New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 13, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1981 at Wrigley Field. 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

New York Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Youngblood lf 4 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 4 1 2 1
Stearns c 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0
Harris p 1 0 1 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Henderson lf 1 2 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonds cf 1 1 1 0
  Waller cf 1 0 0 0
Cruz rf 2 0 1 1
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
Davis c 4 1 1 3
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Dillard 2b 3 1 1 0
Bird p 1 0 0 0
  Morales ph,rf 2 1 1 2
Totals 27 6 6 6
New York 000 100 000190
Chicago 000 330 00x660
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L (2-2) 4.0 2 3 3 2 3
  Searage   2.0 3 3 3 2 2
  Miller   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
5
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bird  W (1-0) 5.0 5 1 1 1 1
  Griffin  SV (1) 4.0 4 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 2, Chicago 2.  2B–New York Wilson (5,off Griffin), Chicago Cruz (5,off Searage).  3B–Chicago Dillard (1,off Searage).  HR–New York Brooks (2,4th inning off Bird 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Davis (2,4th inning off Harris 2 on, 2 out); Morales (1,5th inning off Searage 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bonds (1,by Harris).  SB–Taveras (14,2nd base off Bird/Davis); Bonds (1,2nd base off Harris/Stearns).  CS–Stearns (1,2nd base by Bird/Davis); DeJesus (5,2nd base by Miller/Stearns).  HBP–Harris (1,Bonds).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:27.  A–7,412.
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