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1981 Regular Season Game 53
August 10, 1981
Mets 7, Cubs 5
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National League Standings, August 10, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
lf
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
1b
Kingman Dave
Kingman
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
c
Stearns John
Stearns
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Scott Mike
Scott
August 10, 1981, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 6 2 1 0 0 1 .283
Frank Taveras ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .236
- Rusty Staub ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .315
- Bob Bailor ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 .255
Lee Mazzilli lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .210
- Joel Youngblood ph-lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .362
Dave Kingman 1b 5 1 1 3 0 0 .219
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
- Ray Searage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dyar Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
- Ron Hodges ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .389
- Greg Harris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ellis Valentine rf 6 0 1 1 0 1 .150
Hubie Brooks 3b 6 1 1 1 0 0 .297
John Stearns c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .264
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .233
Mike Scott p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .043
- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
- Pete Falcone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Mike Jorgensen ph-1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .247
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 5 1 0 0 1 0
Steve Dillard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1
- Mike Lum ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1b 6 1 2 1 0 1
Leon Durham rf 6 1 2 0 0 0
Bobby Bonds cf 5 0 1 2 0 0
Jerry Morales lf 4 0 0 0 0 0
- Lynn McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Randy Martz ph 0 0 0 0 1 0
- Guillermo Hernandez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Reitz 3b 5 0 0 0 1 1
Jody Davis c 3 0 1 0 1 0
- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Doug Capilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Rawly Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Ty Waller 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Krukow p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Hector Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Bill Caudill p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Tyson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Tim Blackwell c 2 1 2 1 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 7 8 2
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 10 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Mike Scott 7.0 3 1 1 0 3 3.97
Pete Falcone 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 2.85
Neil Allen 0.2 1 2 2 1 0 3.55
Ray Searage 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4.50
Dyar Miller (W,1-0) 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 3.19
Greg Harris (Save,1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 4.03
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Mike Krukow 6.0 2 1 1 1 6
Bill Caudill 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Dick Tidrow 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Smith 0.1 0 2 0 1 0
Doug Capilla 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Rawly Eastwick 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Lynn McGlothen (L) 1.1 4 3 3 1 0
Mike Griffin 0.2 0 0 0 0 0

Left on base: Mets 6, Cubs 8
Errors: Bob Bailor (4), Bill Buckner, Steve Dillard.
PB: John Stearns.
WP: Mike Krukow.
2B: Joel Youngblood (10), Ty Waller, Bobby Bonds.
HR: Dave Kingman (15), Bill Buckner.
Intentional Walks: Rusty Staub, Ron Hodges, Doug Flynn, Ken Reitz.
HBP: Jerry Morales.
SH: John Stearns, Frank Taveras, Mike Krukow, Bobby Bonds.
SB: Mookie Wilson 2 (13), Frank Taveras (12), Hubie Brooks (4).


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