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1981 Regular Season Game 101
September 30, 1981
Mets 2, Cubs 1
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National League Standings, September 30, 1981

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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Wilson Mookie
Wilson
c
Stearns John
Stearns
3b
Brooks Hubie
Brooks
lf
Kingman Dave
Kingman
1b
Staub Rusty
Staub
rf
Valentine Ellis
Valentine
2b
Flynn Doug
Flynn
ss
Gardenhire Ron
Gardenhire
p
Puleo Charlie
Puleo
September 30, 1981, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Cubs ab r hbibbso
Jerry Morales cf 3 0 1 0 2 0
Ivan De Jesus ss 5 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0
Leon Durham rf 3 1 1 0 1 1
Steve Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jody Davis c 3 0 0 0 0 1
- Mike Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0
- Tim Blackwell c 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ty Waller 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0
Pat Tabler 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2
Doug Bird p 3 0 0 0 0 2
- Jim Tracy ph 1 0 0 0 0 1
- Randy Martz p 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Guillermo Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Mookie Wilson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .278
John Stearns c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .275
Hubie Brooks 3b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .310
Dave Kingman lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .224
Rusty Staub 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .309
- Brian Giles pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Mike Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
- Lee Mazzilli ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .231
Ellis Valentine rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .204
Doug Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Ron Gardenhire ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Charlie Puleo p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
- Mike Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208
- Neil Allen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

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

Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Doug Bird 8.0 5 1 1 0 6
Randy Martz (L) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Guillermo Hernandez 0.0 1 0 0 1 0
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Charlie Puleo 8.0 7 1 0 3 6 0.00
Neil Allen (W,7-5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 2.86

Left on base: Cubs 10, Mets 5
Errors: Ron Gardenhire (2).
WP: Charlie Puleo.
2B: Hubie Brooks 2 (21), Rusty Staub (6), Bill Buckner 2, Pat Tabler, Leon Durham.
Intentional Walks: Dave Kingman, Leon Durham.
SH: Hubie Brooks, Pat Tabler.
SB: Ivan De Jesus, Ty Waller.


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