Helping himself at the plate, Craig Swan led the Mets to a 5-2 victory over the Cubs as the New Yorkers' opening-day crowd was held to 12,219 because of the transit strike. The score was tied, 1-1, going into the bottom of the sixth inning, when Lee Mazzilli began the winning rally with a base on balls and moved to third on a double by Steve Henderson. Mike Jorgensen was intentionally walked to load the bases. New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 2Game Played on Thursday, April 10, 1980 (Day game) at Shea StadiumCubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 7 1 Mets 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 x - 5 8 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Taveras ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 De Jesus ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Maddox 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Mazzilli 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .000 Kingman lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Henderson lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250 Henderson rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Jorgensen rf 1 2 0 0 2 0 .000 Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Youngblood rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lezcano cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Stearns c 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Martin cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .500 Morales cf 3 0 2 2 0 0 .667 Blackwell c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Swan p 2 0 2 2 1 0 1.000 Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Caudill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 7 2 1 3 Totals 29 5 8 4 6 5 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 12,219 Left on Base: Cubs 6, Mets 7 DP: Cubs 1, Mets 1 Errors: Randle, Taveras Doubles: Kingman (1), Buckner (1), Martin (1), Henderson (1) Caught Stealing: Maddox (1), Morales (1) Sacrifice Flies: Morales (1) GIDP: Thompson (1), Maddox (1) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel L(0-1) 5.1 6 5 4 6 2 0 27 6.75 Caudill 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 Tidrow 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 Totals 8 8 5 4 6 5 0 36 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan W(1-0) 7 7 2 2 1 3 0 29 2.57 Allen SV(1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 3 0 35 Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Dutch Rennert CUBS 1ST: Randle grounded out (second to first); De Jesus popped to second; Buckner popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox singled to center; Maddox was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 2ND: Kingman doubled to left; Henderson flied out to right [Kingman to third]; Ontiveros flied out to right; Lezcano struck out; Debut game for Carlos Lezcano; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen walked; Stearns grounded out (second to first) [Jorgensen to second]; Morales singled to right [Jorgensen scored]; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. CUBS 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (first to pitcher); Reuschel struck out; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. METS 3RD: Swan walked; Taveras singled to right [Swan to second]; Maddox forced Taveras (pitcher to shortstop) [Swan to third]; Mazzilli walked [Maddox to second]; Henderson struck out; Jorgensen forced Mazzilli (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. CUBS 4TH: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Buckner singled to center; Kingman grounded out (third to first) [Buckner to second]; Henderson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. METS 4TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales made an out to shortstop; Flynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. CUBS 5TH: Ontiveros flied out to right; Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Blackwell singled to left; Reuschel struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. METS 5TH: Swan singled to center; Taveras struck out; Maddox grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Swan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 1. CUBS 6TH: Randle grounded out (first unassisted); De Jesus singled to center; Buckner doubled to left [De Jesus to third]; Kingman grounded out (third to first) [De Jesus scored]; Henderson walked; Ontiveros flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 1. METS 6TH: MARTIN REPLACED LEZCANO (PLAYING CF); Mazzilli walked; Henderson doubled to right [Mazzilli to third]; Jorgensen was walked intentionally; Stearns reached on an error by Randle [Mazzilli scored (unearned) (no RBI), Henderson to third, Jorgensen to second]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to center [Henderson scored, Jorgensen to third, Stearns to second]; Flynn was walked intentionally; Swan singled to center [Jorgensen scored, Stearns scored, Flynn to second]; CAUDILL REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Taveras popped to second; Maddox struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 5. CUBS 7TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED JORGENSEN (PLAYING RF); Martin doubled to left; Blackwell flied out to center; BIITTNER BATTED FOR CAUDILL; Biittner flied out to right; Randle singled to center [Martin scored]; De Jesus flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 5. METS 7TH: TIDROW REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Mazzilli made an out to second; Henderson made an out to third; Youngblood struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 5. CUBS 8TH: ALLEN REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Buckner grounded out (second to first); Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory; Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 5. METS 8TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales singled to center; Flynn singled to right [Morales to third]; Morales was caught stealing home (catcher to third); Allen struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 5. CUBS 9TH: Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); Martin reached on an error by Taveras; THOMPSON BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Thompson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Martin out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Mets 5. |
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