New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1987 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 7, Chicago Cubs 1

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 5 2 3 0
Teufel 2b 5 1 1 2
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 1
Strawberry rf 4 1 2 0
McReynolds lf 4 1 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 4
Santana ss 4 0 1 0
Gooden p 4 0 1 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 2 0
Palmeiro lf 4 1 1 1
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Durham 1b 4 0 0 0
Moreland 3b 4 0 1 0
Brumley ss 4 0 1 0
Berryhill c 3 0 0 0
Lancaster p 2 0 0 0
  Lynch p 0 0 0 0
  Quinones ph 1 0 1 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
New York 100 000 0427120
Chicago 000 100 000170
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (15-6) 9.0 7 1 1 0 9
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lancaster  L (7-2) 7.2 8 4 4 2 2
  Lynch   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Hall   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
3

  E–None.  2B–New York Dykstra 2 (32,off Lancaster,off Hall); Johnson (17,off Lancaster).  HR–New York Johnson (36,8th inning off Lynch 3 on, 2 out); Teufel (13,9th inning off Hall 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Palmeiro (10,4th inning off Gooden 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–McReynolds (5,by Lancaster).  SB–Strawberry 2 (30,2nd base off Lancaster/Berryhill 2); Martinez (16,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Brumley (3,2nd base off Gooden/Carter); Sandberg (20,2nd base off Gooden/Carter).  IBB–Lancaster (5,McReynolds).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:48.  A–8,229.
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