Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 8, 1976 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 7, 1976
Mets 11, Cubs 0 1976 Regular Season Game 138
September 8, 1976
Mets 11, Cubs 5 Next Game:
September 10, 1976
Mets 4, Cardinals 3

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National League Standings, September 8, 1976

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Bruce
Boisclair 2b
Mike
Phillips lf
John
Milner rf
Dave
Kingman 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
John
Stearns 3b
Leo
Foster ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Tom
Seaver

September 8, 1976, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 11, Chicago Cubs 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Bruce Boisclair cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .276

- Lee Mazzilli ph-lf 1 1 1 3 0 0 .500

Mike Phillips 2b 6 0 1 0 0 2 .262

John Milner lf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .275

- Leon Brown ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214

Dave Kingman rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .233

Ed Kranepool 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .281

John Stearns c 5 2 4 3 0 0 .295

Leo Foster 3b 3 1 1 1 2 0 .244

Bud Harrelson ss 3 1 2 0 2 0 .229

Tom Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .099

- Rick Baldwin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500

- Skip Lockwood p 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Rick Monday 1b 5 1 4 1 0 0

Jose Cardenal lf 4 1 1 1 0 0

Bill Madlock 3b 4 1 2 1 1 0

Jerry Morales rf 4 0 0 0 0 2

- Bruce Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joe Wallis cf 2 0 0 0 2 0

Manny Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2

Steve Swisher c 4 0 1 1 0 2

Mick Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0 1 0

- Champ Summers ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Rob Sperring ss 2 0 0 0 0 0

Steve Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Pete LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Mike Krukow p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Tabb ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Steve Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Larry Biittner ph-rf 2 2 2 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 16 1

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 5 10 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Tom Seaver (W,12-10) 6.0 8 4 4 3 7 2.50

Rick Baldwin 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 2.65

Skip Lockwood (Save,16) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 2.77

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Steve Renko (L) 3.0 6 4 3 3 5

Mike Krukow 2.0 3 1 1 1 1

Steve Stone 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Paul Reuschel 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Bruce Sutter 1.1 4 5 5 2 2

Darold Knowles 0.2 1 1 1 0 0

Errors: John Stearns (1), Jose Cardenal.
2B: John Milner 2 (22), Bruce Boisclair (12), Bill Madlock.
HR: John Stearns (1), Lee Mazzilli (1), Rick Monday.
Intentional Walks: Bud Harrelson.
SH: Manny Trillo.
SF: Jose Cardenal.
SB: Leo Foster 2 (3), Bud Harrelson (9), Jose Cardenal.
CS: Rick Monday.

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