Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 19, 1980 - Box Score

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April 17, 1980
Cubs 4, Mets 1 1980 Regular Season Game 8
April 19, 1980
Cubs 12, Mets 9 Next Game:
April 20, 1980
Cubs 6, Mets 3

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National League Standings, April 19, 1980

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

ss
Frank
Taveras c
John
Stearns 1b
Lee
Mazzilli rf
Joel
Youngblood lf
Steve
Henderson cf
Jerry
Morales 3b
Elliott
Maddox 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Pete
Falcone

April 19, 1980, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 12, New York Mets 9

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Frank Taveras ss 5 1 0 0 0 1 .250

John Stearns c 2 1 0 2 1 0 .276

Lee Mazzilli 1b 3 1 2 1 2 1 .269

Joel Youngblood rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .391

Steve Henderson lf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .324

Jerry Morales cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .286

Elliott Maddox 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .360

Doug Flynn 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .233

Pete Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333

- Mark Bomback p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

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

- Neil Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- John Pacella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Lenny Randle 3b 4 1 0 0 1 1

Ivan De Jesus ss 5 2 3 3 0 0

Bill Buckner 1b 4 2 3 0 1 0

Dave Kingman lf 5 2 3 6 0 0

Jerry Martin rf 5 1 2 1 0 2

Barry Foote c 5 1 1 0 0 1

Carlos Lezcano cf 3 1 1 1 1 2

Mike Tyson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Larry Biittner ph 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Mick Kelleher 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0

Mike Krukow p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Lynn McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Scot Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Caudill p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Vail ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Ontiveros ph 0 1 0 0 1 0

- Bruce Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 x 12 15 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Pete Falcone 3.0 2 1 1 0 3 1.00

Mark Bomback 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 7.94

Jeff Reardon 0.1 3 0 0 1 1 6.75

Neil Allen (L,0-2) 1.1 4 7 7 3 1 7.20

John Pacella 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Mike Krukow 4.0 4 7 4 4 1

Lynn McGlothen 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Bill Caudill 1.0 2 2 2 1 0

Dick Tidrow (W) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3

Bruce Sutter (Save) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Left on base: Mets 6, Cubs 6
Errors: Jeff Reardon (1), Carlos Lezcano.
WP: Mike Krukow.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (2), Steve Henderson (3), Joel Youngblood (2), Doug Flynn (1).
HR: Dave Kingman 2, Jerry Martin, Ivan De Jesus, Carlos Lezcano.
Intentional Walks: Bill Buckner.
SH: Pete Falcone.
SF: John Stearns 2.

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