Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 13, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 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 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Figueroa cf 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 2 2 0
Vail rf 3 0 2 2
  Thompson rf 1 0 0 0
Tracy lf 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
Dillard 3b 2 0 0 0
O'Berry c 3 0 1 0
McGlothen p 2 0 0 0
  Randle ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 1 1 1
Backman 2b 3 0 1 1
Mazzilli 1b 3 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 4 1 2 1
Jorgensen lf 4 1 1 1
  Morales lf 0 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Benton c 4 0 0 0
Almon ss 3 1 0 0
Lynch p 2 0 1 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Chicago 000 101 000270
New York 100 300 00x481
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen  L (10-12) 7.0 8 4 4 4 7
  Caudill   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  W (1-0) 6.0 6 2 1 0 2
  Jackson  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
0
5

  E–Wilson (2).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Chicago Buckner (35,off Lynch), New York Youngblood (23,off McGlothen).  3B–Chicago Vail (2,off Lynch).  HBP–Dillard (1,by Lynch).  IBB–Almon (1,by McGlothen).  HBP–Lynch (1,Dillard).  IBB–McGlothen (7,Almon).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:27.  A–7,259.
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