A loser of seven straight decisions, Jon Matlack gained his first victory since May 18 when Steve Henderson hit a two-run homer for the Mets in the eighth inning to beat the Cubs, 4-2. The Cubs took a 2-1 lead in the seventh when Steve Ontiveros walked and George Mitterwald homered, but the Mets tied the score in their half on a double by Mike Vail and single by Lee Mazzilli. New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 2Game Played on Tuesday, July 12, 1977 (Night game) at Shea StadiumCubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 6 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 x - 4 7 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .272 Randle 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .314 Cardenal lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Valentine ss,1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .162 Biittner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289 Henderson lf 4 1 1 2 0 2 .243 Murcer rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .270 Stearns c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .290 Morales cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .332 Boisclair 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Ontiveros 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .303 Millan 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .315 Vail rf 3 2 1 0 0 0 .310 Mitterwald c 3 1 1 2 0 0 .253 Mazzilli cf 3 0 2 2 0 1 .225 Buckner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Flynn 2b,ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .211 R. Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 1 2 .163 Matlack p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .056 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 32 2 6 2 3 10 Totals 29 4 7 4 2 10 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 8,093 Left on Base: Cubs 6, Mets 4 DP: Cubs 0, Mets 1 Doubles: Randle (13), Mazzilli (10), Vail (8) Home Runs: Mitterwald (6), Henderson (3) Sacrifice Hits: Valentine (1) GIDP: Mitterwald (12) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA R. Reuschel L(12-3) 7 6 3 3 2 9 0 28 2.17 Sutter 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 1.15 Totals 8 7 4 4 2 10 1 32 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(4-11) 8.1 6 2 2 3 9 1 33 4.26 Lockwood SV(14) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.57 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 10 1 35 Passed Balls: Stearns (5) Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Montague CUBS 1ST: De Jesus lined to left; Cardenal popped to left; Biittner lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (second to first); Valentine grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 2ND: Murcer singled to shortstop; Morales singled to left [Murcer to third, Morales to second (on throw to 3b)]; Ontiveros struck out; Trillo was walked intentionally; Mitterwald grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Trillo out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Stearns lined to center; Boisclair grounded out (shortstop to first); Vail grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 3RD: R. Reuschel struck out; De Jesus struck out; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Mazzilli was called out on strikes; Flynn grounded out (third to first); Matlack struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 4TH: Biittner was called out on strikes; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Morales singled to shortstop; Ontiveros forced Morales (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Randle doubled to left [Randle out at third (left to second to third)]; Valentine struck out; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 5TH: Trillo popped to first in foul territory; Mitterwald flied out to left; R. Reuschel walked; De Jesus was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Stearns walked; Boisclair forced Stearns (second to shortstop); Vail forced Boisclair (third to second); Mazzilli doubled to right [Vail scored]; Flynn struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. CUBS 6TH: Cardenal flied out to left; Biittner lined to left; Murcer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. METS 6TH: Matlack was called out on strikes; Randle walked; Valentine was called out on strikes; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. CUBS 7TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Ontiveros walked; Trillo popped to second; Mitterwald homered [Ontiveros scored]; R. Reuschel was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 1. METS 7TH: Stearns struck out; Boisclair lined to center; Vail doubled to center; Mazzilli singled to center [Vail scored]; Flynn singled to center [Mazzilli to third]; Matlack grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 2. CUBS 8TH: De Jesus popped to second; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Biittner lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 2. METS 8TH: Randle singled to left; SUTTER REPLACED R. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Valentine out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Randle to second]; Henderson homered [Randle scored]; Stearns flied out to right; Boisclair struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 4. CUBS 9TH: MILLAN REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PLAYING 2B); FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); VALENTINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Murcer singled to right; Morales lined to shortstop; Ontiveros singled to second [Murcer to second]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Stearns allowed a passed ball [Murcer to third, Ontiveros to second]; Trillo struck out; BUCKNER BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 4. |
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