A pinch-single by Lee Mazzilli in the ninth drove home the winning run as the Mets edged the Cubs, 2-1. John Stearns began the bottom of the ninth with an infield single and moved to second on a sacrifice by Hubie Brooks. After Dave Kingman received an intentional base on balls, Mazzilli singled to left to chase Stearns home. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 30, 1981 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  7  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morales cf            3   0   1   0     2   0   .288      Wilson cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .278
De Jesus ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .191      Stearns c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .275
Buckner 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .317      Brooks 3b             3   1   2   0     0   0   .310
Durham rf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .294      Kingman lf            3   0   1   1     1   1   .224
Henderson lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Staub 1b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .309
Davis c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .259        Giles pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Mazzilli ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .231
Waller 3b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .222      Valentine rf          3   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Tabler 2b             3   0   1   0     0   2   .194      Flynn 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Bird p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .100      Gardenhire ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Tracy ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Puleo p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Martz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Cubbage ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               33   1   8   0     4   7             Totals               30   2   7   2     1   6

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  4,473
Left on Base: Cubs 10, Mets 5
DP: Cubs 0, Mets 1
Errors: Gardenhire
Doubles: Buckner 2 (34), Tabler (3), Durham (13), Brooks 2 (21), Staub (6)
Stolen Bases: Waller (2), De Jesus (21)
Sacrifice Hits: Tabler (2), Brooks (1)
GIDP: Buckner (17)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird                    8     5   1   1   0   6   0  28   3.22
Martz L(5-7)            0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   3.57
Hernandez               0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.95
Totals                  8.1   7   2   2   1   6   0  32

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Puleo                   8     7   1   0   3   6   0  33   0.00
Allen W(7-5)            1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.86
Totals                  9     8   1   0   4   7   0  38

Wild Pitches: Puleo (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Jerry Crawford


CUBS 1ST: Morales singled to shortstop; On a bunt De Jesus
forced Morales (pitcher to shortstop); Buckner doubled to right
[De Jesus to third]; Durham struck out; Henderson grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Stearns
grounded out (second to first); Brooks doubled to left; Kingman
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Davis popped to catcher; Waller grounded out (second
to first); Tabler doubled to right; Puleo threw a wild pitch
[Tabler to third]; Bird struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Staub singled to second; Valentine flied out to
center; Flynn lined to left; Gardenhire flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Morales walked; De Jesus lined to shortstop; Buckner
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Morales out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Puleo struck out; Wilson was called out on strikes;
Stearns grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Mets 0.

CUBS 4TH: Durham doubled to left; Henderson grounded out (second
to first) [Durham to third]; Davis popped to shortstop; Waller
walked; Waller stole second [Durham scored (error by Gardenhire)
(unearned)]; Tabler was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Brooks grounded out (second to first); Kingman lined
to third; Staub lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Mets 0.

CUBS 5TH: Bird struck out; Morales grounded out (shortstop to
first); De Jesus singled to center; De Jesus stole second;
Buckner popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Valentine popped to shortstop; Flynn grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gardenhire grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 6TH: Durham grounded out (left to first); Leon Durham
doubled but missed 1B, out on appeal; Henderson grounded out
(third to first); Davis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Puleo struck out; Wilson struck out; Stearns grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 7TH: Waller flied out to left; Tabler struck out; Bird
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Brooks doubled to left; Kingman singled to left
[Brooks scored, Kingman out at second (left to second)]; Staub
doubled to center; GILES RAN FOR STAUB; Valentine grounded out
(third to first); Flynn struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Mets 1.

CUBS 8TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED GILES (PLAYING 1B); Morales flied
out to left; De Jesus flied out to right; Buckner doubled to
center; Durham was walked intentionally; Henderson singled to
third [Buckner to third, Durham to second]; LUM BATTED FOR
DAVIS; Lum popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets
1.

METS 8TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED LUM (PLAYING C ); Gardenhire
grounded out (third to first); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR PULEO; Cubbage
grounded out (second to first); Wilson lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 1.

CUBS 9TH: ALLEN REPLACED CUBBAGE (PITCHING); Waller singled to
shortstop; Tabler out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Waller to second]; TRACY BATTED FOR BIRD; Tracy struck out;
Morales walked; De Jesus lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 1, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: MARTZ REPLACED TRACY (PITCHING); Stearns singled to
third; Brooks out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Stearns to second]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED MARTZ (PITCHING);
Kingman was walked intentionally; MAZZILLI BATTED FOR JORGENSEN;
Mazzilli singled to left [Stearns scored, Kingman to second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 2.