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Mets
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 27, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets, played on June 27, 1978 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 27, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 27, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pat Zachry |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dennis Lamp |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 16,987 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dick Stello 1B: Bruce Froemming 2B: Eric Gregg 3B: Bill Williams |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Randle | Third Baseman |
| Elliott Maddox | Right Fielder |
| Lee Mazzilli | Center Fielder |
| Steve Henderson | Left Fielder |
| Willie Montanez | First Baseman |
| John Stearns | Catcher |
| Tim Foli | Shortstop |
| Doug Flynn | Second Baseman |
| Pat Zachry | Pitcher |
| Joe Torre | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ivan De Jesus | Shortstop |
| Greg Gross | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
| Dave Kingman | Left Fielder |
| Larry Biittner | First Baseman |
| Steve Ontiveros | Third Baseman |
| Rodney Scott | Second Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Dennis Lamp | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 27, 1978
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Lamp
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner fields the ball and throws to Lamp covering. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Lamp
Maddox hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Maddox reaches second base with a double. Randle goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Mazzilli vs. Lamp
Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Lamp
Henderson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Scott reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Montanez vs. Lamp
Montanez hits a line drive into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Stearns vs. Lamp
Stearns hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Foli vs. Lamp
Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Zachry
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Zachry
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Zachry
Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Lamp
Flynn hits a line drive towards short. De Jesus reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zachry vs. Lamp
Zachry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Lamp
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Zachry
Kingman hits a line drive towards short. Foli reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Zachry
Biittner hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Zachry
Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lamp
Maddox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazzilli vs. Lamp
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Lamp
Henderson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Henderson reaches second base with a double. Kingman throws the ball in to Ontiveros who tags Henderson trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Maddox goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Lamp
Montanez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Lamp
Stearns takes first base on ball four. Montanez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Foli vs. Lamp
Foli hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Zachry
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Zachry
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Zachry
Dave Roberts pinch hits for Dennis Lamp.
Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
De Jesus vs. Zachry
De Jesus strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. Geisel
Dave Geisel now pitching.
Flynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Zachry vs. Geisel
Zachry bunts towards the mound. Geisel fields it and throws to first for the out. Flynn moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Randle vs. Geisel
Randle hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Maddox vs. Geisel
Maddox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Mazzilli vs. Geisel
Mazzilli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Flynn scores. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Geisel
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Zachry
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Zachry
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Zachry
Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. Geisel
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Geisel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Stearns vs. Geisel
Stearns hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Foli vs. Geisel
Foli hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Flynn vs. Geisel
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Scott fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Zachry
Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Zachry
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Zachry
Scott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ontiveros moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Zachry
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meoli vs. Zachry
Rudy Meoli pinch hits for Dave Geisel.
Meoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zachry vs. McGlothen
Lynn McGlothen now pitching.
Zachry hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Randle vs. McGlothen
Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. McGlothen
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Zachry
De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Zachry
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Zachry
Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mazzilli vs. McGlothen
Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. McGlothen
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Montanez vs. McGlothen
Montanez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Zachry
Kingman hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Maddox who is chasing the ball. Kingman reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Biittner vs. Zachry
Biittner hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Zachry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Biittner for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Ontiveros vs. Zachry
Ontiveros hits a line drive into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kingman tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Zachry
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Zachry
Rader hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Stearns vs. McGlothen
Stearns is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Foli vs. McGlothen
Foli hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Flynn vs. McGlothen
Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clines vs. Zachry
Gene Clines pinch hits for Lynn McGlothen.
Clines takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
De Jesus vs. Zachry
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zachry fields it and throws to first for the out. Clines moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Zachry
Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Zachry
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Zachry vs. Moore
Donnie Moore now pitching.
Zachry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Randle vs. Moore
Randle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Maddox vs. Moore
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Randle moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Mazzilli vs. Moore
Mazzilli takes first base on ball four. Randle moves to third. Maddox moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 6 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Henderson vs. Moore
Joel Youngblood pinch runs for Lee Mazzilli.
Henderson hits a line drive into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Randle tags and scores. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Montanez vs. Moore
Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Zachry
Joel Youngblood now playing center field.
Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Zachry
Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Zachry
Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Zachry
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/27/1978 -- New York at Chicago (D)
New York AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Randle L, 3b 4 2 1 0 De Jesus I, ss 4 0 0 0
Maddox E, rf 4 2 3 1 Gross G, cf 4 0 0 0
Mazzilli L, cf 3 1 1 1 Murcer B, rf 4 0 0 0
Youngblood J, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Kingman D, lf 4 2 2 1
Henderson S, lf 4 0 1 2 Biittner L, 1b 4 0 0 0
Montanez W, 1b 5 0 2 0 Ontiveros S, 3b 3 0 2 1
Stearns J, c 3 1 1 3 Scott R, 2b 2 0 1 0
Foli T, ss 4 0 0 0 Rader D, c 3 0 0 0
Flynn D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Lamp D, p 0 0 0 0
Zachry P, p 3 0 0 0 Roberts D, ph 1 0 1 0
Geisel D, p 0 0 0 0
Meoli R, ph 1 0 0 0
McGlothen L, p 0 0 0 0
Clines G, ph 0 0 0 0
Moore D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 7 10 7 30 2 6 2
New York 401 100 001 -- 7
Chicago 000 000 101 -- 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry P (W) 9.0 6 2 2 3 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp D (L) 3.0 6 5 5 2 0
Geisel D 2.0 3 1 1 1 0
McGlothen L 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Moore D 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 7, Chicago 5
2B -- Maddox E, Henderson S
3B -- Kingman D
HR -- Stearns J, Kingman D
SH -- Zachry P
SF -- Ontiveros S, Henderson S
T -- 2:19
A -- 16987
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