Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
May 30, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1981 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets 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 10, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 1 1 0
Dillard 2b 6 0 2 1
Buckner 1b 6 1 2 3
Tracy lf 3 1 1 0
Morales cf 5 1 3 3
Thompson rf 5 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 2 4 0
Blackwell c 4 3 2 2
Krukow p 2 1 1 1
  Tidrow p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 16 10
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 2 1
Bailor ss 5 0 3 0
Jorgensen rf 4 0 1 1
Kingman 1b 4 0 1 1
Mazzilli lf 3 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Hodges c 2 0 1 0
  Hausman p 0 0 0 0
  Falcone p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
  Backman 2b 1 1 1 0
Harris p 1 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Trevino c 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Chicago 000 710 20010160
New York 100 000 0023100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (2-6) 7.0 5 1 1 4 1
  Tidrow   2.0 5 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
5
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L (1-1) 3.1 5 4 4 2 0
  Lynch   0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Miller   3.0 6 3 3 2 0
  Hausman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Falcone   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
10
10
5
1

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, New York 1.  2B–Chicago Krukow (1,off Harris); Morales (2,off Harris); Dillard (2,off Falcone), New York Backman (2,off Tidrow).  3B–Chicago Blackwell (2,off Harris).  SH–Krukow 2 (3,off Lynch,off Miller).  SF–Kingman (1,off Krukow).  SB–Bailor (1,3rd base off Krukow/Blackwell); Jorgensen (2,2nd base off Krukow/Blackwell); Hodges (1,2nd base off Krukow/Blackwell); Mazzilli (9,2nd base off Krukow/Blackwell).  CS–Wilson (3,3rd base by Krukow/Blackwell).  WP–Harris 2 (3).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:07.  A–11,507.
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