After being held to one hit in the first six innings, the Mets erupted for four runs in the seventh and defeated the Cubs, 4-1. Felix Millan was safe on an error to start the stanza and scored on singles by Bruce Boisclair and Dave Kingman. New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 1Game Played on Saturday, April 16, 1977 (Day game) at Shea StadiumCubs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 4 5 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .379 Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .172 Cardenal lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Millan 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .258 Biittner 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .379 Boisclair lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .364 Murcer rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .385 Kingman 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .344 Morales cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Kranepool rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .344 Ontiveros 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Vail pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Staiger 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Trillo 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .360 Hodges c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 R. Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Grote ph,c 1 0 1 2 0 0 .400 R. Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Gross ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Espinosa p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 8 1 0 1 Totals 29 4 5 4 2 4 Time of Game: 1:50 Attendance: 11,423 Left on Base: Cubs 3, Mets 3 DP: Cubs 0, Mets 3 Errors: Biittner Doubles: Biittner (2), De Jesus (1) Caught Stealing: Morales (1), Kingman (1) GIDP: De Jesus (1), Murcer (2) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA R. Reuschel L(1-1) 6.1 4 4 3 1 3 0 24 3.55 R. Hernandez 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0.00 Todd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13.50 Totals 8 5 4 3 2 4 0 31 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Espinosa W(2-0) 9 8 1 1 0 1 0 31 0.71 Totals 9 8 1 1 0 1 0 31 Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey CUBS 1ST: De Jesus popped to first in foul territory; Cardenal flied out to center; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (first to pitcher); Boisclair grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 2ND: Murcer lined to right; Morales grounded out (third to first); Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kingman popped to second; Kranepool flied out to center; Staiger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 3RD: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Trillo singled to left; R. Reuschel was called out on strikes; De Jesus singled to left [Trillo to second]; Cardenal popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Hodges flied out to right; Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Espinosa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 4TH: Biittner doubled to left; Murcer singled to center [Biittner scored]; Morales forced Murcer (shortstop to second); Ontiveros lined to right; Morales was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); Millan grounded out (third to first); Boisclair grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. CUBS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); Trillo flied out to right; R. Reuschel grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Kingman singled to left; Kranepool flied out to center; Staiger was called out on strikes; Kingman was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. CUBS 6TH: De Jesus doubled to right; Cardenal lined into a double play (first to shortstop) [De Jesus out at second]; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Hodges grounded out (second to first); Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Espinosa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. CUBS 7TH: Murcer flied out to left; Morales grounded out (pitcher to first); Ontiveros lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Mazzilli was called out on strikes; Millan reached on an error by Biittner [Millan to first]; On a bunt Boisclair singled to pitcher [Millan to second]; Kingman singled to center [Millan scored (unearned), Boisclair to second]; Kranepool singled to right [Boisclair scored, Kingman to third]; Staiger walked [Kranepool to second]; VAIL RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; R. HERNANDEZ REPLACED R. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); GROTE BATTED FOR HODGES; Grote singled to center [Kingman scored, Vail scored, Staiger to third]; Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Grote to second]; Espinosa walked; Mazzilli struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 4. CUBS 8TH: GROTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Mitterwald flied out to center; Trillo singled to center; GROSS BATTED FOR R. HERNANDEZ; Gross singled to left [Trillo to second]; De Jesus grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 4. METS 8TH: TODD REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Millan lined to second; Boisclair flied out to center; Kingman lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 4. CUBS 9TH: Cardenal flied out to left; Biittner singled to right; Murcer grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Biittner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 4. |
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