New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 17, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1980 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."

"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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New York Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 2 0
Taveras ss 4 1 1 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 1 0
Youngblood rf 4 0 3 1
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Morales cf 4 0 0 0
Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0
  Kobel p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Hausman p 1 0 0 0
  Mankowski 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman lf 3 1 2 0
Martin rf 4 0 1 1
Foote c 4 1 1 0
Lezcano cf 3 1 1 2
Tyson 2b 3 1 2 1
Lamp p 2 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
New York 000 100 000180
Chicago 000 021 10x481
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hausman  L (0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 0 0
  Kobel   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
1
0
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  W (2-0) 8.0 7 1 1 0 4
  Sutter  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
4

  E–Buckner (1).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Kingman (2,off Hausman); Martin (3,off Hausman); DeJesus (1,off Kobel).  HR–Chicago Lezcano (1,5th inning off Hausman 1 on, 1 out); Tyson (1,7th inning off Kobel 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hausman (1,off Lamp); Lamp (1,off Hausman).  IBB–Kingman (1,by Kobel).  SB–Taveras (1,2nd base off Lamp/Foote).  WP–Sutter (1).  IBB–Kobel (1,Kingman).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–1:58.  A–33,313.
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