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Sunday July 1, 1979
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Chicago Cubs 8, New York Mets 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 1, 1979 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Mets         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  0
Cubs         2  5  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   8  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Youngblood rf         4   1   1   0     0   1   .285      De Jesus ss           3   2   1   1     1   0   .269
Taveras ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Mazzilli cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .337      Buckner 1b            4   2   2   3     0   0   .292
Hebner 3b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .290      Kingman lf            3   0   0   1     0   3   .298
Montanez 1b           3   0   1   2     0   1   .206        Mejias lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Martin cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .295
Trevino c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .339      Vail rf               4   1   1   0     0   2   .359
Flynn 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .223      Ontiveros 3b          4   1   1   1     0   1   .293
Falcone p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Foote c               3   1   1   1     0   0   .234
  Allen p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .158      McGlothen p           3   1   1   0     0   1   .200
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Glynn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   7   2     1   7             Totals               32   8   9   7     1   7

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 36,609
Left on Base: Mets 4, Cubs 2
DP: Mets 0, Cubs 1
Doubles: Trevino (6), Mazzilli (22), Vail (3), De Jesus (12), Sizemore (12), Martin (17)
Triples: Buckner (6)
Home Runs: Buckner (9), Foote (8)
Stolen Bases: Youngblood (11), De Jesus (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (5), Kingman (2)
GIDP: Trevino (2)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(1-6)          1.2   6   7   7   1   0   1  12   5.27
Allen                   2.1   0   0   0   0   3   0   7   6.06
Murray                  3     2   1   1   0   2   1  11   4.20
Glynn                   1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   1.56
Totals                  8     9   8   8   1   7   2  34

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGlothen W(9-6)        9     7   2   2   1   7   0  33   4.30
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   7   0  33

Wild Pitches: Falcone (7)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague


METS 1ST: Youngblood singled to left; Youngblood stole second;
Taveras popped to second; Mazzilli struck out; Hebner walked;
Montanez singled to right [Youngblood scored, Hebner to third,
Montanez out at second (right to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus walked; De Jesus stole second; Sizemore
popped to catcher in foul territory; Buckner tripled to right
[De Jesus scored]; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to left [Buckner
scored]; Martin flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Cubs 2.

METS 2ND: Henderson singled to right; Trevino grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Henderson out at
second]; Flynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 2ND: Vail doubled to left; Ontiveros singled to right [Vail
scored]; Foote flied out to center; McGlothen singled to left
[Ontiveros to second]; De Jesus doubled to right [Ontiveros
scored, McGlothen to third]; Falcone threw a wild pitch
[McGlothen scored, De Jesus to third]; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buckner homered [De Jesus scored]; ALLEN
REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 7.

METS 3RD: Allen struck out; Youngblood made an out to third;
Taveras flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs
7.

CUBS 3RD: Martin lined to left; Vail was called out on strikes;
Ontiveros was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Cubs 7.

METS 4TH: Mazzilli singled to center; Hebner flied out to left;
Montanez struck out; Henderson forced Mazzilli (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 7.

CUBS 4TH: Foote grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
McGlothen made an out to shortstop; De Jesus grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 7.

METS 5TH: Trevino doubled to left; Flynn singled to right
[Trevino to third]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR ALLEN; Kranepool struck
out; Youngblood struck out; Taveras struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 7.

CUBS 5TH: MURRAY REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Sizemore doubled
to right; Buckner flied out to center [Sizemore to third];
Kingman struck out; Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 7.

METS 6TH: On a bunt Mazzilli made an out to pitcher; Hebner
struck out; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cubs 7.

CUBS 6TH: Vail flied out to center; Ontiveros grounded out
(third to first); Foote homered; McGlothen struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 8.

METS 7TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED FOOTE (PLAYING C ); Henderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Trevino flied out to right;
Flynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 8.

CUBS 7TH: De Jesus flied out to right; Sizemore grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buckner grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 8.

METS 8TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR MURRAY; Boisclair grounded out
(shortstop to first); Youngblood grounded out (shortstop to
first); Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 8.

CUBS 8TH: GLYNN REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Kingman struck
out; Martin doubled to left; Vail struck out; Ontiveros flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 8.

METS 9TH: MEJIAS REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING LF); Mazzilli doubled
to left; Hebner flied out to right [Mazzilli to third]; Montanez
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Mazzilli scored]; Henderson
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Cubs 8.



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