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Bobby Bonds belted his sixth home run of the season with two out in the eighth inning to propel the Cubs to a 10-9 triumph over the Mets. Eight of the Cubs' 10 runs came on homers as Leon Durham, Ty Waller and Jody Davis also connected. Ellis Valentine hit two homers and drove in five runs for the Mets. [The Sporting News] Chicago Cubs 10, New York Mets 9Game Played on Thursday, September 24, 1981 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldMets 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 - 9 13 1 Cubs 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 x - 10 10 4 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .285 Bonds cf 3 2 1 1 2 1 .231 Howard lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 De Jesus ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .184 Taveras ss 4 2 1 1 0 0 .230 Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .305 Brooks 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .311 Durham rf 3 2 1 2 1 0 .308 Bailor 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Henderson lf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .264 Kingman 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .211 Morales lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Mazzilli lf,cf 4 1 0 1 1 0 .229 Davis c 2 2 1 2 2 0 .277 Valentine rf 5 2 3 5 0 1 .216 Waller 3b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .250 Stearns c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Tyson 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .200 Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .221 Tabler 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Griffin p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Orosco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Totals 42 9 13 8 2 6 Totals 32 10 10 9 6 4 Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 2,555 Left on Base: Mets 10, Cubs 4 DP: Mets 1, Cubs 0 Errors: Kingman, De Jesus, Buckner, Davis, Tyson Doubles: Taveras (11), Kingman (10), Brooks (19), Flynn (12), Valentine (10), Buckner (30) Home Runs: Valentine 2 (8), Waller (2), Durham (10), Davis (4), Bonds (6) Stolen Bases: Wilson (24), Stearns (11), Bonds (5) Caught Stealing: De Jesus (9) Sacrifice Flies: Taveras (3) GIDP: Bonds (4) Hit by Pitch: Brooks (1,by Smith) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Falcone 1.2 3 2 1 3 0 0 10 3.04 Leach 1.1 1 3 3 2 0 1 7 2.27 Marshall 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 8 3.04 Orosco L(0-1) 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 13 1.80 Totals 8 10 10 9 6 4 4 38 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Griffin 4.1 7 3 3 0 2 1 21 3.96 Smith 1.2 1 2 1 1 1 0 9 3.79 Martz 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 3.55 Tidrow W(3-8) 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 10 4.70 Eastwick SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.23 Totals 9 13 9 7 2 6 2 46 Hit by Pitch: Smith (1) Wild Pitches: Falcone (2), Marshall (2) Umpires: HP - Randy Marsh, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Eric Gregg METS 1ST: Wilson was called out on strikes; Taveras doubled to right; Brooks grounded out (pitcher to first) [Taveras to third]; Kingman singled to center [Taveras scored]; Mazzilli flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; On a bunt De Jesus singled to first [Bonds scored (error by Kingman) (unearned)]; De Jesus was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Buckner popped to second; Durham grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 1. METS 2ND: Valentine struck out; Stearns grounded out (third to first); Flynn singled to center; Falcone forced Flynn (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 1. CUBS 2ND: Henderson singled to right; Davis walked [Henderson to second]; Waller flied out to right [Henderson to third]; Tyson singled to center [Henderson scored, Davis to second]; On a bunt Griffin made an out to third; Falcone threw a wild pitch [Davis to third, Tyson to second]; Bonds was walked intentionally; LEACH REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING); De Jesus popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 2. METS 3RD: Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second [Wilson to third (error by Davis)]; Taveras hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wilson scored]; Brooks flied out to right; Kingman doubled to left; Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 2. CUBS 3RD: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Durham grounded out (second to first); Henderson walked; Davis walked [Henderson to second]; Waller homered [Henderson scored, Davis scored]; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 5. METS 4TH: Valentine homered; Stearns grounded out (second to first); Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR LEACH; Cubbage grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 5. CUBS 4TH: MARSHALL REPLACED CUBBAGE (PITCHING); Griffin singled to right; Bonds grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Griffin out at second]; De Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 5. METS 5TH: Wilson reached on an error by De Jesus; Taveras popped to catcher in foul territory; Brooks doubled to left [Wilson to third]; SMITH REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Kingman lined to second; Mazzilli walked; Valentine forced Brooks (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 5. CUBS 5TH: Buckner doubled to center; Marshall threw a wild pitch [Buckner to third]; Durham homered [Buckner scored]; Henderson popped to first; Davis flied out to right; Waller flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 7. METS 6TH: On a bunt Stearns made an out to first; Flynn doubled to second; HODGES BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Hodges was called out on strikes; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 7. CUBS 6TH: OROSCO REPLACED HODGES (PITCHING); Tyson singled to left; Smith struck out; Bonds struck out; De Jesus flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 7. METS 7TH: Taveras reached on an error by Tyson; Brooks was hit by a pitch [Taveras to second]; MARTZ REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Kingman singled to left [Taveras to third, Brooks to second]; Mazzilli reached on an error by Buckner [Taveras scored (unearned), Brooks scored (no RBI), Kingman to third]; Valentine homered [Kingman scored, Mazzilli scored (unearned)]; TIDROW REPLACED MARTZ (PITCHING); Stearns singled to right; Flynn popped to first; Stearns stole second; Orosco was called out on strikes; Wilson was walked intentionally; Taveras forced Wilson (third to second); 5 R (3 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 8, Cubs 7. CUBS 7TH: BAILOR REPLACED BROOKS (PLAYING 3B); Buckner lined to right; Durham walked; Henderson lined to shortstop; Davis homered [Durham scored]; Waller lined to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 8, Cubs 9. METS 8TH: TABLER REPLACED TYSON (PLAYING 2B); MORALES REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING LF); Bailor singled to center; Kingman struck out; Mazzilli flied out to left; Valentine doubled to left [Bailor scored]; Stearns flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 9, Cubs 9. CUBS 8TH: HOWARD REPLACED WILSON (PLAYING LF); MAZZILLI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Tabler grounded out (second to first); CRUZ BATTED FOR TIDROW; Cruz was called out on strikes; Bonds homered; De Jesus popped to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 9, Cubs 10. METS 9TH: EASTWICK REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); JORGENSEN BATTED FOR FLYNN; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); STAUB BATTED FOR OROSCO; Staub popped to third; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 9, Cubs 10. |
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