Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
July 27, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1984 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."

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Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 1 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Matthews lf 1 0 1 1
Durham 1b 4 0 0 0
Moreland rf 4 0 0 0
Davis c 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
  Bosley ph 0 0 0 0
  Cotto ph 1 0 0 0
Ruthven p 2 0 1 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 2 1
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 1 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 1
Brooks 3b 3 0 2 0
Fitzgerald c 2 0 1 0
Santana ss 2 1 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones ss 0 0 0 0
Gooden p 2 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 8 2
Chicago 100 000 000140
New York 100 000 10x280
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (2-7) 6.1 7 2 2 3 4
  Stoddard   1.2 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
5
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (9-6) 8.0 4 1 1 7 8
  Orosco  SV (21) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
7
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, New York 1.  2B–Chicago Dernier (16,off Gooden).  3B–Chicago Sandberg (15,off Gooden).  SH–Gooden (5,off Ruthven).  HBP–Foster (2,by Ruthven).  IBB–Brooks (12,by Stoddard).  SB–Dernier (34,2nd base off Gooden/Fitzgerald); Matthews 2 (13,2nd base off Gooden/Fitzgerald 2); Wilson (30,2nd base off Ruthven/Davis); Strawberry (20,2nd base off Stoddard/Davis).  CS–Backman (6,2nd base by Stoddard/Davis); Wilson (7,2nd base by Stoddard/Davis).  WP–Stoddard (2).  HBP–Ruthven (2,Foster).  IBB–Stoddard (9,Brooks).  T–2:58.  A–51,102.
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