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1979 Regular Season Game 96
July 26, 1979
Cubs 9, Mets 2
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National League Standings, July 26, 1979

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
cf
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
rf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
3b
Hebner Richie
Hebner
1b
Montanez Willie
Montanez
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
c
Hodges Ron
Hodges
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Hausman Tom
Hausman
July 26, 1979, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Chicago Cubs 9, New York Mets 2

Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 5 0 2 2 0 1
Scot Thompson rf 4 2 3 3 0 0
Bill Buckner 1b 4 2 1 0 1 0
- Guillermo Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Biittner lf-1b 4 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Ontiveros 3b 3 1 2 3 1 0
- Steve Dillard 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Martin cf 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Blackwell c 3 0 0 0 0 0
- Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Mike Vail ph 1 1 1 0 0 0
- Mick Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Sizemore 2b 3 2 2 0 0 0
- Miguel Dilone lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Krukow p 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Barry Foote c 2 1 1 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .252
Elliott Maddox cf 2 1 2 0 1 0 .267
- Gil Flores rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .205
Joel Youngblood rf-cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .295
Richie Hebner 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .263
Willie Montanez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .225
Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .296
Ron Hodges c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .211
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .232
Tom Hausman p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .167
- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .178
- Dale Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ed Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Dan Norman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300
- Wayne Twitchell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 9 12 0
New York Mets 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 1

Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Mike Krukow (W) 5.0 9 2 2 2 3
Dick Tidrow 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Guillermo Hernandez 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Tom Hausman (L,1-5) 6.0 5 3 3 1 0 2.29
Dale Murray 0.1 4 4 4 1 0 4.20
Ed Glynn 1.2 3 2 1 0 2 2.77
Wayne Twitchell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.86

Errors: Willie Montanez (5).
PB: Tim Blackwell.
2B: Ron Hodges (2), Mike Vail, Barry Foote.
3B: Bill Buckner.
HR: Scot Thompson, Steve Ontiveros.
Intentional Walks: Bill Buckner.
HBP: Ted Sizemore.
SH: Mike Krukow.
SF: Scot Thompson, Larry Biittner.
SB: Frank Taveras (23), Ivan De Jesus 2.









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