The Chicago Cubs barely put up a fight against the New York Mets, 9 to 4, on April 7, 1979.

Final

Mets

2-0

9

Cubs

0-2

4

NYM

CHC

1

0

2

0

3

1

0

4

0

5

0

1

6

5

0

7

0

2

8

1

0

9

0

1

R

9

4

H

11

8

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

NYM

CHC

Single by Steve Henderson; Willie Montanez scored.

1

0

Single by Doug Flynn; Steve Henderson scored.

2

0

Top 3rd

NYM

CHC

Home run by Lee Mazzilli.

3

0

Bottom 5th

NYM

CHC

Steve Ontiveros grounded out; Bill Buckner scored.

3

1

Top 6th

NYM

CHC

Single by Richie Hebner; Kelvin Chapman scored.

4

1

Joel Youngblood ground ball; Error by Steve Ontiveros; Richie Hebner scored.

5

1

Single by Alex Trevino; John Stearns scored.

6

1

Single by Lee Mazzilli; Steve Henderson and Joel Youngblood scored.

8

1

Bottom 7th

NYM

CHC

Single by Dave Kingman; Ted Sizemore scored.

8

2

Tim Blackwell walked; Bill Buckner scored.

8

3

Top 8th

NYM

CHC

Single by Doug Flynn; Joel Youngblood scored.

9

3

Bottom 9th

NYM

CHC

Single by Jerry Martin; Bobby Murcer scored.

9

4

Mets

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Lee Mazzilli CF	5	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	6
Kelvin Chapman 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Richie Hebner 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
John Stearns C	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Montanez 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Henderson LF	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Elliott Maddox RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Youngblood PH,RF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Doug Flynn SS	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tim Foli SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Zachry P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Trevino PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Twitchell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Murray P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Skip Lockwood P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	9	11	9	1	3	4	2	1	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Pat Zachry (W)	5.0	3	1	1	6	4
Wayne Twitchell	1.2	2	2	2	3	0
Dale Murray	1.2	3	1	1	3	2
Skip Lockwood (S)	0.2	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	12	8

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	5	0	1	0	1	3	2
Ted Sizemore 2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	2
Bill Buckner 1B	3	2	1	0	2	0	1
Dave Kingman LF	4	0	1	1	1	1	1
Bobby Murcer RF	4	1	1	0	1	0	1
Steve Ontiveros 3B	2	0	1	1	3	0	1
Jerry Martin CF	4	0	2	1	1	0	2
Barry Foote C	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tim Blackwell PH,C	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Ken Holtzman P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Biittner PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Burris P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Hernandez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Clines PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donnie Moore P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scot Thompson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dennis Lamp P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Vail PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	34	4	8	4	12	8	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Ken Holtzman (L)	4.0	4	3	3	1	3	1
Ray Burris	1.1	3	4	2	1	0	0
Willie Hernandez	0.2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Donnie Moore	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dennis Lamp	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	11	9	6	3	4	1

Explore

More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

26

9th

R

126

6th

SO

204

19th

ERA

4.03

18th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	14	8	.636
Cubs	14	9	.609	0.5
Reds	13	10	.565	1.5
Pirates	13	11	.542	2.0
Cardinals	11	14	.440	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	HOU	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Thu 4/25	HOU	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Fri 4/26	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

14-9

7

Final

2

Astros

7-17

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

27

Ozuna

23

Ward

22

García

Batting Average Leaders

.364

Ohtani

.357

Altuve

.347

Betts

Hit Leaders

36

Ohtani

35

Kwan

35

Altuve

Run Leaders

24

Betts

23

Marte

22

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.458

Betts

.432

Soto

.430

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.677

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.671

Abrams

SB Leaders

12

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Glasnow

4

Garrett

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

39

Jones

38

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.85

Berríos

1.33

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.10

Jones

11.92

Crochet

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

10.00

Ryan

9.75

Jones

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

3

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

413.3

Betts

393.9

Cruz

386

Henderson

DraftKings Points Leaders

312

Betts

297

Cruz

296

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0