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Chicago Cubs @ New York Mets

1984-09-07 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 46301 · 67°F · 2:43

New York Mets defeated Chicago Cubs 10–0. New York Mets put up 5 in the 3rd. Dwight Gooden earned the win. George Foster went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
NYN	1	0	5	1	0	3	0	0		10	12

W: Dwight Gooden L: Dick Ruthven SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Pulli · 1B: Doug Harvey · 2B: Jerry Crawford · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Bob Dernier	3	0	1	1
Ryne Sandberg	3	0	0	2
Gary Matthews	2	0	1	1
Leon Durham	4	0	0	0
Keith Moreland	3	1	0	1
Ron Cey	2	0	0	1
Jody Davis	2	0	0	1
Larry Bowa	2	0	1	0
Dick Ruthven	1	0	0	1
Dan Rohn	2	0	0	1
Thad Bosley	1	0	0	1
Ron Hassey	1	0	0	0
Davey Lopes	0	0	1	0
Henry Cotto	1	0	0	1
Tom Veryzer	1	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wally Backman	2	3	1	0	3	1
Mookie Wilson	4	1	2	3	0	0
Keith Hernandez	5	1	1	1	0	0
Darryl Strawberry	3	2	2	2	2	0
George Foster	3	1	1	3	1	1
Hubie Brooks	2	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Knight	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Fitzgerald	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dwight Gooden	3	1	2	0	0	0
Jose Oquendo	2	0	2	0	0	0
Danny Heep	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Ruthven	2.2	4	3	2
Warren Brusstar	2.1	2	2	1
Rick Reuschel	3.0	6	2	2

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dwight Gooden	9.0	1	4	11

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Dernier: W
Ryne Sandberg: SB2
Ryne Sandberg: K/C
Gary Matthews: K
Leon Durham: 63

Bot 1

Wally Backman: T8/F89XD
Mookie Wilson: 9/SF/F89.3-H
Keith Hernandez: 8/F78
Darryl Strawberry: 8/F78D

Top 2

Keith Moreland: K
Ron Cey: K
Jody Davis: 9/F9D

Bot 2

George Foster: K
Hubie Brooks: 53/G56
Ray Knight: K

Top 3

Larry Bowa: 5/FL/P23F
Dick Ruthven: K/C
Bob Dernier: K

Bot 3

Mike Fitzgerald: S7/G6
Dwight Gooden: 3/SH/BG3S.1-2
Wally Backman: W
Mookie Wilson: D7/F78.2-H;1-H(E4)
Keith Hernandez: 9/F9S
Darryl Strawberry: IW
George Foster: HR/F78XD.2-H;1-H
Hubie Brooks: W
Ray Knight: 8/F8D

Top 4

Ryne Sandberg: K/C
Gary Matthews: 8/F89
Leon Durham: 3/G

Bot 4

Mike Fitzgerald: 53
Dwight Gooden: S9/G34
Wally Backman: W.1-2
Mookie Wilson: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Keith Hernandez: FC3/G3.3XH(32516);1-3;B-2
Darryl Strawberry: IW
George Foster: 7

Top 5

Keith Moreland: S5/G5
Ron Cey: 9/F9D
Jody Davis: K/C
Larry Bowa: 4/L4M

Bot 5

Hubie Brooks: 43
Ray Knight: 53
Mike Fitzgerald: K

Top 6

Dan Rohn: 2/FL/P2F
Bob Dernier: 8
Ryne Sandberg: 43

Bot 6

Dwight Gooden: 9/F9L
Wally Backman: W
Mookie Wilson: 43/G34.1-2
Keith Hernandez: S8/G4.2-H
Darryl Strawberry: HR/F78XD.1-H
George Foster: W
Jose Oquendo: S8/G6M.1-2
Ray Knight: 8/P6MD

Top 7

Gary Matthews: W
Leon Durham: 8/F89
Keith Moreland: 7/F78
Thad Bosley: K/C

Bot 7

Mike Fitzgerald: 9
Dwight Gooden: S4/G4MD
Wally Backman: K
Mookie Wilson: 7/L

Top 8

Ron Hassey: 8/F8D
Larry Bowa: W
Dan Rohn: K
Bob Dernier: 8/F8D

Bot 8

Keith Hernandez: 8/L
Darryl Strawberry: D7/F7LD
Danny Heep: K
Jose Oquendo: S9/L9S.2XH(92)

Top 9

Davey Lopes: W
Henry Cotto: K/C
Leon Durham: 4/P6M
Tom Veryzer: 63/G6S

Notes & reviews

Knight came all the way across the diamond to catch this one
Matthews' throw was accurate but Sandberg looked away too soon and ball bounced off his glove
Weakly hit ball with a high bounce and Knight couldn't get a throw off at all

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