New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 3 (Game 2)
Game Played on Tuesday, September 25, 1979 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Mets         0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  1    1  -   4  9  1
Cubs         0  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   3 10  2


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            6   2   3   1     0   0   .258      Dilone cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .224
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .248      Dillard 2b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .289
Mazzilli 1b           4   0   1   1     1   3   .310        De Jesus ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .283
Hebner 3b             4   0   1   1     1   1   .265      Buckner 1b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Youngblood rf         4   0   0   0     1   3   .273      Kingman lf            4   2   2   0     0   0   .288
Hodges c              5   0   1   0     0   2   .157      Vail rf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .333
  Ferrer pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thompson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .292
  Trevino c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Davis 3b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .000
Norman lf             4   2   1   0     1   0   .240      Kimm c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Chapman 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .155        Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .296
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .229        Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .175
  Flynn pr,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Kelleher ss,2b        4   0   1   0     0   1   .242
Kobel p               1   0   1   0     0   0   .196      Caudill p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .059
  Boisclair ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .171        Sutter p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Reardon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Henderson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Stearns ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Henderson ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .306
  Hassler p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   4   9   4     5  12             Totals               39   3  10   3     0   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  5,559
Left on Base: Mets 12, Cubs 6
DP: Mets 2, Cubs 0
Errors: Youngblood, Kelleher, Sutter
Doubles: Taveras (29), Kobel (1)
Triples: Kingman (5)
Stolen Bases: Taveras (42), Dilone (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Kobel (9)
GIDP: Buckner (15), Vail (4)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kobel                   6    10   3   3   0   2   0  26   3.51
Reardon                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.04
Allen W(5-10)           2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.72
Hassler SV(3)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.56
Totals                 10    10   3   3   0   6   0  39

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caudill                 6.2   4   2   2   4   8   0  29   4.98
Sutter                  2.1   3   1   1   1   4   0  12   2.17
Tidrow L(11-5)          1     2   1   0   0   0   0   5   3.46
Totals                 10     9   4   3   5  12   0  46

Passed Balls: Kimm (1)

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


METS 1ST: Taveras popped to first in foul territory; Maddox
flied out to center; Mazzilli walked; Hebner walked [Mazzilli to
second]; Youngblood walked [Mazzilli to third, Hebner to
second]; Hodges struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs
0.

CUBS 1ST: Dilone flied out to center; Dillard grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buckner flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 0.

METS 2ND: Norman singled to left; Chapman was called out on
strikes; Kobel reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt
[Norman to second]; Taveras doubled to right [Norman scored,
Kobel to third]; Maddox popped to first; Mazzilli struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Kingman singled to shortstop; Vail singled to right
[Kingman to third]; Davis forced Vail (shortstop to second)
[Kingman scored]; Kimm lined to third; Kelleher singled to
center [Davis to third, Kelleher to second (on throw to 3b)];
Caudill struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 1.

METS 3RD: Hebner flied out to center; Youngblood struck out;
Hodges struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: On a bunt Dilone singled to third; Dilone stole
second; Dillard singled to center [Dilone scored]; Buckner
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Dillard out at second]; Kingman tripled to center; Vail singled
to left [Kingman scored]; Davis made an out to first; 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 3.

METS 4TH: Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); Chapman
flied out to center; Kobel doubled to left; Taveras grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 3.

CUBS 4TH: Kimm flied out to right; Kelleher grounded out
(shortstop to first); Caudill singled to right; Dilone singled
to right [Caudill to second]; Dillard was called out on strikes;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 3.

METS 5TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Mazzilli
struck out; Hebner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: On a bunt Buckner singled to third; Kingman flied out
to center; Vail grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Cubs 3.

METS 6TH: Youngblood struck out; Hodges popped to catcher in
foul territory; Norman popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cubs 3.

CUBS 6TH: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Kimm flied
out to right; Kelleher flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 3.

METS 7TH: Chapman grounded out (shortstop to first); BOISCLAIR
BATTED FOR KOBEL; Boisclair struck out; On a bunt Taveras
singled to first; Kimm allowed a passed ball [Taveras to
second]; Maddox walked; SUTTER REPLACED CAUDILL (PITCHING);
Mazzilli singled to center [Taveras scored, Maddox to third];
Hebner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: REARDON REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Sutter was
called out on strikes; Dilone grounded out (second to first);
Dillard reached on an error by Youngblood [Dillard to second];
Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 2, Cubs 3.

METS 8TH: Youngblood struck out; Hodges grounded out (first to
pitcher); Norman walked; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR CHAPMAN; Kranepool
reached on an error by Sutter [Norman to second, Kranepool to
first]; FLYNN RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; STEARNS BATTED FOR REARDON;
Stearns forced Flynn (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 2, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: FLYNN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ALLEN REPLACED
STEARNS (PITCHING); Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Vail was called out on strikes; Davis grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Cubs 3.

METS 9TH: DE JESUS REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING SS); KELLEHER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING
RF); Taveras singled to right; Taveras stole second; Maddox
struck out; Mazzilli struck out; Hebner singled to right
[Taveras scored]; Youngblood forced Hebner (third to second); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: BIITTNER BATTED FOR KIMM; Biittner grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kelleher was called out on strikes;
HENDERSON BATTED FOR SUTTER; Henderson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cubs 3.

METS 10TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING C ); TIDROW
REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); Hodges singled to center; FERRER
RAN FOR HODGES; Norman forced Ferrer (third to second) [Norman
to second (error by Kelleher)]; Flynn flied out to center;
HENDERSON BATTED FOR ALLEN; Henderson singled to center [Norman
scored (unearned)]; Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 3.

CUBS 10TH: TREVINO REPLACED FERRER (PLAYING C ); HASSLER
REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); Dilone grounded out (pitcher to
first); De Jesus was called out on strikes; Buckner flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 3.