Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 24, 1980 - Box Score

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Mets 9, Dodgers 6 1980 Regular Season Game 64
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National League Standings, June 24, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lee
Mazzilli ss
Frank
Taveras rf
Claudell
Washington c
John
Stearns 1b
Mike
Jorgensen lf
Steve
Henderson 3b
Elliott
Maddox 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Ray
Burris

June 24, 1980, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lee Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .240

Frank Taveras ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .274

Claudell Washington rf-lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .231

John Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293

Mike Jorgensen 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .282

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .318

- Joel Youngblood rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238

Elliott Maddox 3b 3 2 2 1 0 0 .280

Doug Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .226

Ray Burris p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .083

- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219

- Mark Bomback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Jerry Morales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224

- Jeff Reardon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Ivan De Jesus ss 4 2 2 0 0 2

- Larry Biittner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lenny Randle 3b 3 0 1 2 0 1

Bill Buckner 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0

- Mick Kelleher pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mike Vail rf 5 0 1 1 0 2

Jerry Martin cf 4 1 2 0 0 1

Ken Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0

Tim Blackwell c 3 1 1 0 1 1

Mike Tyson 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1

Rick Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 0 1

- Jesus Figueroa ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Bill Caudill p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Cliff Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 8 0

Chicago Cubs 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ray Burris 4.0 9 5 5 0 2 3.67

Mark Bomback (W,5-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 4.01

Jeff Reardon (Save,2) 3.0 2 0 0 0 5 3.15

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Rick Reuschel (L) 6.0 7 6 6 0 1

Bill Caudill 2.0 1 0 0 1 2

Dick Tidrow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 3, Cubs 8
2B: John Stearns (20), Lenny Randle, Jerry Martin, Bill Buckner, Ivan De Jesus.
HR: Mike Jorgensen (6), Elliott Maddox (2), Claudell Washington (4).
HBP: Elliott Maddox, Frank Taveras.
SH: Lenny Randle 2.
SB: Ivan De Jesus.
CS: Lee Mazzilli (8).

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