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1980 Regular Season Game 151
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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Backman Wally
Backman
1b
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
rf
Washington Claudell
Washington
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
c
Trevino Alex
Trevino
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Scott Mike
Scott
September 23, 1980, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 6, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .312
Wally Backman ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .317
Lee Mazzilli 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .276
Claudell Washington rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Steve Henderson lf 2 1 2 1 2 0 .293
Elliott Maddox 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .249
Alex Trevino c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .266
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259
- Joel Youngblood ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .280
Mike Scott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
- Dyar Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dan Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .159
- Scott Holman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jose Moreno ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .209
- Pete Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254
- Juan Berenguer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jerry Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .255
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 4 0 1 2 0 0
Mike Tyson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Biittner 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0
Jim Tracy lf 3 1 1 0 1 1
Scot Thompson rf 3 1 2 1 1 1
Carlos Lezcano cf 3 0 1 1 0 0
Steve Dillard 3b 4 2 2 0 0 0
Mike O'Berry c 1 1 0 1 1 0
Mike Krukow p 2 0 0 0 1 0
- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Bruce Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Mike Scott (L,0-1) 1.2 2 3 3 2 1 5.74
Dyar Miller 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 2.02
Scott Holman 3.0 2 1 0 0 1 0.00
Pete Falcone 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 4.73
Juan Berenguer 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 8.53
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Mike Krukow (W) 8.2 7 4 3 2 5
Lee Smith 0.0 1 1 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter (Save) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 4, Cubs 4
Errors: Mike Scott (2), Scott Holman, Steve Dillard, Mike Tyson.
WP: Mike Scott, Scott Holman.
2B: Steve Henderson 2 (15), Joel Youngblood (25), Carlos Lezcano.
SF: Mike O'Berry, Carlos Lezcano.
SB: Steve Dillard.
CS: Mookie Wilson (4), Claudell Washington (5), Larry Biittner, Carlos Lezcano.


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