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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
Zachry Pat
Zachry
April 7, 1979, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 4

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Lee Mazzilli cf 5 1 3 3 0 0 .556
Kelvin Chapman 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .333
Richie Hebner 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .556
John Stearns c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Willie Montanez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .222
Steve Henderson lf 3 2 1 1 1 0 .250
Elliott Maddox rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333
- Ed Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Joel Youngblood ph-rf 2 2 1 1 0 0 .500
Doug Flynn ss 4 0 2 2 0 0 .286
- Tim Foli ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pat Zachry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Alex Trevino ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000
- Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dale Murray p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
- Skip Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 5 0 1 0 1 3
Ted Sizemore 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0
Bill Buckner 1b 3 2 1 0 2 0
Dave Kingman lf 4 0 1 1 1 1
Bobby Murcer rf 4 1 1 0 1 0
Steve Ontiveros 3b 2 0 1 1 3 0
Jerry Martin cf 4 0 2 1 1 0
Barry Foote c 2 0 0 0 0 1
- Tim Blackwell ph-c 1 0 0 1 2 0
Ken Holtzman p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Larry Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Ray Burris p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Guillermo Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Gene Clines ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Donnie Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Scot Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Dennis Lamp p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Vail ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 9 11 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 8 2

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Pat Zachry (W,1-0) 5.0 3 1 1 6 4 1.80
Wayne Twitchell 1.2 2 2 2 3 0 10.80
Dale Murray 1.2 3 1 1 3 2 5.40
Skip Lockwood (Save,1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Ken Holtzman (L) 4.0 4 3 3 1 3
Ray Burris 1.1 3 4 2 1 0
Guillermo Hernandez 0.2 2 1 0 0 0
Donnie Moore 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Lamp 2.0 2 1 1 0 1

Errors: Doug Flynn (1), Steve Ontiveros.
2B: Willie Montanez (1), Kelvin Chapman (1), Ivan De Jesus, Ted Sizemore.
HR: Lee Mazzilli (1).
Intentional Walks: Steve Henderson.
HBP: John Stearns.
SB: Steve Henderson (1), Joel Youngblood (1).
CS: Lee Mazzilli (1).


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