Closing out the season on a winning note, the last-place Mets downed the Cubs, 5-3. Butch Benton, the Mets' rookie catcher, drove in two runs with his first two major league hits. [The Sporting News]

New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 3

Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Mets 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 - 5 8 3 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 11 2 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mazzilli cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .273 De Jesus ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Benton c 3 0 2 2 0 0 .500 White cf 5 1 0 0 0 0 .267 Flynn 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .237 Thompson 1b 4 2 4 0 1 0 .417 Montanez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .256 Vail rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .318 Norman rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .266 Clines lf 5 0 0 1 0 1 .258 S. Henderson lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Putman 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Boisclair lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Gross ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .265 Youngblood 3b,cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .252 Sember 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Trevino c,3b 3 2 0 0 1 2 .250 Pagel ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ferrer ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .212 Cox c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Kobel p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .160 Rader ph,c 1 0 1 0 1 0 .203 Murray p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelleher 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Biittner ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Meoli 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .103 McGlothen p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .188 Kingman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Murcer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Geisel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 8 4 4 7 Totals 40 3 11 3 2 4 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 11,617 Left on Base: Mets 6, Cubs 14 DP: Mets 0, Cubs 1 Errors: Flynn 2, Montanez, Putman, McGlothen Doubles: Thompson 3 (3) Sacrifice Hits: De Jesus (15) Hit by Pitch: Biittner (1,by Murray) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kobel W(5-6) 7 9 1 1 1 3 0 31 2.91 Murray SV(7) 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 13 3.78 Totals 9 11 3 1 2 4 0 44 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGlothen L(5-3) 7 4 3 1 3 6 0 28 3.30 Moore 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 4.12 Geisel 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 4.24 Totals 9 8 5 3 4 7 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Murray (3) Wild Pitches: Geisel (1) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Paul Runge METS 1ST: Mazzilli popped to second; Flynn flied out to right; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to center; Thompson doubled to center; Vail struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. METS 2ND: Norman struck out; S. Henderson walked; Youngblood walked [S. Henderson to second]; Trevino struck out; Ferrer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Putman grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. METS 3RD: Kobel struck out; Mazzilli popped to third; Flynn popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: BENTON REPLACED MAZZILLI (PLAYING C ); TREVINO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); YOUNGBLOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Kelleher flied out to center; McGlothen grounded out (second to first); On a bunt De Jesus singled to third; White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. METS 4TH: Montanez flied out to left; Norman popped to third; S. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Thompson walked; Vail singled to center [Thompson to second]; Clines struck out; Putman popped to second; Cox flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. METS 5TH: Youngblood struck out; Trevino walked; On a bunt Ferrer singled to third [Trevino scored (error by Putman) (unearned) (no RBI), Ferrer to third]; Kobel grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ferrer stayed at third]; Benton singled to shortstop [Ferrer scored (unearned)]; Flynn popped to second; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 5TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED S. HENDERSON (PLAYING LF); Kelleher flied out to left; McGlothen singled to right; De Jesus out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [McGlothen to second]; White flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. METS 6TH: Montanez singled to center; Norman forced Montanez (shortstop to second); Norman was picked off first but was safe on an error by McGlothen [Norman to second]; Boisclair grounded out (second to first) [Norman to third]; Youngblood singled to center [Norman scored]; Trevino lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 6TH: Thompson doubled to left; Vail grounded out (third to first); Clines popped to right; Putman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 0. METS 7TH: Ferrer grounded out (second to first); Kobel flied out to left; Benton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 0. CUBS 7TH: Cox flied out to left; Kelleher singled to center; KINGMAN BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Kingman singled to left [Kelleher to second]; De Jesus flied out to center; White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 0. METS 8TH: MOORE REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Flynn singled to left; Montanez singled to right [Flynn to third]; Montanez was picked off first (pitcher to first); Norman singled to center [Flynn scored]; Boisclair hit into a double play (third to first to second to catcher to second to third) [Norman out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 0. CUBS 8TH: Thompson singled to right; Vail singled to left [Thompson to second]; MURRAY REPLACED KOBEL (PITCHING); Clines forced Vail (pitcher to second to shortstop) [Thompson to third]; GROSS BATTED FOR PUTMAN; Gross forced Clines (shortstop to second) [Thompson scored]; RADER BATTED FOR COX; Rader singled to right [Gross to second]; BIITTNER BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Biittner was hit by a pitch [Gross to third, Rader to second]; MURCER BATTED FOR MOORE; Murcer flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 1. METS 9TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SEMBER REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); MEOLI REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING 2B); GEISEL REPLACED MURCER (PITCHING); Youngblood lined to left; Trevino struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; Ferrer walked [Trevino to second]; On a bunt Murray made an out to catcher; Benton singled to center [Trevino scored, Ferrer to second]; Flynn grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 1. CUBS 9TH: De Jesus flied out to right; White reached on an error by Montanez [White to first]; Thompson doubled to right [White to third]; Vail reached on an error by Flynn [White scored (unearned) (RBI), Thompson to third, Vail to first]; Clines reached on an error by Flynn [Thompson scored (unearned) (RBI), Vail to second, Clines to first]; PAGEL BATTED FOR SEMBER; Pagel struck out; Rader walked [Vail to third, Clines to second]; Meoli flied out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 3 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 3.

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