New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 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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New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 2 0
  Chapman 2b 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 1 2 0
Mazzilli 1b 2 2 1 0
  Trevino 3b 1 0 1 1
Hebner 3b,1b 2 2 2 4
  Norman ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Youngblood lf 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 4 2 1 1
Boisclair rf,1b 5 0 1 1
Flynn 2b,ss 5 0 2 1
Hausman p 4 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 3 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 2 0
Kingman lf 5 0 0 0
Biittner rf 3 2 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 2 1
Martin cf 4 0 2 2
Blackwell c 3 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Kimm c 0 0 0 0
Kelleher 2b 3 0 1 0
  Foote ph 1 0 0 0
Moore p 1 0 0 0
  Riley p 0 0 0 0
  Macko ph 1 0 0 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
New York 200 141 0008130
Chicago 000 001 0203112
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman  W (2-6) 8.1 10 3 3 2 3
  Allen   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (1-4) 4.0 7 5 5 3 2
  Riley   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Geisel   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Capilla   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
5
3

  E–Moore (2), Capilla (1).  2B–New York Boisclair (4,off Moore); Hebner (24,off Riley), Chicago Ontiveros 2 (27,off Hausman 2); Martin (34,off Hausman).  HR–New York Hebner (10,1st inning off Moore 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hebner (8,by Geisel).  IBB–Hebner (6,by Moore).  SB–Taveras (43,2nd base off Moore/Blackwell).  HBP–Geisel (1,Hebner).  IBB–Moore (7,Hebner).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:46.  A–5,827.
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