Ultimate Mets Database: Game of August 12, 1981 - Box Score

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August 11, 1981
Mets 4, Cubs 2 1981 Regular Season Game 55
August 12, 1981
Mets 7, Cubs 4 Next Game:
August 13, 1981
Cubs 6, Mets 1

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National League Standings, August 12, 1981

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Thru This Game

Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Mookie
Wilson ss
Frank
Taveras lf
Joel
Youngblood 1b
Dave
Kingman rf
Ellis
Valentine 3b
Hubie
Brooks c
John
Stearns 2b
Doug
Flynn p
Ed
Lynch

August 12, 1981, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 4

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Mookie Wilson cf 3 0 1 0 3 0 .289

Frank Taveras ss 5 0 1 0 1 1 .240

Joel Youngblood lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .358

Dave Kingman 1b 3 1 2 0 2 0 .228

Ellis Valentine rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .172

Hubie Brooks 3b 4 3 3 2 1 0 .311

John Stearns c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261

Doug Flynn 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231

- Rusty Staub ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .322

- Alex Trevino 2b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .283

Ed Lynch p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .111

- Mike Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .213

- Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243

- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Ivan De Jesus ss 4 1 1 0 1 0

Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 2

- Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Jerry Morales rf 1 0 0 0 0 0

Bill Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0

Bobby Bonds cf 3 1 1 1 1 2

Hector Cruz rf-3b 4 0 0 0 0 1

Jody Davis c 4 0 1 0 0 0

Ken Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0

- Ty Waller 3b-2b 1 1 0 0 0 1

Steve Dillard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0

- Rawly Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Kravec p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Bill Caudill p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Doug Capilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Lee Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Mike Lum ph-lf 2 1 1 2 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 7 12 1

Chicago Cubs 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 6 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Ed Lynch 6.0 3 2 2 2 4 3.78

Terry Leach 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 18.00

Neil Allen (W,4-3) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.16

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Ken Kravec 5.0 3 1 1 3 4

Bill Caudill 1.1 3 2 2 1 0

Doug Capilla 0.0 1 1 1 0 0

Lee Smith 0.2 1 0 0 2 0

Dick Tidrow (L) 2.0 3 3 2 1 0

Rawly Eastwick 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Left on base: Mets 10, Cubs 4
Errors: Ed Lynch (1), Jody Davis.
PB: Jody Davis.
WP: Doug Capilla.
2B: Lee Mazzilli (6).
3B: Dave Kingman (1), Ellis Valentine (1).
HR: Hubie Brooks (1), Bobby Bonds, Mike Lum.
Intentional Walks: Mookie Wilson 2, Dave Kingman, Bill Buckner, Bobby Bonds.
HBP: Joel Youngblood.
SH: John Stearns, Neil Allen.
SF: Joel Youngblood.
SB: Ivan De Jesus.
CS: Mookie Wilson 2 (6), Jody Davis.

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