New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1981 at Wrigley Field. 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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New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 1
Kingman lf 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood rf 0 0 0 0
Staub 1b 3 1 1 1
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 2 0
Zachry p 0 0 0 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 5 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 0 0
Strain 2b 3 0 2 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Durham rf 3 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 3 0
Thompson cf 4 0 1 0
Blackwell c 4 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
New York 000 200 000250
Chicago 000 000 000070
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (1-0) 5.2 6 0 0 4 1
  Hausman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Allen  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
4
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (0-1) 7.0 5 2 2 4 3
  Tidrow   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Flynn 2 (2,off Reuschel 2), Chicago Reitz 2 (2,off Zachry,off Allen).  3B–Chicago Reitz (1,off Zachry).  HR–New York Mazzilli (1,4th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 0 out); Staub (1,4th inning off Reuschel 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Zachry 2 (2,off Reuschel 2); Flynn (1,off Reuschel).  IBB–Cubbage (1,by Reuschel).  CS–Durham (1,2nd base by Zachry/Trevino).  IBB–Reuschel (1,Cubbage).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:22.  A–37,030.
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