Wrigley Fd. Opening Day Boxscore

How magical was 1984 Cub fans? The first game of that season at Wrigley Fied the Cubs jumped all over Doc Gooden for 6 earned runs in 3.1 IP. The Cub starter that day was left hander Steve Trout who outpitched Dr. K and 3 Met relievers (including fuuture Cub player and GM Eddie Lynch). Here's a the home opener for the magical 1984 season:

Game Played on Friday, April 13, 1984 (D)
at Wrigley Field
NY N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 7 0
CHI N 1 0 0 5 1 1 2 1 x - 11 14 0

BATTING
New York Mets AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Gardenhire 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oquendo ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Jones ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 4 0 0 0 9 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Wilson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
Brooks 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Gibbons c 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Gooden p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lynch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Swan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fitzgerald ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 2 7 2 0 4 24 10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.
BATTING -
HR: Foster (2,7th inning off Trout 1 on, 0 out).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING -
CS: Hernandez (1,2nd base by Trout/Davis).

Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Dernier cf 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 3
Matthews lf 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 0
Durham 1b 4 0 1 1 1 3 14 0
Cey 3b 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
Hall rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
Davis c 3 2 3 2 1 0 4 1
Bowa ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 9
Trout p 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 35 11 14 11 6 6 27 17

BATTING -
2B: Sandberg (1,off Gooden); Hall (1,off Swan).
3B: Durham (1,off Swan).
HR: Cey (2,5th inning off Lynch 0 on, 0 out); Davis (1,7th inning off Swan
1 on, 0 out); Matthews (1,8th inning off Tidrow 0 on, 1 out).
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING -
SB: Matthews (1,2nd base off Gooden/Gibbons); Sandberg (2,2nd base off Gooden/Gibbons);
Cey (1,2nd base off Gooden/Gibbons); Dernier (2,2nd base off Gooden/Gibbons).
CS: Matthews (1,2nd base by Lynch/Gibbons).

PITCHING
New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gooden L(1-1) 3.1 7 6 6 3 4 0
Lynch 1.2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Swan 2 3 3 3 1 1 1
Tidrow 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals 8 14 11 11 6 6 3

Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR
Trout W(1-1) 9 7 2 2 0 4 1

Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 33,436

Thanks to retrosheet.org for this boxscore.