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1983 Regular Season Game 147
September 16, 1983
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National League Standings, September 16, 1983

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
2b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
1b
Hernandez Keith
Hernandez
lf
Foster George
Foster
rf
Strawberry Darryl
Strawberry
3b
Hurdle Clint
Hurdle
c
Ortiz Junior
Ortiz
ss
Oquendo Jose
Oquendo
p
Torrez Mike
Torrez
September 16, 1983, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 4

Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ryne Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 1 0 2
Bill Buckner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0
- Gary Woods lf 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mel Hall cf 5 1 1 0 0 1
Ron Cey 3b 3 2 2 1 1 0
- Dave Owen pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Moreland rf 2 2 1 0 1 0
- Tom Grant ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jody Davis c 4 0 2 1 0 1
Carmelo Martinez 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0
Larry Bowa ss 2 1 0 1 1 0
Rick Reuschel p 4 0 1 0 0 1
- Bill Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .271
Hubie Brooks 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .260
Keith Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308
George Foster lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .238
Darryl Strawberry rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .251
Clint Hurdle 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .083
Junior Ortiz c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .261
- Doug Sisk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
- Scott Holman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
- Rusty Staub ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .302
- Tom Gorman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
- Danny Heep ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254
Jose Oquendo ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .228
Mike Torrez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .050
- Ron Hodges c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .253

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

Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Rick Reuschel (W) 7.2 5 4 4 1 3
Bill Campbell 1.1 2 0 0 0 3
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Mike Torrez (L,9-16) 5.1 8 7 5 3 4 4.15
Doug Sisk 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 2.17
Scott Holman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3.83
Tom Gorman 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50

Left on base: Cubs 5, Mets 3
Errors: Junior Ortiz (8), Jose Oquendo, Clint Hurdle.
2B: Hubie Brooks (16), George Foster (15), Ron Cey, Jody Davis.
HR: Rusty Staub (3).
Intentional Walks: Larry Bowa.
SH: Larry Bowa.
SF: Ryne Sandberg.


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