Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
April 10, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1980 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 2, New York Mets 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 2b 4 0 1 1
DeJesus ss 4 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0
Kingman lf 4 0 1 1
Henderson rf 3 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
Lezcano cf 2 0 0 0
  Martin cf 2 1 1 0
Blackwell c 3 0 1 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Maddox 3b 4 0 1 0
Mazzilli 1b 2 1 0 0
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Jorgensen rf 1 2 0 0
  Youngblood rf 1 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 1 0 0
Morales cf 3 0 2 2
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0
Swan p 2 0 2 2
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 4
Chicago 000 001 100271
New York 010 004 00x581
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (0-1) 5.1 6 5 4 6 2
  Caudill   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Tidrow   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
6
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan  W (1-0) 7.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Allen  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
3

  E–Randle (1), Taveras (1).  DP–Chicago 1, New York 1.  2B–Chicago Kingman (1,off Swan); Buckner (1,off Swan); Martin (1,off Swan), New York Henderson (1,off Reuschel).  SF–Morales (1,off Reuschel).  IBB–Jorgensen (1,by Reuschel); Flynn (1,by Reuschel).  CS–Maddox (1,2nd base by Reuschel/Blackwell); Morales (1,Home by Tidrow/Blackwell).  IBB–Reuschel 2 (2,Jorgensen,Flynn).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:23.  A–12,219.
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