New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 19, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 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."

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New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 12

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 0 0
Stearns c 2 1 0 2
Mazzilli 1b 3 1 2 1
Youngblood rf 5 1 2 1
Henderson lf 4 1 1 0
Morales cf 4 1 0 0
Maddox 3b 4 1 2 0
Flynn 2b 4 2 2 1
Falcone p 1 0 0 0
  Bomback p 0 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 1 0 0 0
  Pacella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 9 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 1 0 0
DeJesus ss 5 2 3 3
Buckner 1b 4 2 3 0
Kingman lf 5 2 3 6
Martin rf 5 1 2 1
Foote c 5 1 1 0
Lezcano cf 3 1 1 1
Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 1 1
  Kelleher 2b 1 1 1 0
Krukow p 1 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph 0 1 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 15 12
New York 400 302 000991
Chicago 000 104 07x12151
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone   3.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Bomback   2.2 6 4 4 0 2
  Reardon   0.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Allen  L (0-2) 1.1 4 7 7 3 1
  Pacella   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
12
12
4
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   4.0 4 7 4 4 1
  McGlothen   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Caudill   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Tidrow  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Sutter  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
9
6
6
4

  E–Reardon (1), Lezcano (1).  DP–New York 2, Chicago 2.  2B–New York Youngblood (2,off Krukow); Henderson (3,off McGlothen); Flynn (1,off Caudill); Mazzilli (2,off Caudill).  HR–Chicago DeJesus (1,4th inning off Falcone 0 on, 0 out); Kingman 2 (5,6th inning off Bomback 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Allen 3 on, 1 out); Martin (3,6th inning off Bomback 0 on, 2 out); Lezcano (2,8th inning off Allen 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Falcone (2,off Krukow).  SF–Stearns 2 (3,off Krukow,off Caudill).  IBB–Buckner (1,by Allen).  WP–Krukow (1).  IBB–Allen (1,Buckner).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:55.  A–20,328.
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