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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Morales cf 3 0 1 0
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0
Durham rf 3 1 1 0
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Blackwell c 0 0 0 0
Waller 3b 3 0 1 0
Tabler 2b 3 0 1 0
Bird p 3 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
  Martz p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 1 1 0
Brooks 3b 3 1 2 0
Kingman lf 3 0 1 1
Staub 1b 3 0 2 0
  Giles pr 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 1
Valentine rf 3 0 0 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0
Gardenhire ss 3 0 0 0
Puleo p 2 0 0 0
  Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Chicago 000 100 000180
New York 000 000 101271
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bird   8.0 5 1 1 0 6
  Martz  L (5-7) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Hernandez   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.1
7
2
2
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Puleo   8.0 7 1 0 3 6
  Allen  W (7-5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
4
7

  E–Gardenhire (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Chicago Buckner 2 (34,off Puleo 2); Tabler (3,off Puleo); Durham (13,off Puleo), New York Brooks 2 (21,off Bird 2); Staub (6,off Bird).  SH–Tabler (2,off Allen); Brooks (1,off Martz).  IBB–Durham (5,by Puleo); Kingman (7,by Hernandez).  SB–Waller (2,2nd base off Puleo/Stearns); DeJesus (21,2nd base off Puleo/Stearns).  WP–Puleo (1).  IBB–Hernandez (2,Kingman); Puleo (2,Durham).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:22.  A–4,473.
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