Wrigley Fd. Opening Day Boxscore

John Dooley requested some time back that we take a look at some of the home openers at the friendly confines. Well here we go.

I'm gonna start the look back at some of the home openers by taking a look at 1982. Not because it's the years the Tribsters bought the club, but because of who was on the hill for the Northsiders. Fergie Jenkins was back in the blue pinstripes after 8 season in the American League. The future HOFer might have been in the twilight of his great career, but you couldn't tell in that Wrigley Field opener. Fergie allowed no runs over a strong 6-2/3rd innings and gave way to a young pitcher named Lee Smith who wrapped everything up in a 5-0 Cubs win on Opening Day 1982.

Game Played on Friday, April 9, 1982 (D)
at Wrigley Field
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
CHI N 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 x - 5 7 1

BATTING
New York Mets AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Wilson cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Backman 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 1
Foster lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 3
Valentine rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Stearns c 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 1
Brooks 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Gardenhire ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Staub ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Scott p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Sweet ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puleo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Orosco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rajsich ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0 3 6 24 13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.
E: Veryzer (1).
BATTING -
2B: Backman (1,off Jenkins).
HBP: Brooks (1,by Jenkins).
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Stearns (1,2nd base off Jenkins/Moreland); Wilson (2,2nd base off Jenkins/Moreland).

Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Bowa ss 4 3 2 0 0 0 4 1
Buckner 1b 3 2 1 2 1 0 11 0
Durham rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
Moreland c 4 0 2 2 0 1 7 0
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Sandberg 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Waller cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Smith p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals 27 5 7 5 4 5 27 9

FIELDING -
E: Jenkins (1).
BATTING -
HR: Buckner (1,4th inning off Scott 1 on, 0 out).
SH: Jenkins 2 (2,off Scott 2).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Bowa (2,3rd base off Orosco/Stearns).
CS: Durham (1,2nd base by Scott/Stearns).

PITCHING
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott L(0-1) 6 6 3 2 1 5 1
Puleo 1.2 0 2 2 2 0 0
Orosco 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 8 7 5 4 4 5 1

Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jenkins W(1-0) 6.2 5 0 0 3 3 0
Smith SV(1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 9 6 0 0 3 6 0
WP: Jenkins (1).
HBP: Jenkins (1,Brooks).

Umpires: Bruce Froemming, Jim Quick, John Kibler, Dick Stello
Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 26,712

Thanks to Retrosheet.org for this boxscore.