New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 6 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 6 0 0 0
Boisclair rf 6 0 2 0
Kranepool lf 5 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 5 1 3 1
Mazzilli cf 5 0 1 0
Hodges c 4 0 1 0
  Stearns ph,c 1 0 0 0
Foli ss 3 0 0 0
Espinosa p 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Cornejo p 0 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 1 1 1
  Lockwood p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 1 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 2 10 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 1 0 0
Biittner 1b 5 1 2 0
Murcer rf 5 1 3 2
Kingman lf 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 5 0 0 0
Rader c 5 0 1 0
Wallis cf 5 0 4 1
Kelleher 2b 4 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Meoli 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 10 3
New York 010 000 001 0002100
Chicago 200 000 000 0013101
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa   6.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Cornejo   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Myrick   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Lockwood   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Metzger  L (0-1) 1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.2
10
3
3
3
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   7.1 7 1 1 2 4
  Sutter   2.2 2 1 1 0 2
  Hernandez  W (2-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
12.0
10
2
2
2
7

  E–DeJesus (3).  DP–New York 5.  2B–Chicago Wallis (1,off Cornejo).  3B–Chicago Murcer (1,off Espinosa).  HR–New York Montanez (2,2nd inning off Burris 0 on, 0 out); S Henderson (4,9th inning off Sutter 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Foli (1,off Hernandez); Sutter (1,off Cornejo).  HBP–Kranepool (1,by Burris).  IBB–Foli (1,by Burris); DeJesus (1,by Myrick).  CS–Wallis (1,2nd base by Espinosa/Hodges); Biittner (1,2nd base by Espinosa/Hodges).  WP–Hernandez (1).  BK–Burris (1).  HBP–Burris (2,Kranepool).  IBB–Myrick (1,DeJesus); Burris (1,Foli).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:04.  A–7,692.
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