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Message #: 11762
New York goes into the bottom of the 9th of game 4 with a 3-run lead and blows the sweep -- and does it again in the 11th. This might come back to haunt us! Jon Fellows New York Mets 1976 NL East Champions "Meet the Mets. Step right up and greet the Mets ..." jonfel@... BOXSCORE: 1977 New York NL Mets At 1977 Chicago NL Cubs 8/24/1977 Mets AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG L.Mazzilli CF 5 1 2 1 .209 B.Campaneris SS 5 0 0 0 .213 J.Orta 2B 4 1 3 0 .283 D.May RF 4 0 0 0 .224 B-M.Tyson 2B 1 0 0 0 .210 K.Reitz 3B 4 1 2 0 .239 K.Hernandez 1B 5 0 0 0 .259 T.Solaita 1B 3 1 1 0 .219 R.Smith RF 5 1 2 1 .302 L.Biittner LF 3 1 3 0 .320 J.Johnstone LF 5 1 2 2 .317 J.Morales CF 3 0 0 1 .248 B.Bell 3B 4 1 1 0 .282 J.Oates C 2 1 1 2 .247 B.Fahey C 3 0 1 1 .333 C-T.Sizemore PH,2B 2 0 1 0 .304 H-J.Youngblood PH 0 1 0 0 .217 D.Doyle 2B 2 0 0 0 .259 J-J.Bench C 0 0 0 0 .264 D-G.Flores PH 0 0 0 1 .288 C.Speier SS 4 0 2 0 .241 G-G.Mitterwald C 1 0 0 0 .224 N.Espinosa P 2 0 0 0 .056 R.Reuschel P 0 0 0 0 .114 D.Tomlin P 0 0 0 0 .333 A-G.Clines PH 1 0 0 0 .255 W.Brusstar P 0 0 0 0 .500 P.Reuschel P 0 0 0 0 .333 I-S.Lezcano PH 0 0 0 0 .268 E-D.Rosello PH 0 0 0 0 .038 B.Myrick P 0 0 0 0 .333 F-B.Buckner PH 0 0 0 0 .307 R.Gossage P 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 .200 K-S.Swisher PH 1 0 0 0 .150 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 6 13 5 Totals 31 4 8 4 A-Pinch Hit For Reuschel In 5th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Orta In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Oates In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Doyle In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Reuschel In 7th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Rosello In 7th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Flores In 8th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Fahey In 8th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Brusstar In 8th Inning J-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Youngblood In 8th Inning K-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 9th Inning Mets............ 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 13 1 Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 8 0 Mets (87-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET N.Espinosa WIN(14-7) 6 1/3 5 3 3 1 3 1 96 3.33 A1 C6 D.Tomlin HOLD(6th) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.53 C7 C8 W.Brusstar HOLD(5th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1.95 C9 D1 B.Myrick 0 1/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 18 3.40 D2 D5 R.Gossage SAVE(33rd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 2.51 D6 Totals 9 8 4 4 3 4 1 Cubs (53-86) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Reuschel LOSS(14-17) 5 10 5 5 0 2 0 93 3.27 A1 C6 P.Reuschel 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 31 4.59 C7 D5 W.Hernandez 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 29 5.05 D6 Totals 9 13 6 6 2 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 37,506 DATE- Wednesday, August 24th 1977 TIME- Night T- 2:52 LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 8 Cubs: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 2 Cubs: 1 ERRORS- K.Hernandez DOUBLES- J.Johnstone(10th), B.Bell(22nd), K.Reitz(25th), L.Biittner(32nd) HOME RUNS- J.Oates(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- N.Espinosa, R.Reuschel SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Morales, G.Flores WALKS- J.Youngblood, S.Lezcano, T.Solaita, L.Biittner, B.Buckner STRIKE OUTS- M.Tyson, K.Hernandez, R.Smith, J.Johnstone-2, B.Fahey, N.Espinosa, B.Campaneris, K.Reitz, T.Solaita, G.Mitterwald GIDP- T.Solaita, J.Morales WILD PITCHES- R.Reuschel Left fielder Jay Johnstone had 2 base hits and 2 RBI at Wrigley Field where the New York NL Mets beat the Chicago NL Cubs by the score of 6 to 4. New York NL took the lead for good in the 2nd inning scoring 2 runs using 3 hits. Johnstone kicked off the action when he stroked a base-hit. Buddy Bell next to the plate and he doubled. Rick Reuschel then threw a wild pitch resulting in a run. Bill Fahey came up and he slapped a one-base hit scoring the final run of the inning. Rich Gossage earned the save with a perfect ninth, his 33rd save. The win went to Nino Espinosa(14-7) who allowed 3 runs in 6 and 1/3 innings. Reuschel(14-17) was the losing pitcher. He gave up 10 hits and no walks in 5 innings. BOXSCORE: 1977 New York NL Mets At 1977 Chicago NL Cubs 8/25/1977 Mets AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG L.Mazzilli CF 4 1 1 0 .209 B.Campaneris SS 4 0 0 0 .211 J.Orta 2B 5 1 2 0 .285 D.May RF 5 1 0 1 .220 J.Milner 1B 4 1 1 1 .211 K.Reitz 3B 5 2 2 2 .240 S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 .375 T.Solaita 1B 4 1 1 0 .220 G-B.Boisclair PH 1 0 0 0 .367 L.Biittner LF 5 0 3 2 .323 D.Tomlin P 0 0 0 0 .333 J.Morales CF 4 0 1 0 .248 R.Gossage P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Oates C 4 0 0 0 .235 R.Smith RF,LF 3 0 1 1 .302 B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 .400 J.Johnstone LF 2 1 1 1 .318 K-S.Swisher PH 1 0 0 0 .149 F-M.Guerrero SS 1 0 0 0 .318 D.Doyle 2B 3 1 2 0 .265 B.Bell 3B 3 1 1 1 .283 I-G.Clines PH 1 0 0 0 .253 R.Hodges C 3 0 0 0 .297 J-D.Rosello 2B 0 0 0 1 .038 D-J.Bench PH,C 1 1 1 2 .265 R.Burris P 0 0 0 0 .113 C.Speier SS 2 0 0 0 .240 A-B.Buckner PH 1 1 1 0 .310 E-S.Lezcano PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .267 P.Reuschel P 0 0 0 0 .333 C.Swan P 1 0 0 0 .170 B-T.Sizemore PH 1 0 0 0 .303 B.Myrick P 1 0 0 0 .300 A.Hrabosky P 0 0 0 0 .125 C-K.Hernandez PH,1B 3 1 1 1 .259 B.McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 .000 H-G.Mitterwald C 1 0 0 0 .223 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 7 9 7 Totals 39 6 10 6 A-Pinch Hit For Burris In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Reuschel In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Myrick In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Hodges In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Speier In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Johnstone In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Lockwood In 9th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (C ) For McLaughlin In 9th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Doyle In 9th Inning J-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Clines In 10th Inning K-Pinch Hit For Sutter In 10th Inning Mets............ 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 7 9 0 Cubs............ 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 10 0 Mets (88-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Swan 2 2/3 5 5 5 1 0 0 53 4.41 A1 B6 B.Myrick 3 1/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 37 3.18 B7 C9 S.Lockwood 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 27 1.26 D1 D7 D.Tomlin WIN(5-4) 1 1/3 2 1 1 2 1 0 35 3.60 D8 E6 R.Gossage SAVE(34th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 2.49 E7 Totals 10 10 6 6 4 8 0 Cubs (53-87) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Burris 3 5 4 4 1 1 0 60 5.16 A1 B6 P.Reuschel 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 48 4.39 B7 C8 A.Hrabosky BS(5th) 1 2/3 1 1 1 3 1 1 37 5.77 C9 D7 B.McLaughlin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 5.10 D8 E2 B.Sutter LOSS(3-4) 1 1/3 2 2 2 1 1 1 22 2.18 E3 Totals 10 9 7 7 7 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 30,566 DATE- Thursday, August 25th 1977 TIME- Night T- 3:00 LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 8 Cubs: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0 Cubs: 1 DOUBLES- R.Smith(28th), K.Reitz(26th), L.Biittner(33rd) TRIPLES- J.Johnstone(2nd) HOME RUNS- J.Bench(28th), K.Hernandez(19th) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Bell, P.Reuschel SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Smith, B.Bell WALKS- L.Mazzilli, R.Smith, J.Johnstone-2, J.Bench, C.Speier, S.Lezcano, T.Solaita, J.Morales, D.Rosello, G.Mitterwald HIT BY PITCH- B.Campaneris STRIKE OUTS- L.Mazzilli, J.Milner, R.Smith, C.Swan, B.Myrick, B.Campaneris, D.May, K.Reitz, T.Solaita, L.Biittner, J.Morales, S.Swisher, G.Mitterwald GIDP- B.Bell WILD PITCHES- P.Reuschel 30,566 fans watched an exciting game at Wrigley Field. The New York NL Mets topped the Chicago NL Cubs by the slimmest of margins, 7 to 6. The game was deadlocked at 5 after nine full innings. New York NL came out the victor in the 10th inning. After two were out Buddy Bell initiated the scoring spurt when he laced a one-base hit. Johnny Bench came next and he blasted a two-run home run (his 28th of the season). New York NL had 9 hits for the night. Dave Tomlin(5-4) went 1 and 1/3 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Tomlin got help from Rich Gossage who was credited with his 34th save. Bruce Sutter(3-4) was charged with the loss in relief. BOXSCORE: 1977 New York NL Mets At 1977 Chicago NL Cubs 8/26/1977 Mets AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG L.Mazzilli CF 5 0 0 0 .207 B.Campaneris SS 4 1 0 0 .210 J.Milner 1B 4 0 0 0 .197 T.Sizemore 2B 4 0 1 1 .303 H-K.Hernandez 1B 0 0 0 0 .259 J.Morales CF 5 0 1 1 .248 S.Lezcano RF 4 1 1 0 .267 A.Hrabosky P 0 0 0 0 .125 R.Smith LF 5 1 1 0 .301 L.Biittner LF 5 0 1 0 .322 J.Bench C 4 0 0 1 .263 K.Reitz 3B 4 0 1 0 .240 J.Orta 2B 4 0 1 0 .284 B.Buckner 1B 5 0 2 0 .312 R.Staiger 3B 3 1 0 0 .310 G.Flores RF 4 1 1 0 .287 S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 .375 I-D.May PH 1 0 0 0 .219 C.Speier SS 2 0 1 1 .241 S.Swisher C 4 1 1 1 .153 A-B.Boisclair PH 1 0 1 1 .371 B.Bonham P 2 0 0 0 .203 C-B.Harrelson SS 2 0 0 0 .146 B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 .400 K.Kravec P 2 0 0 0 .104 D-T.Solaita PH 1 0 0 0 .219 B-J.Johnstone PH 1 0 0 0 .317 B.McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Brusstar P 1 0 0 0 .333 F-J.Oates PH 1 0 1 0 .244 E-B.Bell 3B 1 1 1 1 .284 G-G.Clines PR,CF 0 0 0 0 .253 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 4 6 4 Totals 40 3 9 3 A-Pinch Hit For Speier In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Kravec In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Boisclair In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Sutter In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Brusstar In 10th Inning F-Pinch Hit For McLaughlin In 10th Inning G-Pinch Ran For Oates In 10th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Milner In 11th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Flores In 11th Inning Mets............ 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 6 1 Cubs............ 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 2 Mets (89-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET K.Kravec 5 5 3 2 1 7 0 73 3.57 A1 C3 W.Brusstar 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 57 1.81 C4 D8 S.Lockwood WIN(6-2) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 32 1.24 D9 Totals 11 9 3 2 1 9 0 Cubs (53-88) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Bonham 5 2/3 4 3 3 5 2 0 104 3.41 A1 C8 B.Sutter 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 29 2.13 C9 D6 B.McLaughlin 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 41 4.91 D7 E8 A.Hrabosky LOSS(5-3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 5.81 E9 Totals 11 6 4 4 9 8 1 ATTENDANCE- 29,336 DATE- Friday, August 26th 1977 TIME- Night T- 3:13 LEFT ON BASE- Mets:12 Cubs: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 1 Cubs: 1 ERRORS- J.Orta, K.Reitz, B.Buckner DOUBLES- T.Sizemore(13th), K.Reitz(27th), G.Flores(26th), S.Swisher(4th), J.Oates(2nd) HOME RUNS- B.Bell(10th) STOLEN BASES- R.Staiger(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Buckner SACRIFICE HITS- T.Sizemore SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Bench WALKS- L.Mazzilli, J.Milner-2, S.Lezcano-2, R.Smith, J.Orta, R.Staiger-2, B.Campaneris HIT BY PITCH- K.Reitz STRIKE OUTS- L.Mazzilli, S.Lezcano, R.Smith-3, J.Bench-2, J.Orta, B.Campaneris-2, T.Sizemore-2, J.Morales-2, B.Buckner, S.Swisher, B.Bonham GIDP- C.Speier The amazing New York NL Mets nipped the hopeless Chicago NL Cubs in 11 innings 4 to 3 at Wrigley Field in a hard fought contest. The score was tied at 3 after nine. New York NL came out on top in the 11th inning. Buddy Bell ripping a solo home run (his 10th of the season). Although they lost, Chicago NL did out-hit New York NL 9 to 6. The victory was credited to Skip Lockwood(6-2) who went 2 innings, allowing no runs. Al Hrabosky(5-3) was charged with the loss in relief. BOXSCORE: 1977 New York NL Mets At 1977 Chicago NL Cubs 8/27/1977 Mets AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG J.Johnstone LF 4 0 0 0 .313 B.Campaneris SS 5 0 1 1 .210 B-E.Maddox PH,CF 1 1 1 0 .250 T.Sizemore 2B 6 0 1 1 .300 K.Hernandez 1B 6 2 3 0 .262 J.Morales CF 3 1 1 1 .248 S.Lezcano RF 6 1 3 4 .271 L.Biittner LF,1B 4 1 1 0 .321 R.Smith CF,LF 5 1 3 1 .304 K.Reitz 3B 4 0 0 0 .239 J.Bench C 4 0 0 0 .261 B.Buckner 1B 4 1 3 2 .321 J.Orta 2B 4 0 0 0 .281 G-G.Clines PR,LF 0 0 0 0 .253 D-M.Tyson 2B 1 0 0 0 .209 G.Flores RF 5 1 2 1 .289 J.Youngblood 3B 4 1 1 0 .222 S.Swisher C 3 0 0 0 .149 C-B.Bell 3B 1 0 0 0 .284 E-J.Oates PH,C 1 1 1 1 .253 C.Speier SS 4 0 1 1 .241 I-D.Rosello PH 1 1 1 0 .074 S.Carlton P 4 0 1 0 .303 M.Krukow P 1 0 0 0 .196 R.Gossage P 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Reuschel P 0 0 0 0 .333 H-B.Boisclair PH 1 0 0 0 .368 A-T.Solaita PH 1 0 1 0 .222 D.Tomlin P 0 0 0 0 .333 W.Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 .200 W.Brusstar P 0 0 0 0 .333 F-D.May PH 0 0 0 0 .219 B.McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 .000 J-G.Mitterwald PH 1 1 1 0 .225 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 45 6 13 6 Totals 39 7 13 7 A-Pinch Hit For Reuschel In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Johnstone In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Youngblood In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Orta In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Swisher In 9th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 9th Inning G-Pinch Ran For Buckner In 10th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Gossage In 11th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Oates In 11th Inning J-Pinch Hit For McLaughlin In 11th Inning Mets............ 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 13 1 Cubs............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 - 7 13 1 Mets (89-57) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Carlton 8 1/3 7 4 4 5 5 0 126 3.36 A1 D7 R.Gossage BS(9th) 1 2/3 3 1 1 2 1 0 34 2.54 D8 E7 D.Tomlin 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.74 E8 E8 W.Brusstar L(6-3) BS(2nd) 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 20 1.95 E9 Totals 10 2/3 13 7 7 7 6 0 Cubs (54-88) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET M.Krukow 4 2/3 7 4 4 2 2 2 82 4.90 A1 C5 P.Reuschel 2 1/3 3 1 1 0 3 0 37 4.37 C6 D6 W.Hernandez 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 37 4.90 D7 E5 B.McLaughlin WIN(5-4) 2 3 1 1 1 4 0 33 4.90 E6 Totals 11 13 6 6 5 11 2 ATTENDANCE- 48,332 DATE- Saturday, August 27th 1977 TIME- Day T- 3:45 LEFT ON BASE- Mets:11 Cubs: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 5 Cubs: 0 ERRORS- S.Lezcano, S.Swisher DOUBLES- K.Hernandez(30th), C.Speier(19th), B.Buckner(9th), G.Flores(27th), D.Rosello(1st) HOME RUNS- S.Lezcano(24th), R.Smith(33rd) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Campaneris, M.Krukow WALKS- E.Maddox, R.Smith, J.Bench-2, C.Speier, J.Morales-3, L.Biittner, K.Reitz, B.Buckner, D.May STRIKE OUTS- S.Lezcano-2, R.Smith, J.Bench-2, J.Orta, M.Tyson, J.Youngblood, B.Bell, C.Speier, S.Carlton, B.Campaneris-2, L.Biittner, K.Reitz, S.Swisher, M.Krukow GIDP- B.Campaneris, L.Biittner-2, K.Reitz, G.Flores WILD PITCHES- P.Reuschel Bill Buckner had 3 base hits and 2 RBI at Wrigley Field where the Chicago NL Cubs beat the New York NL Mets in 11 innings by the score of 7 to 6. Both teams were tied at 5 runs apiece after nine innings. Chicago NL won the hard fought contest in the 11th inning. Dave Rosello opened up the inning nicely when he doubled. George Mitterwald stepped up next and he singled. Bert Campaneris then worked the squeeze play to perfection scoring a run. After another out, Jerry Morales stepped up to the plate and he slapped a one-base hit giving Chicago NL the victory as 48,332 happy fans celebrated wildly. Both teams ended up with 13 on the afternoon. The win was credited to Bo McLaughlin(5-4) who went 2 innings allowing 1 run. Warren Brusstar(6-3) was the loser in relief. He allowed 2 hits and no walks in 2/3 of an inning. |
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