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Mets
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 23, 1990
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets, played on September 23, 1990 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
Date | September 23, 1990 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 23, 1990 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Mets |
Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dwight Gooden |
Home Starting Pitcher | Greg Maddux |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 24,385 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Quick 1B: Greg Bonin 2B: Dutch Rennert 3B: Terry Tata |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Howard Johnson | Shortstop |
Dave Magadan | First Baseman |
Gregg Jefferies | Third Baseman |
Darryl Strawberry | Right Fielder |
Kevin McReynolds | Left Fielder |
Tim Teufel | Second Baseman |
Daryl Boston | Center Fielder |
Charlie O'Brien | Catcher |
Dwight Gooden | Pitcher |
Bud Harrelson | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jerome Walton | Center Fielder |
Ryne Sandberg | Second Baseman |
Mark Grace | First Baseman |
Andre Dawson | Right Fielder |
Derrick May | Left Fielder |
Domingo Ramos | Third Baseman |
Shawon Dunston | Shortstop |
Joe Girardi | Catcher |
Greg Maddux | Pitcher |
Don Zimmer | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mets
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 23, 1990
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Maddux
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Maddux
Magadan strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jefferies vs. Maddux
Jefferies hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Strawberry vs. Maddux
Strawberry takes first base on ball four. Jefferies moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
McReynolds vs. Maddux
McReynolds strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walton vs. Gooden
Walton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gooden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sandberg vs. Gooden
Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Gooden
There goes Sandberg. The throw from O'Brien and he is safe. Sandberg steals second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Grace vs. Gooden
Grace strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Dawson vs. Gooden
Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Maddux
Teufel hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Girardi settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Girardi. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Maddux
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Boston vs. Maddux
Boston hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Maddux
O'Brien hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gooden vs. Maddux
Gooden hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Girardi fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
May vs. Gooden
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Gooden
Ramos hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dunston vs. Gooden
Dunston strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Maddux
Johnson hits a line drive into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Maddux
Magadan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jefferies vs. Maddux
Jefferies hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Gooden
Girardi strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Maddux vs. Gooden
Maddux hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magadan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maddux for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walton vs. Gooden
Walton hits a fly ball into right field. Strawberry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Maddux
Strawberry strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Maddux
McReynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dunston scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Maddux
Teufel hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Boston vs. Maddux
Boston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sandberg vs. Gooden
Sandberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grace vs. Gooden
Gooden fires to first and has Sandberg trapped. There's the throw to Johnson who tags Sandberg for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Gooden
Grace hits a fly ball into center field. Boston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dawson vs. Gooden
Dawson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Gooden
May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Magadan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Maddux
O'Brien takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gooden vs. Maddux
Gooden bunts towards the mound. Maddux fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Maddux
Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Walton. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Gooden moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Magadan vs. Maddux
Magadan strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Jefferies vs. Maddux
Jefferies hits a popup towards short. Dunston settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Gooden
Ramos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dunston vs. Gooden
Dunston strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Gooden
Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jefferies fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maddux vs. Gooden
Maddux hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Maddux
Strawberry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Maddux
McReynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Teufel vs. Maddux
Teufel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McReynolds moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Boston vs. Maddux
Boston hits a popup into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
O'Brien vs. Maddux
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. McReynolds scores. Teufel moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Gooden vs. Maddux
Gooden strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Maddux
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Teufel scores. O'Brien moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Magadan vs. Maddux
Magadan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Brien scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Jefferies vs. Maddux
Jefferies hits a fly ball into right field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Walton vs. Gooden
Walton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sandberg vs. Gooden
Sandberg strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Grace vs. Gooden
Grace hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Strawberry vs. Maddux
Strawberry hits a fly ball into center field. Walton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Maddux
McReynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Teufel vs. Maddux
Teufel hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of May. Teufel reaches second base with a double. McReynolds goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Boston vs. Pavlas
Dave Pavlas now pitching.
Boston hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Pavlas
O'Brien hits a line drive into center field. Walton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gooden vs. Pavlas
Gooden strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dawson vs. Gooden
Darren Reed now playing right field.
Dawson strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
May vs. Gooden
May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ramos vs. Gooden
Ramos strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dunston vs. Gooden
Dunston strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Pavlas
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Magadan vs. Pavlas
Magadan hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of May. Magadan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Jefferies vs. Pavlas
Jefferies hits a ball on the ground towards first. Grace scoops it up and throws to first, with Pavlas covering, for the out. Magadan moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Reed vs. Pavlas
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramos fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Girardi vs. Gooden
Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Gooden
Dave Clark pinch hits for Dave Pavlas.
Clark hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Walton vs. Gooden
Walton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sandberg vs. Gooden
Sandberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clark scores. Walton moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Grace vs. Gooden
Grace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walton scores. Sandberg moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Dawson vs. Gooden
Dawson hits a fly ball into right field. Reed settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sandberg moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Gooden
May strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McReynolds vs. Williams
Mitch Williams now pitching.
McReynolds hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Walton. McReynolds reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Teufel vs. Williams
Teufel strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boston vs. Williams
Boston hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sandberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Williams
O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Walton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Varsho vs. Pena
Alejandro Pena now pitching. Gary Varsho pinch hits for Domingo Ramos.
Varsho hits a ball on the ground into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Dunston vs. Pena
Dunston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Varsho moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Girardi vs. Pena
Girardi strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Pena
Dwight Smith pinch hits for Mitch Williams.
Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Varsho scores. View Play -
Mets, 7 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Walton vs. Pena
Walton hits a fly ball into center field. Boston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/23/1990 -- New York at Chicago (D) New York AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Johnson H, ss 5 0 2 1 Walton J, cf 5 1 1 0 Magadan D, 1b 4 0 2 1 Sandberg R, 2b 3 0 2 1 Jefferies G, 3b 5 0 1 0 Grace M, 1b 4 0 1 1 Strawberry D, rf 3 1 1 1 Dawson A, rf 3 0 0 0 Reed D, rf 1 0 0 0 May D, lf 4 0 1 0 McReynolds K, lf 5 2 3 0 Ramos D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Teufel T, 2b 5 2 3 1 Varsho G, ph 1 1 1 0 Boston D, cf 5 1 1 2 Dunston S, ss 4 0 0 0 O'Brien C, c 4 1 2 1 Girardi J, c 4 0 1 0 Gooden D, p 4 0 0 0 Maddux G, p 2 0 0 0 Pena A, p 0 0 0 0 Pavlas D, p 0 0 0 0 Clark D, ph 1 1 1 0 Williams M, p 0 0 0 0 Smith D, ph 1 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 41 7 15 7 35 3 9 3 New York 000 004 300 -- 7 Chicago 000 000 021 -- 3 New York IP H R ER BB SO Gooden D (W) 8.0 7 2 2 2 9 Pena A 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Maddux G (L) 6.1 12 6 6 3 6 Pavlas D 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 Williams M 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 E -- Girardi J DP -- Chicago 1 LOB -- New York 10, Chicago 7 2B -- Johnson H, Teufel T, Magadan D, McReynolds K, Varsho G HR -- Strawberry D, Boston D SB -- Sandberg R CS -- Sandberg R T -- 2:53 A -- 24385
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