The New York Mets lost to the Chicago Cubs, 9 to 7, on July 7, 1978.

1978 New York Mets

Final

CHC

Cubs

42-38

9

NYM

Mets

35-49

7

1

0

0

2

3

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

3

7

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

1

0

R

9

7

H

15

8

E

1

0

Top 2nd

CHC

NYM

Cubs

Home run by Larry Cox; Steve Ontiveros and Manny Trillo scored.

3

0

Top 5th

CHC

NYM

Cubs

Double by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

4

0

Cubs

Manny Trillo walked; Bill Buckner scored.

5

0

Cubs

Larry Cox walked; Bobby Murcer scored.

6

0

Bottom 5th

CHC

NYM

Mets

Triple by Joel Youngblood; Elliott Maddox and Doug Flynn scored.

6

2

Mets

Triple by Lenny Randle; Joel Youngblood scored.

6

3

Mets

Single by Tim Foli; Lenny Randle scored.

6

4

Mets

Home run by Willie Montanez; Tim Foli and John Stearns scored.

6

7

Top 6th

CHC

NYM

Cubs

Double by Larry Biittner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

7

7

Cubs

Single by Bill Buckner; Larry Biittner scored.

8

7

Top 9th

CHC

NYM

Cubs

Single by Steve Ontiveros; Bobby Murcer scored.

9

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Larry Biittner LF,1B 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
Bill Buckner 1B 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Gene Clines PR,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer CF 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Steve Ontiveros 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Manny Trillo 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Mike Vail RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Cox C 4 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 5
Dave Roberts P 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ken Holtzman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn McGlothen P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 15 9 1 6 4 0 1 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Roberts 4.1 6 5 5 1 0 0
Ken Holtzman 0.1 1 2 2 2 0 1
Lynn McGlothen (W) 2.1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Bruce Sutter (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 9.0 8 7 7 4 6 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Lenny Randle 3B,2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Tim Foli SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lee Mazzilli CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Stearns C 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Willie Montanez 1B 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Steve Henderson LF 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Elliott Maddox RF,3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Flynn 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ed Kranepool PH,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Hausman P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dwight Bernard P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joel Youngblood PH 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Paul Siebert P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Boisclair PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murray P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Hodges PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7 1 4 6 0 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Hausman 4.1 8 6 6 3 1 1
Dwight Bernard 0.2 0 0 0 2 2 0
Paul Siebert (L) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0
Dale Murray 3.0 4 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 15 9 9 6 4 1

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0 0
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0 0
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MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sat
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MIL MIL
@
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1:40 PM
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@
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@
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7:10 PM
Tue
4/2
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@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

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1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
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AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
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2
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2
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AL Central W L PCT GB
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87 75 .537
2
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SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
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Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
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BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
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TBR TBR
4:10 PM