New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 9, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1982 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."

"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 0, Chicago Cubs 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0
Backman 2b 4 0 2 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 2 0
Stearns c 3 0 1 0
Brooks 3b 2 0 0 0
Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Veryzer ss 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0
  Sweet ph 1 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 3 2 0
Buckner 1b 3 2 1 2
Durham rf 3 0 1 1
Moreland c 4 0 2 2
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 3b 3 0 0 0
Waller cf 2 0 1 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 7 5
New York 000 000 000061
Chicago 000 201 02x571
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (0-1) 6.0 6 3 2 1 5
  Puleo   1.2 0 2 2 2 0
  Orosco   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
4
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (1-0) 6.2 5 0 0 3 3
  Smith  SV (1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
6

  E–Veryzer (1), Jenkins (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Backman (1,off Jenkins).  HR–Chicago Buckner (1,4th inning off Scott 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Brooks (1,by Jenkins).  SH–Jenkins 2 (2,off Scott 2).  SB–Stearns (1,2nd base off Jenkins/Moreland); Wilson (2,2nd base off Jenkins/Moreland); Bowa (2,3rd base off Orosco/Stearns).  CS–Durham (1,2nd base by Scott/Stearns).  WP–Jenkins (1).  HBP–Jenkins (1,Brooks).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:34.  A–26,712.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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