New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 7, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1976 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 11, Chicago Cubs 0

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boisclair cf 5 1 1 2
Phillips 2b 5 1 2 2
Milner lf 4 1 3 1
  Mazzilli lf 1 0 0 0
Kingman rf 5 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 5 2 2 0
Stearns c 4 2 2 0
Foster 3b 4 2 3 5
Harrelson ss 5 2 3 1
Matlack p 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 16 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday 1b 4 0 0 0
Cardenal lf 3 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Morales rf 4 0 1 0
Sperring 3b 4 0 1 0
Kelleher ss 4 0 1 0
Swisher c 4 0 1 0
Wallis cf 4 0 1 0
Burris p 1 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Putman ph 1 0 1 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph 1 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 8 0
New York 300 330 00211161
Chicago 000 000 000080
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (15-8) 9.0 8 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (12-13) 3.2 8 6 6 2 3
  Reuschel   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Schultz   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Garman   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Coleman   2.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
2
3

  E–Foster (1).  DP–New York 2.  3B–New York Milner (4,off Burris).  HR–New York Phillips (4,1st inning off Burris 0 on, 1 out); Foster (1,9th inning off Coleman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Matlack 2 (6,off Burris,off Schultz).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:28.  A–5,281.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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