A homer by John Stearns with two men on base capped a four-run first inning and propelled the Mets to a 7-2 victory over the Cubs. Stearns' blast scored Lee Mazzilli, who had walked, and Elliott Maddox, who had doubled and driven in the first run of the inning. Steve Henderson batted in two of the Mets' later runs with a double and a sacrifice fly. Pat Zachry scattered six hits in posting his ninth win of the campaign. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 2

Game Played on Tuesday, June 27, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Mets 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 10 0 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 6 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 4 2 1 0 1 0 .228 De Jesus ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Maddox rf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .277 Gross cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Mazzilli cf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .287 Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Youngblood pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Kingman lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .236 S. Henderson lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .258 Biittner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Montanez 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .274 Ontiveros 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .232 Stearns c 3 1 1 3 1 1 .254 Scott 2b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .357 Foli ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Rader c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .242 Lamp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Zachry p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .086 Roberts ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .350 Geisel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Meoli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .130 McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Clines ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 34 7 10 7 5 2 Totals 30 2 6 2 3 1 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 16,987 Left on Base: Mets 7, Cubs 5 DP: Mets 2, Cubs 0 Doubles: Maddox (8), S. Henderson (10) Triples: Kingman (3) Home Runs: Stearns (6), Kingman (15) Sacrifice Hits: Zachry (3) Sacrifice Flies: S. Henderson (4), Ontiveros (4) GIDP: Rader (7), Scott (1) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zachry W(9-3) 9 6 2 2 3 1 1 34 3.15 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 1 1 34 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lamp L(2-9) 3 6 5 5 2 0 1 16 3.77 Geisel 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 10 4.70 McGlothen 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 4.56 Moore 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 6 4.56 Totals 9 10 7 7 5 2 1 41 Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Bill Williams METS 1ST: Randle singled to first; Maddox doubled to left [Randle scored]; Mazzilli walked; S. Henderson lined to second; Montanez lined to center; Stearns homered [Maddox scored, Mazzilli scored]; Foli grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross grounded out (second to first); Murcer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 0. METS 2ND: Flynn lined to shortstop; Zachry grounded out (second to first); Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Kingman lined to shortstop; Biittner lined to left; Ontiveros lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 0. METS 3RD: Maddox singled to center; Mazzilli flied out to left; S. Henderson doubled to left [Maddox scored, S. Henderson out at third (left to third)]; Montanez singled to right; Stearns walked [Montanez to second]; Foli popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Scott walked; Rader grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Scott out at second]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR LAMP; Roberts singled to center; De Jesus struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 0. METS 4TH: GEISEL REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Flynn singled to left; Zachry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Flynn to second]; Randle flied out to left; Maddox walked; Mazzilli singled to right [Flynn scored, Maddox to third]; S. Henderson forced Mazzilli (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Gross flied out to center; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 0. METS 5TH: Montanez singled to pitcher; Stearns popped to second; Foli flied out to right; Flynn forced Montanez (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 0. CUBS 5TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros singled to center; Scott singled to right [Ontiveros to second]; Rader flied out to center; MEOLI BATTED FOR GEISEL; Meoli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 0. METS 6TH: MCGLOTHEN REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); Zachry grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle grounded out (second to first); Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 0. CUBS 6TH: De Jesus flied out to right; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 0. METS 7TH: Mazzilli flied out to center; S. Henderson grounded out (third to first); Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 0. CUBS 7TH: Kingman tripled to right; Biittner grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Ontiveros lined out on a sacrifice fly to left [Kingman scored]; Scott walked; Rader popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 1. METS 8TH: Stearns was called out on strikes; Foli flied out to center; Flynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 1. CUBS 8TH: CLINES BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Clines walked; De Jesus grounded out (pitcher to first) [Clines to second]; Gross flied out to center; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 6, Cubs 1. METS 9TH: MOORE REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Zachry grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle walked; Maddox singled to left [Randle to second]; Mazzilli walked [Randle to third, Maddox to second]; YOUNGBLOOD RAN FOR MAZZILLI; S. Henderson lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Randle scored]; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 7, Cubs 1. CUBS 9TH: YOUNGBLOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Kingman homered; Biittner flied out to center; Ontiveros singled to right; Scott grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ontiveros out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 7, Cubs 2.

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