Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
July 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1979 at Shea Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Chicago Cubs 4, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 1
Thompson cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Biittner rf 3 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Foote c 0 1 0 0
Kingman lf 4 2 2 3
  Martin lf 0 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
Blackwell c 2 0 1 0
  Dilone pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 0 0
McGlothen p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson rf 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Youngblood rf 5 0 0 0
Taveras ss 4 1 2 0
Mazzilli cf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 1 1
Stearns c 4 1 1 0
Henderson lf 3 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 1
  Ferrer pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago 010 000 012453
New York 000 001 001270
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothen   6.1 7 1 1 1 4
  Tidrow  W (8-2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  SV (23) 2.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (1-3) 9.0 5 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
2
3

  E–DeJesus 2 (16), Thompson (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago DeJesus (14,off Ellis).  HR–Chicago Kingman 2 (32,2nd inning off Ellis 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Ellis 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ellis (1,off McGlothen).  IBB–Flynn (6,by McGlothen).  SB–Sizemore (3,2nd base off Ellis/Stearns); Taveras (26,2nd base off McGlothen/Blackwell).  IBB–McGlothen (3,Flynn).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:25.  A–13,144.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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