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Previous Game: September 23, 1981 Cubs 2, Mets 1 1981 Regular Season Game 95 September 24, 1981 Cubs 10, Mets 9 Next Game: September 25, 1981 Expos 6, Mets 3

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Mets Starting Lineup cf Mookie Wilson ss Frank Taveras 3b Hubie Brooks 1b Dave Kingman lf Lee Mazzilli rf Ellis Valentine c John Stearns 2b Doug Flynn p Pete Falcone September 24, 1981, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL Chicago Cubs 10, New York Mets 9 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Mookie Wilson cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .285 - Mike Howard lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Frank Taveras ss 4 2 1 1 0 0 .230 Hubie Brooks 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .311 - Bob Bailor 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Dave Kingman 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .211 Lee Mazzilli lf-cf 4 1 0 1 1 0 .229 Ellis Valentine rf 5 2 3 5 0 1 .220 John Stearns c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .221 - Mike Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Pete Falcone p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .067 - Terry Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 - Mike Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275 - Jesse Orosco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 - Rusty Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Cubs ab r h bi bb so Bobby Bonds cf 3 2 1 1 2 1 Ivan De Jesus ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 Bill Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 Leon Durham rf 3 2 1 2 1 0 Steve Henderson lf 3 2 1 0 1 0 - Jerry Morales lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jody Davis c 2 2 1 2 2 0 Ty Waller 3b 4 1 1 3 0 0 Mike Tyson 2b 3 0 2 1 0 0 - Pat Tabler 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Griffin p 2 0 1 0 0 0 - Lee Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Randy Martz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Hector Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 - Rawly Eastwick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Mets 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 9 13 4 Chicago Cubs 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 x 10 10 1 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Pete Falcone 1.2 3 2 1 3 0 3.04 Terry Leach 1.1 1 3 3 2 0 2.27 Mike Marshall 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 3.04 Jesse Orosco (L,0-1) 3.0 3 3 3 1 3 1.80 Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so Mike Griffin 4.1 7 3 3 0 2 Lee Smith 1.2 1 2 1 1 1 Randy Martz 0.0 2 3 2 0 0 Dick Tidrow (W) 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 Rawly Eastwick (Save) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Left on base: Mets 10, Cubs 4 Errors: Dave Kingman (16), Bill Buckner, Jody Davis, Ivan De Jesus, Mike Tyson. WP: Pete Falcone, Mike Marshall. 2B: Dave Kingman (10), Doug Flynn (12), Frank Taveras (11), Hubie Brooks (19), Ellis Valentine (7), Bill Buckner. HR: Ellis Valentine 2 (5), Jody Davis, Leon Durham, Ty Waller, Bobby Bonds. Intentional Walks: Mookie Wilson, Bobby Bonds. HBP: Hubie Brooks. SF: Frank Taveras. SB: John Stearns (11), Mookie Wilson (24), Bobby Bonds. CS: Ivan De Jesus.

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