Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
August 13, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1983 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)
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Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Sandberg 2b 5 1 1 0
Moreland rf 3 0 2 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Durham lf 4 0 0 0
Hall cf 3 0 1 0
  Morales ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Davis c 4 0 2 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0
Bordi p 2 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 1 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 9 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 2 3 0
Brooks 3b 4 1 3 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 0
Foster lf 3 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 2
Bailor 2b 3 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 1
Oquendo ss 4 0 1 0
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 1 0
  Giles 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 12 4
Chicago 000 010 000192
New York 100 001 03x5120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Bordi  L (0-1) 5.1 8 2 1 1 6
  Lefferts   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Campbell   1.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Brusstar   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
1
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (7-11) 6.2 7 1 1 2 8
  Orosco  SV (12) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
8

  E–Bordi 2 (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Moreland 2 (17,off Seaver 2).  3B–New York Strawberry (5,off Campbell).  SF–Orosco (1,off Brusstar).  SB–Sandberg (28,2nd base off Seaver/Ortiz); Wilson 2 (40,2nd base off Bordi/Davis 2); Ortiz (1,2nd base off Campbell/Davis).  CS–Strawberry (4,2nd base by Bordi/Davis).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:54.  A–37,407.
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