Helping himself at the plate, Craig Swan led the Mets to a 5-2 victory over the Cubs as the New Yorkers' opening-day crowd was held to 12,219 because of the transit strike. The score was tied, 1-1, going into the bottom of the sixth inning, when Lee Mazzilli began the winning rally with a base on balls and moved to third on a double by Steve Henderson. Mike Jorgensen was intentionally walked to load the bases.

John Stearns followed with a grounder to Lenny Randle, but the second baseman's throw to the plate on an attempted force play was into the dirt and Mazzilli scored as the bases remained filled. A sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales plated the second marker of the frame and Swan then followed with a two-run single. Swan hurled seven strong innings before retiring in favor of Neil Allen, who preserved the victory. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Thursday, April     10, 1980 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  7  1
Mets         0  1  0    0  0  4    0  0  x  -   5  8  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
De Jesus ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Maddox 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Buckner 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .500      Mazzilli 1b           2   1   0   0     2   0   .000
Kingman lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .250      Henderson lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
Henderson rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Jorgensen rf          1   2   0   0     2   0   .000
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Youngblood rf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Lezcano cf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Stearns c             4   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martin cf           2   1   1   0     0   0   .500      Morales cf            3   0   2   2     0   0   .667
Blackwell c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Flynn 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .333
  Thompson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Swan p                2   0   2   2     1   0  1.000
Reuschel p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Allen p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Caudill p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   7   2     1   3             Totals               29   5   8   4     6   5

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 12,219
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Mets 7
DP: Cubs 1, Mets 1
Errors: Randle, Taveras
Doubles: Kingman (1), Buckner (1), Martin (1), Henderson (1)
Caught Stealing: Maddox (1), Morales (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Morales (1)
GIDP: Thompson (1), Maddox (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel L(0-1)         5.1   6   5   4   6   2   0  27   6.75
Caudill                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Tidrow                  2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   0.00
Totals                  8     8   5   4   6   5   0  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Swan W(1-0)             7     7   2   2   1   3   0  29   2.57
Allen SV(1)             2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   3   0  35

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Dutch Rennert


CUBS 1ST: Randle grounded out (second to first); De Jesus popped
to second; Buckner popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
singled to center; Maddox was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Kingman doubled to left; Henderson flied out to right
[Kingman to third]; Ontiveros flied out to right; Lezcano struck
out; Debut game for Carlos Lezcano; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen
walked; Stearns grounded out (second to first) [Jorgensen to
second]; Morales singled to right [Jorgensen scored]; Flynn
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Mets 1.

CUBS 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (first to pitcher); Reuschel
struck out; Randle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Swan walked; Taveras singled to right [Swan to
second]; Maddox forced Taveras (pitcher to shortstop) [Swan to
third]; Mazzilli walked [Maddox to second]; Henderson struck
out; Jorgensen forced Mazzilli (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 1.

CUBS 4TH: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Buckner
singled to center; Kingman grounded out (third to first)
[Buckner to second]; Henderson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
made an out to shortstop; Flynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 1.

CUBS 5TH: Ontiveros flied out to right; Lezcano grounded out
(shortstop to first); Blackwell singled to left; Reuschel struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Swan singled to center; Taveras struck out; Maddox
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Swan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 1.

CUBS 6TH: Randle grounded out (first unassisted); De Jesus
singled to center; Buckner doubled to left [De Jesus to third];
Kingman grounded out (third to first) [De Jesus scored];
Henderson walked; Ontiveros flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 1.

METS 6TH: MARTIN REPLACED LEZCANO (PLAYING CF); Mazzilli walked;
Henderson doubled to right [Mazzilli to third]; Jorgensen was
walked intentionally; Stearns reached on an error by Randle
[Mazzilli scored (unearned) (no RBI), Henderson to third,
Jorgensen to second]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Henderson scored, Jorgensen to third, Stearns to second]; Flynn
was walked intentionally; Swan singled to center [Jorgensen
scored, Stearns scored, Flynn to second]; CAUDILL REPLACED
REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Taveras popped to second; Maddox struck
out; 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 5.

CUBS 7TH: YOUNGBLOOD REPLACED JORGENSEN (PLAYING RF); Martin
doubled to left; Blackwell flied out to center; BIITTNER BATTED
FOR CAUDILL; Biittner flied out to right; Randle singled to
center [Martin scored]; De Jesus flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 5.

METS 7TH: TIDROW REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); Mazzilli made an
out to second; Henderson made an out to third; Youngblood struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 5.

CUBS 8TH: ALLEN REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Buckner grounded out
(second to first); Kingman popped to catcher in foul territory;
Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets
5.

METS 8TH: Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); Morales
singled to center; Flynn singled to right [Morales to third];
Morales was caught stealing home (catcher to third); Allen
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 5.

CUBS 9TH: Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); Martin
reached on an error by Taveras; THOMPSON BATTED FOR BLACKWELL;
Thompson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Martin out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 5.