Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 4, 1976 - Box Score

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July 3, 1976
Mets 3, Cubs 2 1976 Regular Season Game 80
July 4, 1976
Mets 9, Cubs 4 Next Game:
July 4, 1976
Cubs 4, Mets 2

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National League Standings, July 4, 1976

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Mets Starting Lineup

2b
Mike
Phillips cf
Bruce
Boisclair lf
John
Milner rf
Dave
Kingman 1b
Joe
Torre 3b
Wayne
Garrett c
Ron
Hodges ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Craig
Swan

July 4, 1976, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 9, Chicago Cubs 4

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Rick Monday cf 4 2 2 2 0 1

Jose Cardenal lf 4 0 2 1 0 0

Bill Madlock 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0

Jerry Morales rf 4 0 0 0 0 0

Pete LaCock 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0

Manny Trillo 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0

Steve Swisher c 4 0 1 1 0 3

Mick Kelleher ss 3 0 0 0 0 0

- George Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Bonham p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Oscar Zamora p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Larry Biittner ph 1 1 1 0 0 0

- Buddy Schultz p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Wallis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bruce Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Champ Summers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mike Phillips 2b 4 0 0 2 0 0 .248

Bruce Boisclair cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .301

John Milner lf 3 1 2 1 1 1 .291

Dave Kingman rf 2 1 0 1 1 2 .234

- Leon Brown rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Joe Torre 1b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .306

Wayne Garrett 3b 2 2 0 0 2 1 .232

Ron Hodges c 3 2 1 0 1 1 .303

Bud Harrelson ss 3 1 2 2 1 1 .217

Craig Swan p 0 1 0 0 1 0 .111

- Skip Lockwood p 2 0 1 2 0 0 .444

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

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

New York Mets 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 x 9 6 1

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Bill Bonham (L) 3.0 2 5 5 5 4

Oscar Zamora 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Buddy Schultz 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Mike Garman 2.0 1 3 3 1 1

Darold Knowles 0.1 2 1 1 1 1

Bruce Sutter 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan (W,5-7) 6.0 8 4 4 2 2 3.51

Skip Lockwood (Save,9) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 2.31

Errors: Joe Torre (4), Steve Swisher.
2B: John Milner (12), Skip Lockwood (1), Steve Swisher.
HR: Rick Monday.
Intentional Walks: Wayne Garrett.
HBP: Dave Kingman.
SH: Craig Swan, Joe Torre.
SF: Mike Phillips.
SB: Rick Monday.

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