New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 16, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1984 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 9, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 1 3 0
Chapman 2b 4 1 2 1
Hernandez 1b 5 1 1 0
Foster lf 5 1 1 0
Brooks ss 5 1 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 3 3 5
Knight 3b 3 1 1 0
Fitzgerald c 4 0 1 1
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Berenyi p 2 0 1 1
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Dernier cf 4 1 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
Bosley lf 4 1 2 0
Durham 1b 5 0 2 3
Moreland rf 5 0 0 0
Cey 3b 2 0 0 0
  Veryzer 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
  Hassey c 1 0 1 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
  Lopes ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Trout p 1 1 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Rohn ph 1 0 0 0
  Meridith p 0 0 0 0
  Owen 2b,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 5 3
New York 100 023 3009130
Chicago 002 000 001352
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi  W (12-13) 7.0 2 2 2 7 7
  Lynch   2.0 3 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
7
11
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  L (12-7) 5.1 10 6 6 0 2
  Bordi   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Meridith   1.0 1 3 0 1 0
  Johnson   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
6
2
6

  E–Sandberg (6), Bosley (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Ortiz (3).  2B–New York Chapman (12,off Trout), Chicago Durham (30,off Lynch).  HR–New York Strawberry (22,7th inning off Meridith 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Berenyi (7,off Trout).  SB–Wilson (45,2nd base off Trout/Davis); Strawberry (26,3rd base off Bordi/Davis); Bosley (5,2nd base off Berenyi/Fitzgerald).  CS–Chapman (6,2nd base by Trout/Davis).  WP–Berenyi (11).  T–2:44.  A–38,936.
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