New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 7, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1984 at Wrigley Field. 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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New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 8

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 1 1
Wilson cf 4 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
Heep lf 3 2 0 0
Chapman 3b 2 1 0 0
Santana ss 4 0 1 2
Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
Lynch p 1 0 1 0
  Staub ph 0 0 0 1
  Gaff p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
  Gardner p 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Cotto cf 5 2 4 0
Sandberg 2b 5 2 1 1
Bosley rf 3 1 3 2
Durham 1b 2 0 0 0
  Cey 3b 3 0 2 3
Moreland 3b,1b 2 0 0 0
Johnstone lf 4 1 2 0
  Smith p 1 0 1 1
Lake c 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 4 1 0 0
Sanderson p 2 1 1 1
  Stoddard p 1 0 0 0
  Woods ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 15 8
New York 000 022 000461
Chicago 000 501 02x8151
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Lynch  L (8-7) 4.0 9 5 2 1 1
  Gaff   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Gardner   2.0 4 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
15
8
5
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   4.0 1 2 0 1 3
  Stoddard  W (8-4) 3.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Smith  SV (25) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
2
3
7

  E–Backman (6), Moreland (6).  DP–New York 2, Chicago 2.  2B–New York Hernandez (20,off Stoddard), Chicago Johnstone (2,off Lynch); Cey (17,off Lynch); Bosley (1,off Gardner).  SH–Chapman (2,off Stoddard); Lake (1,off Gardner).  SF–Staub (3,off Stoddard); Bosley (1,off Lynch).  HBP–Chapman (2,by Sanderson); Moreland (3,by Lynch).  IBB–Moreland (4,by Gardner).  SB–Cotto (6,2nd base off Gaff/Ortiz).  HBP–Lynch (3,Moreland); Sanderson (2,Chapman).  IBB–Gardner (1,Moreland).  T–2:48.  A–39,271.
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