New York Mets 11 – 5 Chicago Cubs
8 September 1976 · CHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Skip Lockwood | 1 in 107 games |
| 33 | final score 11–5 | 1 in 283 games | |
| 12 | 4 hits | John Stearns | 1 in 138 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mets | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 |
| Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
Box score
New York Mets batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Boisclair | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Lee Mazzilli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Mike Phillips | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Milner | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Leon Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Kingman | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed Kranepool | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Stearns | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Leo Foster | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bud Harrelson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tom Seaver | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rick Baldwin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Skip Lockwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 42 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
New York Mets pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Seaver | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Rick Baldwin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Skip Lockwood | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Monday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Jose Cardenal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Madlock | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Jerry Morales | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joe Wallis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Manny Trillo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steve Swisher | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mick Kelleher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Champ Summers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rob Sperring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete LaCock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jerry Tabb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Larry Biittner | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Renko | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Mike Krukow | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Stone | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Reuschel | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Sutter | 1.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Darold Knowles | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |