New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 4 (Game 1)

Game Played on Saturday, September 17, 1977 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Cubs         3  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  8  2
Mets         0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  3  -   5  8  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           0   1   0   0     0   0   .260      Randle 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .299
  Rosello 2b          0   0   0   0     1   0   .224      Mazzilli cf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .240
  Trillo 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .278      Boisclair rf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .298
Biittner lf           3   1   2   2     0   0   .301        Vail ph,rf          2   1   1   0     0   0   .264
  Clines ph,lf        2   0   1   1     0   0   .302      Henderson lf          4   1   2   0     0   1   .302
Buckner 1b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Hodges c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Ontiveros 3b          3   1   1   0     1   1   .293        Stearns ph,c        1   1   0   0     1   1   .259
Gross cf              3   0   2   1     0   0   .322      Youngblood 2b         3   1   1   0     0   0   .225
  Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .251        Kranepool ph        1   0   1   2     0   0   .283
  Wallis cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Harrelson ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Swisher c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Zachry p              1   0   1   1     0   0   .133
Kelleher 2b,ss        3   1   1   0     1   0   .242        Staiger ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .236
Lamp p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Myrick p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  G. Hernandez p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .067        Rosado ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
  P. Reuschel p       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               33   4   8   4     4   3             Totals               32   5   8   4     2   6

Time of Game: 2:47
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Mets 4
DP: Cubs 1, Mets 1
Errors: Wallis, Lamp
Doubles: Ontiveros (28), Biittner (26), Gross (9), Swisher (7), Youngblood (10), Kranepool (17)
Home Runs: Biittner (11)
Stolen Bases: Mazzilli (20)
Sacrifice Hits: G. Hernandez (2)
GIDP: Cardenal (9), Randle (13)
Hit by Pitch: De Jesus (4,by Zachry)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamp                    5.2   4   2   2   0   2   0  20   4.84
G. Hernandez            0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.24
P. Reuschel L(4-6)      2     3   3   2   2   3   0  11   3.84
Totals                  8.1   8   5   4   2   6   0  34

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zachry                  6     5   3   3   1   3   1  25   4.38
Myrick                  2     3   1   1   3   0   0  11   4.06
Apodaca W(4-8)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.46
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4   3   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Zachry (4)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Satch Davidson


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus was hit by a pitch; Biittner homered [De
Jesus scored]; Buckner flied out to right; Murcer grounded out
(first unassisted); Ontiveros doubled to right; Gross singled to
right [Ontiveros scored]; Swisher struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: ROSELLO REPLACED DE JESUS (PLAYING 2B); KELLEHER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Randle grounded out (pitcher to
first); Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Boisclair
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Kelleher grounded out (second to first); Lamp flied
out to center; Rosello walked; Biittner doubled to left [Rosello
to third]; Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: TRILLO REPLACED ROSELLO (PLAYING 2B); Henderson
grounded out (second to first); Milner flied out to right;
Hodges grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Murcer popped to third in foul territory; Ontiveros
struck out; Gross doubled to right; Swisher grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Youngblood doubled to left; Harrelson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Youngblood to third]; Zachry singled to
right [Youngblood scored]; Randle grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Zachry out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 1.

CUBS 4TH: Kelleher lined to left; Lamp popped to first; Trillo
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
3, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Mazzilli flied out to center; Boisclair was called out
on strikes; Henderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 1.

CUBS 5TH: Biittner flied out to center; Buckner lined to center;
Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Milner popped to first; Hodges grounded out (second to
first); Youngblood flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Mets 1.

CUBS 6TH: Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); Gross flied
out to left; Swisher lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: Harrelson grounded out (first unassisted); STAIGER
BATTED FOR ZACHRY; Staiger singled to right; Randle grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Staiger to second]; Staiger was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Lamp [Staiger to third];
Mazzilli singled to center [Staiger scored]; G. HERNANDEZ
REPLACED LAMP (PITCHING); VAIL BATTED FOR BOISCLAIR; Mazzilli
stole second; Vail lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Mets 2.

CUBS 7TH: VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MYRICK REPLACED
STAIGER (PITCHING); Kelleher singled to center; G. Hernandez out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Kelleher to second];
Trillo walked; CLINES BATTED FOR BIITTNER; Clines singled to
right [Kelleher scored, Trillo to third]; Buckner popped to
first in foul territory; Murcer flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 2.

METS 7TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Henderson singled
to right; Milner struck out; STEARNS BATTED FOR HODGES; P.
REUSCHEL REPLACED G. HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Stearns was called
out on strikes; Youngblood flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 2.

CUBS 8TH: STEARNS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Ontiveros walked;
CARDENAL BATTED FOR GROSS; Cardenal grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Ontiveros out at second];
Swisher doubled to right; Kelleher was walked intentionally; P.
Reuschel forced Kelleher (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 2.

METS 8TH: WALLIS REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING CF); Harrelson lined
to shortstop; ROSADO BATTED FOR MYRICK; Rosado struck out;
Randle walked; Mazzilli was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 2.

CUBS 9TH: APODACA REPLACED ROSADO (PITCHING); Trillo grounded
out (second to first); Clines lined to left; Buckner grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 2.

METS 9TH: Vail singled to right; Henderson singled to center
[Vail to second]; Milner popped to third in foul territory;
Stearns walked [Vail to third, Henderson to second]; KRANEPOOL
BATTED FOR YOUNGBLOOD; Kranepool doubled to center [Vail scored,
Henderson scored, Stearns scored (error by Wallis) (unearned)];
3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 5.