,2b 0 0 0 1
Holtzman p 2 0 1 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
New York 010 110 001480
Chicago 000 000 2035121
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman   5.0 6 0 0 2 1
  Hassler   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Murray   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Glynn   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell  L (3-1) 0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.2
12
5
5
5
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   6.0 4 3 3 6 3
  Caudill   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Tidrow  W (4-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
6
7

  E–Foote (10).  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Stearns (14,off Holtzman); Flynn (7,off Holtzman); Maddox (4,off Tidrow), Chicago Holtzman (2,off Hausman); Thompson (6,off Murray).  3B–Chicago Thompson (1,off Hausman).  HR–Chicago Kingman (28,7th inning off Hassler 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hebner (3,by Holtzman); Martin (3,by Hausman); Foote (2,by Twitchell).  IBB–Henderson (6,by Holtzman); Mazzilli (4,by Holtzman).  SB–Stearns (10,2nd base off Holtzman/Foote); DeJesus (12,2nd base off Hausman/Stearns).  CS–Taveras (9,2nd base by Holtzman/Foote).  HBP–Hausman (2,Martin); Twitchell (4,Foote); Holtzman (5,Hebner).  IBB–Holtzman 2 (7,Henderson,Mazzilli).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:48.
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