The New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs, 9 to 7, on May 24, 1979.

Final

Cubs

17-20

9

Mets

13-24

7

CHC

NYM

1

0

2

0

3

1

4

0

5

2

0

6

0

2

7

0

2

8

1

2

9

0

R

9

7

H

13

15

E

1

3

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

CHC

NYM

Sacrifice fly by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

1

0

Top 2nd

CHC

NYM

Home run by Barry Foote; Jerry Martin scored.

3

0

Top 3rd

CHC

NYM

Single by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

4

0

Jerry Martin grounded out; Ted Sizemore scored.

5

0

Single by Steve Ontiveros; Bill Buckner scored.

6

0

Bottom 3rd

CHC

NYM

Double by Lee Mazzilli; Frank Taveras scored.

6

1

Top 5th

CHC

NYM

Home run by Steve Ontiveros; Jerry Martin scored.

8

1

Bottom 6th

CHC

NYM

Double by Joel Youngblood; Willie Montanez and Steve Henderson scored.

8

3

Bottom 7th

CHC

NYM

Richie Hebner grounded out; Lee Mazzilli scored.

8

4

Single by Steve Henderson; John Stearns scored.

8

5

Top 8th

CHC

NYM

Single by Scot Thompson; Ivan De Jesus scored.

9

5

Bottom 8th

CHC

NYM

Richie Hebner ground ball; Error by Ted Sizemore; Joel Youngblood scored.

9

6

John Stearns grounded out; Lee Mazzilli scored.

9

7

Cubs

Mets

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
Ted Sizemore 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Buckner 1B	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Kingman LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Scot Thompson LF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Bobby Murcer RF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Jerry Martin CF	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Sam Mejias CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	6
Barry Foote C	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4
Ken Holtzman P	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Willie Hernandez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Sutter P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	9	13	9	2	5	5	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ken Holtzman (W)	6.0	10	4	4	2	2
Willie Hernandez	0.1	3	1	1	0	0
Bruce Sutter (S)	2.2	2	2	1	0	2
Totals	9.0	15	7	6	2	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Joel Youngblood RF,2B	5	1	2	2	0	0	3
Frank Taveras SS	5	1	1	0	0	1	1
Lee Mazzilli CF	5	2	3	1	0	0	6
Richie Hebner 3B	5	0	3	2	0	0	3
John Stearns C	5	1	1	1	0	0	1
Willie Montanez 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Steve Henderson LF	5	1	3	1	0	0	3
Doug Flynn 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Twitchell P	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Gil Flores PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neil Allen P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Trevino PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Kranepool PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Orosco P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Boisclair PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Falcone P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elliott Maddox RF	3	0	0	0	2	3	0
Totals	42	7	15	7	2	4	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Pete Falcone (L)	2.2	5	6	2	2	1	1
Wayne Twitchell	3.1	4	2	2	2	2	1
Neil Allen	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jesse Orosco	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	13	9	5	5	5	2

Explore

More Mets Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Alonso

RBI

15

Nimmo

AVG

.327

Taylor

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Garrett

K

27

Manaea

ERA

0.71

Garrett

Team Rankings

HR

26

9th

R

113

12th

SO

231

2nd

ERA

3.53

9th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	16	6	.727
Phillies	15	9	.625	2.0
Mets	13	11	.542	4.0
Nationals	10	13	.435	6.5
Marlins	6	19	.240	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	STL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	STL	@	NYM	4:05 PM
Sun 4/28	STL	@	NYM	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Tue 4/30	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM

Last Game

Giants

12-14

2

Final

8

Mets

13-11

Wed 24 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

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

35

Kwan

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Marte

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.674

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

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

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

Cruz

319

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