Maddux loses second straight

Going up against the team with the best record in baseball, Greg Maddux falls for the second straight start. Even though some of the Mets bigger names were not in the lineup, there some pretty sick cards with Dave Magadan, Manny Trillo and John Gibbons all getting starts. It will be interesting to see how the rookie responds to adversity...

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1986 Chicago (NL) Cubs At 1986 New York (NL) Mets         9/18/1986
 
  Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Walker RF         5  0  2  0 .313     S.Jefferson CF      5  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Sandberg 2B       4  0  0  0 .306     T.Teufel 2B         5  2  1  0 .309  
E-C.Speier PH         1  0  1  1 .344     D.Magadan 1B        3  0  2  0 .667  
  R.Palmeiro LF       5  1  1  0 .171     K.Mitchell RF       5  0  3  3 .248  
  K.Moreland 3B       3  0  1  0 .237     L.Mazzilli LF       3  1  0  0 .193  
  L.Durham 1B         4  0  2  0 .267     H.Johnson 3B        3  1  0  0 .233  
  J.Davis C           3  0  0  0 .268     K.Elster SS         3  0  1  0 .158  
B-J.Mumphrey PH       1  0  0  0 .264     R.Niemann P         1  0  1  0 .333  
C-M.Martin C          0  0  0  0 .083     R.McDowell P        0  0  0  0 .091  
  B.Dayett CF         4  0  0  0 .481     J.Gibbons C         4  1  3  2 .412  
  S.Dunston SS        4  1  2  0 .259     R.Anderson P        1  0  0  0 .182  
  G.Maddux P          3  0  3  1 .571   A-R.Santana SS        2  0  0  0 .231  
  S.Trout P           0  0  0  0 .256                                          
D-T.Bosley PH         1  1  1  0 .341                                          
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         Totals      38  3 13  2                 Totals      35  5 11  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Anderson In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Davis In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Mumphrey In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Trout In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Sandberg In 9th Inning
 
Cubs............ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 1  -  3 13  1
Mets............ 0 0 0  2 1 2  0 0    -  5 11  1
 
Cubs (59-87)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Maddux LOSS(1-2)        7      11   5   4   4   4   0 130   3.68
S.Trout                   1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   4.40
Totals                    8      11   5   4   4   4   0
 
Mets (103-43)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Anderson WIN(5-0)       5       7   1   1   1   3   0  83   1.80
R.Niemann HOLD(2nd)       2 2/3   3   1   0   0   1   0  38   6.81
R.McDowell SAVE(25th)     1 1/3   3   1   1   0   0   0  21   3.49
Totals                    9      13   3   2   1   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,259 DATE- Thursday, September 18th 1986 TIME- Night 
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 9  Mets:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0  Mets: 3
ERRORS- R.Sandberg, T.Teufel
DOUBLES- T.Teufel(17th), J.Gibbons(3rd)
TRIPLES- S.Dunston(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Walker(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Anderson
WALKS- K.Moreland, D.Magadan-2, L.Mazzilli, H.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- L.Durham, J.Davis, B.Dayett, S.Dunston, S.Jefferson-2, T.Teufel,
             H.Johnson
GIDP- C.Walker, J.Davis-2
PASSED BALLS- J.Gibbons
2-out RBI- K.Mitchell-2, C.Speier
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Ryne Sandberg robbed Kevin Mitchell of a base hit.
 
In a close game it was the New York (NL) Mets 5, the Chicago (NL) Cubs 3 at
Shea Stadium.
 
Rick Anderson(5-0) had a fairly solid outing.  He surrendered 7 hits and 1
walk in 5 innings.  Chicago (NL) threatened in the 9th but New York (NL) was
able to put down the rally.  
 
Roger McDowell earned the save, his 25th.  The loss was charged to Greg
Maddux(1-2).  He was hit hard and gave up 11 hits and 4 walks in 7 innings.
 
Gene Michael was subdued when questioned after the game, 'Sure, this kind of
loss takes a while to get over, but heck, we're all professionals.  We've
been through this many times - it's the nature of the game.  We'll be fine -
as for me - I'll be ready to go again tomorrow!'

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