New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 4, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1985 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 4, Chicago Cubs 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 1 2 1
Paciorek rf 4 0 0 0
  Dykstra cf 0 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1
Carter c 4 0 2 2
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Strawberry cf,rf 2 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Gardenhire ss 3 1 1 0
Gooden p 3 1 1 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Woods cf 2 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
  Gumpert p 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 0 0 0
Moreland rf 4 0 1 0
Cey 3b 4 1 2 0
Hebner 1b 4 0 1 0
Davis c 3 0 0 1
  Lake c 0 0 0 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
Fontenot p 2 0 0 0
  Bosley ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
New York 003 000 100–491
Chicago 000 010 000–150
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (17-3) 9.0 5 1 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Fontenot  L (4-6) 8.0 9 4 4 3 2
  Gumpert   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
2
  E–Knight (4).  DP–New York 2, Chicago 2.  2B–New York Gooden (1,off Fontenot); Carter (12,off Fontenot); Gardenhire (1,off Fontenot).  SH–Gooden (6,off Fontenot).  T–2:22.  A–35,207.
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