New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 7, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1983 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 3 2 0
Brooks 3b 5 0 3 4
Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 0 2 0
Strawberry rf 5 0 0 0
Bailor ss 4 0 0 0
Giles 2b 4 1 1 0
Ortiz c 4 1 1 0
Swan p 1 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 1 1
  Holman p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 1 0
  Bradley pr 0 1 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 11 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 4 2 2 1
Sandberg 2b 5 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 1
Durham lf 4 0 0 0
Johnstone rf 1 0 0 0
  Woods ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lake c 3 1 1 0
  Bosley ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis c 0 0 0 0
  Carter pr 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 5 1 3 1
Noles p 3 0 2 1
  Morales ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Moreland ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
New York 002 020 000 26110
Chicago 101 200 000 0482
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Swan   4.0 5 4 4 3 3
  Holman   1.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Diaz   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Sisk  W (5-3) 2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Orosco  SV (11) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
9
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Noles   8.0 7 4 4 0 4
  Smith  L (4-7) 2.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
10.0
11
6
6
1
5

  E–Johnstone 2 (4).  DP–New York 1.  PB–Davis (12).  2B–New York Brooks (12,off Noles); Wilson (16,off Noles), Chicago Noles (1,off Swan).  HR–Chicago Hall (7,3rd inning off Swan 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Wilson (3,by Smith); Hall (4,by Swan).  SF–Cey (6,off Swan).  HBP–Johnstone (3,by Holman).  SB–Giles (15,3rd base off Noles/Lake); Brooks (6,2nd base off Noles/Lake); Bradley (3,2nd base off Smith/Davis).  WP–Swan (1), Holman (3), Sisk (5).  BK–Noles (1).  HBP–Holman (1,Johnstone).  IBB–Swan (3,Hall); Smith (10,Wilson).  U–Frank Pulli, Doug Harvey, Jerry Crawford.  T–3:07.  A–25,748.
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