New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 1 1 0
Bailor rf 3 0 1 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 0
  Giles pr 0 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 1
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli 1b 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 3 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0
Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Taveras ss 1 0 0 0
Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
  Boitano p 0 0 0 0
  Searage p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 3 0 1 0
DeJesus ss 3 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 2 1 0 0
Durham rf 3 0 0 0
Henderson lf 3 0 2 1
  Morales lf 0 0 0 0
Blackwell c 3 0 0 0
Waller 3b 3 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
Krukow p 3 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 4 1
New York 000 000 001141
Chicago 000 200 00x242
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (4-4) 4.0 3 2 1 1 2
  Boitano   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Searage   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Leach   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
2
1
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (8-9) 8.0 4 1 1 0 6
  Tidrow  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
6

  E–Stearns (7), Bonds (2), Tyson (6).  DP–New York 2, Chicago 1.  3B–Chicago DeJesus (3,off Lynch).  SH–Lynch (2,off Krukow); Flynn (7,off Krukow).  SB–Henderson (5,2nd base off Lynch/Stearns).  CS–Bonds (5,2nd base by Lynch/Stearns).  WP–Krukow (8).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:06.  A–2,754.
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