| Pinch-hitting in the ninth inning, Lee Mazzilli smashed a homer for his first major league hit as the Mets exploded for six runs to defeat the Cubs, 11-5. Mazzilli's clout came with two men on base in the young outfielder's second time at bat with the Mets since coming up from Jackson (Texas). The Mets, in escorting Tom Seaver to his victory, piled up 16 hits, including a homer and three singles by John Stearns, who drove in three runs. [The Sporting News] |
New York Mets 11, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Mets 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 - 11 16 1 Cubs 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 - 5 10 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Boisclair cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .276 Monday 1b 5 1 4 1 0 0 .279 Mazzilli ph,lf 1 1 1 3 0 0 .500 Cardenal lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .302 Phillips 2b 6 0 1 0 0 2 .262 Madlock 3b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .339 Milner lf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .275 Morales rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Brown ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kingman rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .233 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .281 Wallis cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .236 Stearns c 5 2 4 3 0 0 .295 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .236 Foster 3b 3 1 1 1 2 0 .244 Swisher c 4 0 1 1 0 2 .240 Harrelson ss 3 1 2 0 2 0 .229 Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .099 Summers ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 R. Baldwin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Sperring ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Lockwood p 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .089 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Krukow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tabb ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 P. Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Biittner ph,rf 2 2 2 0 0 0 .240 Totals 42 11 16 9 6 8 Totals 33 5 10 4 4 9 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 3,947 Left on Base: Mets 10, Cubs 7 DP: Mets 1, Cubs 0 Errors: Stearns, Cardenal Doubles: Milner 2 (22), Boisclair (12), Madlock (35) Home Runs: Stearns (1), Mazzilli (1), Monday (29) Stolen Bases: Foster 2 (3), Harrelson (9), Cardenal (23) Caught Stealing: Monday (9) Sacrifice Hits: Trillo (5) Sacrifice Flies: Cardenal (3) GIDP: Cardenal (5) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(12-10) 6 8 4 4 3 7 1 28 2.50 R. Baldwin 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.65 Lockwood SV(16) 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 7 2.77 Totals 9 10 5 5 4 9 1 39 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko L(7-8) 3 6 4 3 3 5 1 18 4.28 Krukow 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 9 8.31 Stone 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.24 P. Reuschel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.70 Sutter 1.1 4 5 5 2 2 0 10 2.78 Knowles 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 2.86 Totals 9 16 11 10 6 8 2 48 Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Tom Gorman METS 1ST: On a bunt Boisclair made an out to first; Phillips struck out; Milner walked; Kingman singled to left [Milner scored (error by Cardenal) (unearned) (no RBI), Kingman to second]; Kranepool popped to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Monday singled to center; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cardenal flied to center; Madlock walked; Morales flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. METS 2ND: Stearns singled to left; Foster forced Stearns (third to second); Foster stole second; Harrelson walked; Seaver struck out; Boisclair grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Wallis popped to third in foul territory; Trillo flied to center; Swisher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. METS 3RD: Phillips struck out; Milner doubled to center; Kingman struck out; Kranepool singled to center [Milner scored, Kranepool to second (on throw to home)]; Stearns homered [Kranepool scored]; Foster walked; Harrelson singled to left [Foster to second]; Seaver struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Kelleher walked; LACOCK BATTED FOR RENKO; LaCock struck out; Monday grounded out (first unassisted) [Kelleher to second]; Cardenal flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 0. METS 4TH: KRUKOW REPLACED LACOCK (PITCHING); Boisclair doubled to center; Phillips grounded out (first unassisted) [Boisclair to third]; Milner doubled to left [Boisclair scored]; Kingman flied to left; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Madlock doubled to left; Morales flied to right [Madlock to third]; Wallis walked; Trillo struck out; Swisher singled to center [Madlock scored, Wallis to second]; SUMMERS BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Summers was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 1. METS 5TH: SPERRING REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING SS); Stearns flied to left; Foster walked; Harrelson singled to center [Foster out at third (center to third)]; Seaver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 1. CUBS 5TH: TABB BATTED FOR KRUKOW; Tabb was called out on strikes; Debut game for Jerry Tabb; Monday homered; Cardenal singled to left; Cardenal stole second [Cardenal to third (error by Stearns)]; Madlock singled to center [Cardenal scored]; Morales struck out; Wallis grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 3. METS 6TH: STONE REPLACED TABB (PITCHING); Boisclair flied to center; Phillips grounded out (second to first); Milner singled to center; Kingman lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 3. CUBS 6TH: Trillo struck out; Swisher popped to second; Sperring grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 3. METS 7TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Stearns singled to right; Foster forced Stearns (shortstop to second); Harrelson forced Foster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 3. CUBS 7TH: BIITTNER BATTED FOR P. REUSCHEL; Biittner singled to center; Monday singled to center [Biittner to third]; R. BALDWIN REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Cardenal hit a sacrifice fly to center [Biittner scored]; Madlock flied to right; Morales struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 4. METS 8TH: BIITTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SUTTER REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); R. Baldwin struck out; Boisclair struck out; Phillips singled to right; Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 4. CUBS 8TH: Wallis walked; LOCKWOOD REPLACED R. BALDWIN (PITCHING); Trillo out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wallis to second]; Swisher struck out; Sperring grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 4. METS 9TH: Kingman singled to center; Kranepool grounded out (third to first) [Kingman to second]; Stearns singled to center [Kingman scored, Stearns to second (on throw to home)]; Foster singled to left [Stearns scored, Foster to third (on throw to home)]; Harrelson was walked intentionally; Foster stole home and Harrelson stole second; Lockwood walked; KNOWLES REPLACED SUTTER (PITCHING); MAZZILLI BATTED FOR BOISCLAIR; Mazzilli homered [Harrelson scored, Lockwood scored]; Phillips grounded out (pitcher to first); BROWN BATTED FOR MILNER; Brown flied to center; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 11, Cubs 4. CUBS 9TH: MAZZILLI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Biittner singled to left; Monday singled to center [Biittner to third]; Cardenal grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Biittner scored (no RBI), Monday out at second]; Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 11, Cubs 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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