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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
2b
Chapman Kelvin
Chapman
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
c
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
rf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
ss
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Swan Craig
Swan
April 5, 1979, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 10, Chicago Cubs 6

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli cf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .500
Kelvin Chapman 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .400
Richie Hebner 3b 5 2 4 4 0 0 .800
John Stearns c 3 1 0 1 1 2 .000
Willie Montanez 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .200
Steve Henderson lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .200
Elliott Maddox rf 4 0 2 1 1 1 .500
Doug Flynn ss 3 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Craig Swan p 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250
- Dwight Bernard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 5 2 3 0 0 0
Ted Sizemore 2b 5 1 3 2 0 0
Bill Buckner 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Kingman lf 4 1 3 3 0 0
Bobby Murcer rf 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Guillermo Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Donnie Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Larry Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dennis Lamp p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Martin cf 4 1 1 0 0 0
Barry Foote c 4 0 0 0 0 3
Rick Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Scot Thompson rf 2 1 2 1 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 10 13 0
Chicago Cubs 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 13 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Craig Swan (W,1-0) 8.0 9 3 3 0 3 3.38
Dwight Bernard 0.2 4 3 3 0 1 40.50
Jesse Orosco 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Rick Reuschel (L) 6.1 8 6 6 2 6
Guillermo Hernandez 0.0 2 3 3 1 0
Donnie Moore 1.2 3 1 1 0 1
Dennis Lamp 1.0 0 0 0 1 0

Errors: Ted Sizemore.
WP: Rick Reuschel.
2B: Richie Hebner 2 (2), Lee Mazzilli (1), Elliott Maddox (1), Dave Kingman, Jerry Martin, Ivan De Jesus, Steve Ontiveros, Ted Sizemore.
HR: Richie Hebner (1), Dave Kingman.
Intentional Walks: John Stearns, Doug Flynn.
SH: Doug Flynn.
SF: John Stearns.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (1).
CS: Elliott Maddox (1).









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