Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
May 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1981 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Durham rf 3 1 2 0
  Thompson pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Morales cf 4 0 1 1
Lum lf 4 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 2 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 1 0
Blackwell c 3 0 0 0
Martz p 2 0 1 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 3 4 0
Bailor ss 4 0 1 2
Youngblood rf 1 0 0 0
  Jorgensen rf 3 1 0 0
Kingman 1b 3 1 1 3
Mazzilli lf 3 0 1 1
Stearns c 5 0 2 0
Brooks 3b 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Scott p 3 1 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Chicago 000 100 000190
New York 002 031 00x6100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Martz  L (2-3) 4.1 8 5 5 4 4
  Eastwick   0.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Capilla   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Kravec   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
10
10
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (2-4) 9.0 9 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, New York 1.  2B–Chicago Durham (5,off Scott); Tracy (2,off Scott), New York Stearns (4,off Martz); Wilson (2,off Martz).  3B–New York Wilson (3,off Martz).  HR–New York Kingman (10,5th inning off Martz 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Mazzilli (1,by Martz); Flynn (5,by Eastwick).  SB–Durham (15,2nd base off Scott/Stearns); Wilson 2 (7,2nd base off Martz/Blackwell,2nd base off Eastwick/Blackwell); Mazzilli (8,2nd base off Eastwick/Blackwell); Stearns (4,2nd base off Eastwick/Blackwell).  CS–Brooks (5,2nd base by Martz/Blackwell).  IBB–Martz (1,Mazzilli); Eastwick (2,Flynn).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:58.  A–18,035.
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