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 2, Chicago Cubs 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 4 1 1 0
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 0
Hebner 3b 3 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 3 0 1 2
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Trevino c 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0
Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 2 1 1
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 2 2 3
Kingman lf 3 0 0 1
  Mejias lf 0 0 0 0
Martin cf 4 0 1 0
Vail rf 4 1 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 1 1
Foote c 3 1 1 1
  Blackwell c 0 0 0 0
McGlothen p 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 8 9 7
New York 100 000 001270
Chicago 250 001 00x890
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone  L (1-6) 1.2 6 7 7 1 0
  Allen   2.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Murray   3.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Glynn   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
1
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  W (9-6) 9.0 7 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–New York Trevino (6,off McGlothen); Mazzilli (22,off McGlothen), Chicago Vail (3,off Falcone); DeJesus (12,off Falcone); Sizemore (12,off Murray); Martin (17,off Glynn).  3B–Chicago Buckner (6,off Falcone).  HR–Chicago Buckner (9,2nd inning off Falcone 1 on, 2 out); Foote (8,6th inning off Murray 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Montanez (5,off McGlothen); Kingman (2,off Falcone).  SB–Youngblood (11,2nd base off McGlothen/Foote); DeJesus (13,2nd base off Falcone/Trevino).  WP–Falcone (7).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:10.  A–36,609.
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