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Friday September 29, 1978
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Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, September 29, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   4 13  0
Cubs         0  1  4    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 12  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Flores cf             0   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Scott 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .282
  Mazzilli pr,cf      3   1   2   0     1   1   .275      Gross rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .267
Valentine 2b          4   1   2   0     1   0   .269      Buckner 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .321
  Maddox pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Kingman lf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .262
Boisclair lf          3   0   1   0     0   2   .226      Trillo 2b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .261
  S. Henderson ph,lf  2   1   1   3     0   0   .266      White cf              3   2   2   1     1   0   .270
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rader c               4   0   1   2     0   0   .203
Montanez 1b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .253      De Jesus ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .277
Norman rf,lf          5   1   3   0     0   1   .255      Krukow p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .244
Youngblood 3b,2b      5   0   1   1     0   1   .248        Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .327
Trevino c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .200        McGlothen p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Stearns ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .264        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Ferrer ss             1   0   1   0     2   0   .200
  Hodges ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Foli ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Bruhert p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .075
  Benton ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bernard p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Cornejo p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Randle ph,3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .233

Totals               37   4  13   4     5   6             Totals               32   5  12   5     4   2

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  3,333
Left on Base: Mets 12, Cubs 7
DP: Mets 3, Cubs 2
Doubles: Valentine (7), Kingman (17), Rader (13), Krukow (5)
Triples: Norman (1)
Home Runs: S. Henderson (10), White (1)
Stolen Bases: Norman (1)
Caught Stealing: Mazzilli (13), Scott (10)
GIDP: Montanez (13), Valentine (7), Trillo 2 (10), Rader (13)
Hit by Pitch: Benton (1,by Krukow)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bruhert L(4-11)         4     8   5   5   2   1   1  21   4.78
Bernard                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.86
Cornejo                 2     2   0   0   1   0   0   8   2.45
Murray                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.85
Totals                  8    12   5   5   4   2   1  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow W(9-3)           6     7   2   2   5   6   0  29   3.90
Roberts                 0.1   2   2   2   0   0   1   3   5.25
McGlothen               1.2   4   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.47
Sutter SV(27)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.19
Totals                  9    13   4   4   5   6   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Krukow (5)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Bob Engel


METS 1ST: Flores walked; MAZZILLI RAN FOR FLORES; Valentine
singled to left [Mazzilli to second]; Boisclair struck out;
Montanez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Valentine out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: MAZZILLI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Scott grounded
out (third to first); Gross walked; Buckner singled to left
[Gross to second]; Kingman popped to center; Trillo forced
Buckner (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 0.

METS 2ND: Norman singled to left; Youngblood popped to second;
Trevino flied out to center; Norman stole second; Ferrer walked;
Bruhert forced Ferrer (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: White homered; Rader grounded out (third to first); De
Jesus grounded out (third to first); Krukow flied out to right;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 1.

METS 3RD: Mazzilli walked; Valentine grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Mazzilli out at second]; Boisclair
singled to right; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: Scott singled to left; Scott was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Gross struck out; Buckner singled
to pitcher; Kingman doubled to left [Buckner to third]; Trillo
singled to right [Buckner scored, Kingman scored, Trillo to
second (on throw to home)]; White walked; Rader doubled to right
[Trillo scored, White scored]; De Jesus grounded out (shortstop
to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 5.

METS 4TH: Norman struck out; Youngblood grounded out (shortstop
to first); Trevino popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
0, Cubs 5.

CUBS 4TH: Krukow doubled to right; Scott lined to shortstop;
Gross flied out to left; Buckner popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 5.

METS 5TH: Ferrer walked; BENTON BATTED FOR BRUHERT; Benton was
hit by a pitch [Ferrer to second]; Mazzilli struck out;
Valentine lined to left; Boisclair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 5.

CUBS 5TH: BERNARD REPLACED BENTON (PITCHING); Kingman singled to
left; Trillo grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Kingman out at second]; White grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 5.

METS 6TH: Montanez struck out; Norman singled to left;
Youngblood struck out; Trevino singled to pitcher [Norman to
second]; Ferrer singled to second [Norman to third, Trevino to
second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR BERNARD; Kranepool grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 5.

CUBS 6TH: CORNEJO REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Rader grounded
out (shortstop to first); De Jesus singled to center; Krukow
flied out to right; Scott singled to first [De Jesus to second];
Gross flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 5.

METS 7TH: Mazzilli singled to right; ROBERTS REPLACED KRUKOW
(PITCHING); Valentine walked (walk was charged to Krukow)
[Mazzilli to second]; S. HENDERSON BATTED FOR BOISCLAIR; S.
Henderson homered [Mazzilli scored, Valentine scored]; Montanez
lined to second; Norman tripled to center; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED
ROBERTS (PITCHING); Youngblood singled to left [Norman scored];
Trevino flied out to right; HODGES BATTED FOR FERRER; Hodges
flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: FOLI REPLACED HODGES (PLAYING SS); S. HENDERSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Buckner flied out to right; Kingman
walked; Trillo grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Kingman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4,
Cubs 5.

METS 8TH: RANDLE BATTED FOR CORNEJO; Randle popped to shortstop;
Mazzilli singled to center; Mazzilli was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Valentine doubled to center; MADDOX RAN
FOR VALENTINE; S. Henderson grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 5.

CUBS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RANDLE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); YOUNGBLOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
NORMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MURRAY REPLACED S.
HENDERSON (PITCHING); White singled to center; Rader grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [White out at
second]; De Jesus walked; McGlothen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 5.

METS 9TH: Montanez singled to left; SUTTER REPLACED MCGLOTHEN
(PITCHING); Norman grounded out (pitcher to first) [Montanez to
second]; Youngblood popped to center; STEARNS BATTED FOR
TREVINO; Stearns popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Cubs 5.



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