Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 7, 1983 - Box Score

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August 6, 1983
Mets 4, Cubs 1 1983 Regular Season Game 110
August 7, 1983
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August 8, 1983
Mets 6, Expos 5

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National League Standings, August 7, 1983

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson 3b
Hubie
Brooks 1b
Keith
Hernandez lf
George
Foster rf
Darryl
Strawberry ss
Bob
Bailor 2b
Brian
Giles c
Junior
Ortiz p
Craig
Swan

August 7, 1983, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 4 3 2 0 1 0 .262

Hubie Brooks 3b 5 0 3 4 0 0 .278

Keith Hernandez 1b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .277

George Foster lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250

Darryl Strawberry rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .223

Bob Bailor ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .244

Brian Giles 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .241

Junior Ortiz c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .231

Craig Swan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091

- Danny Heep ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .276

- Scott Holman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263

- Carlos Diaz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Dave Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205

- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .314

- Mark Bradley pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .215

- Jesse Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Mel Hall cf 4 2 2 1 2 1

Ryne Sandberg 2b 5 0 0 0 1 1

Bill Buckner 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0

Ron Cey 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0

Leon Durham lf 4 0 0 0 1 3

Jay Johnstone rf 1 0 0 0 1 0

- Gary Woods ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 1

Steve Lake c 3 1 1 0 0 0

- Thad Bosley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Jody Davis c 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Joe Carter pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tom Veryzer ss 5 1 3 1 0 0

Dickie Noles p 3 0 2 1 0 0

- Jerry Morales ph 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Keith Moreland ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 11 2

Chicago Cubs 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 4.0 5 4 4 3 3 5.36

Scott Holman 1.2 1 0 0 2 0 3.86

Carlos Diaz 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 2.21

Doug Sisk (W,5-3) 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 2.61

Jesse Orosco (Save,11) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 1.30

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Dickie Noles 8.0 7 4 4 0 4

Lee Smith (L) 2.0 4 2 2 1 1

Left on base: Mets 5, Cubs 13
Errors: Jay Johnstone 2.
PB: Jody Davis.
WP: Craig Swan, Scott Holman, Doug Sisk.
2B: Mookie Wilson (16), Hubie Brooks (12), Dickie Noles.
HR: Mel Hall.
Intentional Walks: Mookie Wilson, Mel Hall.
HBP: Jay Johnstone.
SF: Ron Cey.
SB: Hubie Brooks (6), Brian Giles (15), Mark Bradley (3).

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