Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 12, 1981 - Box Score

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April 11, 1981
Cubs 3, Mets 1 1981 Regular Season Game 3
April 12, 1981
Mets 2, Cubs 1 Next Game:
April 15, 1981
Mets 5, Cardinals 3

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National League Standings, April 12, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup

rf
Mookie
Wilson ss
Frank
Taveras cf
Lee
Mazzilli lf
Dave
Kingman 1b
Rusty
Staub 3b
Hubie
Brooks c
Alex
Trevino 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Tim
Leary

April 12, 1981, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .154

Frank Taveras ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .000

Lee Mazzilli cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .111

Dave Kingman lf 2 0 1 1 2 0 .143

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

- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Rusty Staub 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Joel Youngblood ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .417

Alex Trevino c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300

Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .444

- Mike Cubbage ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000

- Wally Backman 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Tim Leary p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Pete Falcone p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Mike Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Ivan De Jesus ss 3 0 0 0 0 1

Joe Strain 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Jim Tracy ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Rawly Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0

Steve Henderson lf 3 0 0 1 1 1

Leon Durham rf 4 0 0 0 0 2

Ken Reitz 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0

Scot Thompson cf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Morales ph-cf 2 0 1 0 0 0

Tim Blackwell c 3 1 0 0 1 2

- Steve Dillard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Kravec p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Lee Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Doug Capilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Tyson ph-2b 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Barry Foote ph 1 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 1 1 2 5 0

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tim Leary 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0.00

Pete Falcone 5.0 3 0 0 1 6 0.00

Jeff Reardon 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 54.00

Neil Allen (W,1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0.00

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Ken Kravec 5.0 1 0 0 3 3

Lee Smith 2.2 3 1 1 2 1

Doug Capilla 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Rawly Eastwick (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1

Left on base: Mets 7, Cubs 8
WP: Tim Leary, Doug Capilla.
3B: Hubie Brooks (1).
Intentional Walks: Ken Reitz.
SH: Ivan De Jesus.
SF: Mike Cubbage.
SB: Lee Mazzilli (1).
CS: Hubie Brooks (1).

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