The Mets extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 9-4 victory in the opener of a doubleheader before being stopped by the Cubs in the nightcap, 4-2. The Mets' streak was their longest since 1972. Mike Phillips, Bud Harrelson and reliever Skip Lockwood, who replaced winner Craig Swan in the seventh inning, each drove in two runs for the Mets in the first game. Rick Monday hit a two-run homer for the Cubs, who suffered their ninth straight defeat.

Breaking their losing streak in the second game, the Cubs scored two runs in the fourth inning on a single by Mick Kelleher and added an unearned pair in the seventh for their victory. Kelleher walked in the seventh and when Ray Burris bunted, Mickey Lolich threw the ball over the head of first baseman Ed Kranepool. Right fielder Dave Kingman retrieved the ball and followed with a wild throw to the plate, allowing both runners to score. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      4, 1976 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         0  0  1    0  2  1    0  0  0  -   4  8  1
Mets         0  0  3    2  0  0    0  4  x  -   9  6  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             4   2   2   2     0   1   .287      Phillips 2b           4   0   0   2     0   0   .248
Cardenal lf           4   0   2   1     0   0   .308      Boisclair cf          4   0   0   0     1   2   .301
Madlock 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .310      Milner lf             3   1   2   1     1   1   .291
Morales rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Kingman rf            2   1   0   1     1   2   .234
LaCock 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .198        Brown rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Trillo 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .245      Torre 1b              3   1   0   0     0   0   .306
Swisher c             4   0   1   1     0   3   .262      Garrett 3b            2   2   0   0     2   1   .232
Kelleher ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Hodges c              3   2   1   0     1   1   .303
  Mitterwald ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Harrelson ss          3   1   2   2     1   1   .217
Bonham p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Swan p                0   1   0   0     1   0   .111
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lockwood p          2   0   1   2     0   0   .444
  Biittner ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .240
  Schultz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wallis ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Garman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .239

Totals               34   4   8   4     2   4             Totals               26   9   6   8     8   8

Time of Game: 2:41
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Mets 5
DP: Cubs 2, Mets 0
Errors: Swisher, Torre
Doubles: Swisher (9), Milner (12), Lockwood (1)
Home Runs: Monday (14)
Stolen Bases: Monday (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Swan (4), Torre (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (2)
GIDP: Torre (10)
Hit by Pitch: Kingman (5,by Bonham)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(6-6)           3     2   5   5   5   4   0  16   4.66
Zamora                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.22
Schultz                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   5.06
Garman                  2     1   3   3   1   1   0   9   6.12
Knowles                 0.1   2   1   1   1   1   0   4   3.56
Sutter                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.03
Totals                  8     6   9   9   8   8   0  38

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan W(5-7)             6     8   4   4   2   2   1  27   3.51
Lockwood SV(9)          3     0   0   0   0   2   0   9   2.31
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   4   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Bonham (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - John Kibler


CUBS 1ST: Monday popped to shortstop; Cardenal singled to right
[Cardenal out at second (right to shortstop)]; On a bunt Madlock
singled to pitcher; Madlock was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Torre [Madlock to second]; Morales flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Phillips popped to third in foul territory; Boisclair
struck out; Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: LaCock popped to first in foul territory; Trillo flied
out to center; Swisher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kingman was called out on strikes; Torre grounded out
(third to first); Garrett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kelleher flied out to center; Bonham grounded out
(first unassisted); Monday singled to left; Monday stole second;
Cardenal singled to center [Monday scored]; Madlock singled to
left [Cardenal to third]; Morales popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Hodges singled to shortstop; Harrelson walked [Hodges
to second]; Swan walked [Hodges to third, Harrelson to second];
Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hodges scored];
Boisclair walked [Harrelson to third, Swan to second]; Milner
singled to right [Harrelson scored, Swan to third, Boisclair to
second]; Kingman was hit by a pitch [Swan scored, Boisclair to
third, Milner to second]; Torre grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Kingman out at second]; 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 3.

CUBS 4TH: LaCock walked; Trillo flied out to left; Swisher
struck out; Kelleher flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Mets 3.

METS 4TH: Garrett walked; Hodges walked [Garrett to second];
ZAMORA REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING); Harrelson singled to center
[Garrett scored, Hodges to second]; Swan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Hodges to third, Harrelson to second];
Phillips grounded out (first unassisted) [Hodges scored,
Harrelson to third]; Boisclair flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 5.

CUBS 5TH: BIITTNER BATTED FOR ZAMORA; Biittner singled to
center; Monday homered [Biittner scored]; Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Madlock lined to shortstop; Morales flied
out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 5.

METS 5TH: SCHULTZ REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Milner walked;
Kingman struck out while Milner was out trying to advance to
second (catcher unassisted); Dave Kingman called for
interference to complete double play; Torre popped to first;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 5.

CUBS 6TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Trillo walked;
Swisher doubled to left [Trillo scored]; Kelleher flied out to
center; WALLIS BATTED FOR SCHULTZ; Wallis popped to third; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 5.

METS 6TH: GARMAN REPLACED WALLIS (PITCHING); Garrett grounded
out (second to first); Hodges popped to first in foul territory;
Harrelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
4, Mets 5.

CUBS 7TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Monday was called
out on strikes; Cardenal flied out to center; Madlock grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 5.

METS 7TH: Lockwood flied out to center; Phillips popped to
shortstop; Boisclair grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 5.

CUBS 8TH: Morales popped to catcher in foul territory; LaCock
popped to second; Trillo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 5.

METS 8TH: Milner doubled to right; Kingman walked; Torre reached
on an error by Swisher on a sacrifice bunt [Milner scored (no
RBI), Kingman to third, Torre to second]; KNOWLES REPLACED
GARMAN (PITCHING); Garrett was walked intentionally; Hodges
struck out; Harrelson singled to left [Kingman scored, Torre to
third, Garrett to second]; Lockwood doubled to left [Torre
scored, Garrett scored, Harrelson to third]; SUTTER REPLACED
KNOWLES (PITCHING); Phillips grounded out (second to first);
Boisclair struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 9.

CUBS 9TH: BROWN REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING RF); Swisher struck
out; MITTERWALD BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Mitterwald popped to first
in foul territory; SUMMERS BATTED FOR SUTTER; Summers popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 9.