Mets @ Cubs
September 26, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 8 13 0
Cubs 3 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 8 13 0
Cubs 3 11 2

Dave Kingman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .000 .343
At Bats 4 517
Hits 0 148
• Singles 0 79
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 47
Walks 0 45
RBI’s 0 113

Neil Allen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 10 7
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Wrigley Field - September 26, 1979
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Strikeout
Neil Allen
John Stearns
Bruce Boisclair
Kelvin Chapman
Alex Trevino
Doug Flynn
Joel Youngblood
Elliott Maddox
Dan Norman
Dave Kingman
Bill Buckner
Mike Vail

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 8 13 0 9
Chicago Cubs 3 11 2 9
Winning Pitcher Tom Hausman
Losing Pitcher Donnie Moore
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Richie Hebner
Attendance 5,827
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kingman strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Vail moves to second.
Bottom 9 Neil Allen now pitching. De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 9 Mike Vail pinch hits for Doug Capilla. Vail takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Barry Foote pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Foote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Flynn hits a line drive into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Capilla juggles the ball. That's an error on Capilla.
Top 9 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bruce Kimm now catching. Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scot Thompson pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Martin reaches second base with a double. Biittner scores. Ontiveros scores.
Bottom 8 Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norman. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Biittner moves to third.
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dan Norman now playing right field. Bruce Boisclair now playing first base. Kelvin Chapman now playing second base. Doug Flynn now playing shortstBuckner hits a fly ball into right field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dan Norman pinch hits for Richie Hebner. Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Trevino takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Doug Capilla now pitching. Taveras strikes out.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Trevino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Dave Geisel. Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Trevino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kelleher hits a popup towards first. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hausman hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Buckner, and towards Kelleher, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Blackwell hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ontiveros hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Ontiveros reaches second base with a double. Biittner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Biittner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kingman strikes out.
Top 6 Stearns hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Youngblood hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hebner is hit by the pitch. Trevino moves to second.
Top 6 Trevino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Taveras scores.
Top 6 Maddox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin throws the ball in to Buckner who tags Maddox trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Taveras moves to third.
Top 6 Dave Geisel now pitching. Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Steve Macko pinch hits for George Riley. Macko hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Alex Trevino now playing third base. Richie Hebner now playing first base. Kelleher hits a fly ball into left field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hausman for the out.
Top 5 Flynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stearns scores.
Top 5 Boisclair hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Riley covering, for the out. Stearns moves to third.
Top 5 Stearns hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hebner scores. There goes Youngblood trying to get to third. Martin throws the ball in to Ontiveros, who tags Youngblood for the out. Stearns moves to second.
Top 5 Youngblood takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 George Riley now pitching. Hebner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Martin. Hebner reaches second base with a double. Maddox scores. Mazzilli goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Mazzilli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maddox moves to third.
Top 5 Maddox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 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.
Top 4 Taveras hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hausman bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 4 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Boisclair hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Biittner. Boisclair reaches second base with a double. Biittner throws the ball in to Ontiveros who tags Boisclair trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Stearns scores.
Top 4 Moore fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Moore. Stearns moves to second.
Top 4 Stearns takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kingman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kelleher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Youngblood throws the ball in to Flynn who tags Kelleher, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 3 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hebner is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Mazzilli is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Taveras. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Taveras steals second.
Top 3 Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hausman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hausman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Moore covering, for the out.
Top 2 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boisclair hits a fly ball into right field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hebner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stearns hits a line drive into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Youngblood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hebner hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Mazzilli takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.