New York Mets 9 – 10 Chicago Cubs
26 June 1978 · CHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Ray Burris | 1 in 107 games |
| 34 | final score 10–9 | 1 in 287 games | |
| 12 | 4 RBI | Dave Rader | 1 in 128 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| Chicago Cubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 15 | 0 |
Box score
New York Mets batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenny Randle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elliott Maddox | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lee Mazzilli | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Steve Henderson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Willie Montanez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| John Stearns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Foli | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Doug Flynn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Bruhert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed Kranepool | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Bruce Boisclair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Grieve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
New York Mets pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bruhert | 2.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Kobel | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Butch Metzger | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Dale Murray | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Siebert | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Skip Lockwood | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan De Jesus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Greg Gross | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Murcer | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dave Kingman | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Biittner | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ontiveros | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Rodney Scott | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Rader | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Ray Burris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lynn McGlothen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Mike Vail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Burris | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Donnie Moore | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynn McGlothen | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Geisel | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Sutter | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |