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September 30, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Mets 5 12 0
Cubs 7 12 2
Top 9 R H E
Mets 5 12 0
Cubs 7 12 2

Joel Youngblood Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .252
OBP .500 .292
At Bats 4 262
Hits 2 66
• Singles 2 39
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 29

Ken Holtzman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 1
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Wrigley Field - September 30, 1978
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Ken Holtzman
Tim Blackwell
Scot Thompson
Manny Trillo
Rodney Scott
Ivan De Jesus
Dave Kingman
Jerry White
Mike Vail
Joel Youngblood
Dan Norman
Steve Henderson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 5 12 0 10
Chicago Cubs 7 12 2 5
Winning Pitcher Manny Seoane
Losing Pitcher Dwight Bernard
Save Ken Holtzman
Game Winning RBI Gene Clines
Attendance 16,504
Time of Game 2 hours 51 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Norman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Foli scores. Henderson moves to third.
Top 9 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holtzman fields it and throws to first for the out. Foli moves to second.
Top 9 Foli takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Manny Trillo now playing second base. Rodney Scott now playing third base. Ken Holtzman now pitching. Scot Thompson now playing first base. Tim BMazzilli strikes out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Sember takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Kingman scores. Clines scores. Trillo moves to third.
Bottom 8 Manny Trillo pinch hits for Rudy Meoli. Trillo takes first base on ball four. Kingman moves to third. Clines moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gene Clines pinch hits for Dave Rader. Clines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Scott scores. Kingman moves to second.
Bottom 8 Vail strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rodney Scott pinch runs for Bill Buckner. Jerry Koosman now pitching. Kingman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. Scott moves to third.
Bottom 8 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson scores. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 8 White hits a popup towards third. Youngblood settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Scot Thompson pinch hits for Manny Seoane. Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bernard hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sember juggles the ball. That's an error on Sember. Trevino moves to second.
Top 8 Trevino hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Youngblood hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rudy Meoli now playing second base. Mike Sember now playing third base. Norman hits a popup towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greg Gross pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rudy Meoli pinch hits for Ed Putman. Meoli strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dwight Bernard now pitching. Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Youngblood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Manny Seoane now pitching. Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Montanez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Foli moves to second.
Top 7 Foli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Benton scores.
Top 7 Butch Benton pinch runs for Ed Kranepool. Mazzilli strikes out.
Top 7 Ed Kranepool pinch hits for Juan Berenguer. Kranepool hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Vail chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Lamp fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Lamp. Youngblood scores. Trevino goes all the way around to score. Kranepool moves to third.
Top 7 Flynn hits a line drive towards third. Putman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Trevino hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Youngblood moves to third.
Top 7 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Vail strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Norman strikes out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazzilli scores.
Top 6 Montanez hits a line drive into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Mazzilli. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Mazzilli steals second.
Top 6 Foli strikes out.
Top 6 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lamp strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kelleher hits a fly ball into right field. Norman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Berenguer hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Flynn hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Putman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Vail. The throw from Trevino and he is out, Foli applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Vail hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Putman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Montanez moves to third.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Putman fields it and throws to first for the out. Montanez moves to second.
Top 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lamp fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Youngblood fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norman. White reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Berenguer strikes out.
Top 3 Flynn hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lamp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Berenguer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kelleher hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Putman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Trevino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Trevino hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Youngblood hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Top 2 Norman strikes out.
Top 2 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Buckner is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 1 Vail hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. White scores.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norman. White reaches second base with a double. De Jesus moves to third.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kelleher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mazzilli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mazzilli for the out.