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National League Standings, April 20, 1980

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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Taveras Frank
Taveras
c
Stearns John
Stearns
1b
Mazzilli Lee
Mazzilli
cf
Youngblood Joel
Youngblood
lf
Henderson Steve
Henderson
rf
Jorgensen Mike
Jorgensen
3b
Maddox Elliott
Maddox
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
p
Swan Craig
Swan
April 20, 1980, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 6, New York Mets 3

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Frank Taveras ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .243
John Stearns c 5 2 3 0 0 0 .324
Lee Mazzilli 1b 2 0 0 0 3 0 .250
Joel Youngblood cf 4 0 0 1 1 0 .333
Steve Henderson lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .308
Mike Jorgensen rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .286
Elliott Maddox 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .357
Doug Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235
Craig Swan p 2 0 0 1 1 1 .500
- Ron Hodges ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Kevin Kobel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- John Pacella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Ivan De Jesus ss 4 1 1 1 0 1
Steve Ontiveros 3b 3 3 2 1 1 0
- Dick Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0
Dave Kingman lf 2 1 1 1 2 1
Larry Biittner rf 4 0 2 1 0 0
Jerry Martin cf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Barry Foote c 4 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Tyson 2b 4 1 0 0 0 2
Rick Reuschel p 2 0 1 0 0 0
- Mick Kelleher ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 4
Chicago Cubs 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 x 6 11 2

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Craig Swan 6.0 7 3 3 1 5 3.71
Kevin Kobel (L,0-1) 1.1 4 3 1 2 0 5.79
John Pacella 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Rick Reuschel (W) 7.0 9 3 1 7 2
Dick Tidrow (Save) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

Left on base: Mets 12, Cubs 6
Errors: Joel Youngblood (1), Elliott Maddox, Mike Tyson 3, Jerry Martin.
PB: Barry Foote.
2B: John Stearns 2 (6), Frank Taveras (3), Barry Foote.
HR: Steve Ontiveros.
Intentional Walks: Dave Kingman.
SH: Mick Kelleher.
SB: Joel Youngblood (1), Dave Kingman, Ivan De Jesus.
CS: Steve Henderson (1), Jerry Martin.


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