Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
July 29, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1984 at Shea Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 2 1 1 0
  Cotto ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 2 2 1
Moreland rf 4 0 0 0
Durham 1b 4 1 1 1
Davis c 4 1 2 3
Bosley lf 4 0 0 0
Rohn 3b 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
Sanderson p 3 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 2 0
Wilson cf 4 0 2 1
Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 3 0 0 0
Heep lf 4 0 0 0
Brooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Santana ss 3 0 1 0
Ortiz c 3 0 0 0
Berenyi p 1 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Gaff p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Chicago 000 401 000580
New York 000 000 010150
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  W (6-2) 7.2 5 1 1 1 6
  Smith   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi  L (7-11) 5.0 5 4 4 1 1
  Gaff   3.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Gardner   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
4

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–Chicago Durham (19,off Berenyi), New York Wilson 2 (13,off Sanderson 2); Santana (3,off Sanderson).  HR–Chicago Davis (15,4th inning off Berenyi 2 on, 1 out); Sandberg (14,6th inning off Gaff 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Cotto (2,2nd base by Berenyi/Ortiz).  T–2:08.  A–50,443.
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