Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 14, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 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 7, New York Mets 10

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 1 1 0
Figueroa cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 2 2 1 1
Kingman lf 3 2 2 4
  Lezcano cf 0 0 0 0
Tracy rf 3 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Randle 3b 3 1 1 0
  Tyson 2b 0 0 0 0
Blackwell c 3 0 1 1
Dillard 2b 2 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b,3b 1 0 0 0
Lamp p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 3 4 0
Backman 2b 4 2 3 1
Mazzilli 1b 5 3 3 5
Youngblood rf 4 1 0 0
Jorgensen lf 0 0 0 0
  Henderson lf 3 1 2 3
Trevino c 4 0 1 1
Brooks 3b 3 0 0 0
Almon ss 3 0 0 0
  Taveras ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 13 10
Chicago 210 001 300781
New York 202 000 20410133
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   3.1 7 4 4 3 3
  Hernandez   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Caudill   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Tidrow   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Sutter  L (5-8) 1.1 3 4 4 1 0
Totals
8.1
13
10
10
5
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry   6.2 8 7 5 3 5
  Berenguer   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Allen  W (6-8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
5
3
7

  E–Blackwell (11), Mazzilli (10), Trevino (15), Brooks (1).  2B–Chicago Buckner (36,off Zachry).  3B–New York Wilson (2,off Lamp).  HR–Chicago Kingman 2 (17,1st inning off Zachry 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Zachry 2 on, 2 out), New York Mazzilli (15,7th inning off Tidrow 1 on, 0 out); Henderson (8,9th inning off Sutter 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Tracy (2,off Zachry); Backman (2,off Sutter).  SF–Buckner (6,off Zachry); Blackwell (3,off Zachry).  HBP–DeJesus (4,by Zachry).  IBB–Randle (2,by Zachry); Buckner (11,by Zachry); Jorgensen (7,by Lamp); Youngblood (10,by Sutter).  SB–DeJesus (40,2nd base off Zachry/Trevino); Figueroa (2,2nd base off Zachry/Trevino); Wilson (5,2nd base off Lamp/Blackwell); Henderson (20,2nd base off Caudill/Blackwell); Mazzilli (35,2nd base off Sutter/Blackwell).  CS–Mazzilli (15,3rd base by Lamp/Blackwell); Taveras (16,2nd base by Sutter/Blackwell).  WP–Lamp (8).  HBP–Zachry (5,DeJesus).  IBB–Lamp (5,Jorgensen); Sutter (8,Youngblood); Zachry 2 (5,Randle,Buckner).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–3:00.  A–10,003.
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