Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
July 5, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1965 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0
Landrum cf 4 0 2 1
Williams rf 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Stewart lf 3 0 1 0
Krug c 3 1 2 1
  Bailey ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 3 1 2 0
  Clemens ph 1 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Altman ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Amalfitano ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cowan cf 4 1 1 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
Christopher rf 3 1 0 0
  Hiller 2b 0 0 0 0
Swoboda lf 3 1 1 3
  Lewis rf 0 0 0 0
Hickman 3b,rf,lf 3 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Klaus 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 3 0 0 0
Spahn p 1 0 0 0
  Bearnarth p 2 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 4 3
Chicago 000 200 000290
New York 300 000 00x341
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (9-4) 5.0 4 3 3 0 5
  McDaniel   3.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
0
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   4.0 8 2 2 3 1
  Bearnarth  W (3-1) 5.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
2

  E–Spahn (1).  DP–New York 1.  HR–Chicago Krug (2,4th inning off Spahn 0 on, 1 out), New York Swoboda (14,1st inning off Ellsworth 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–1.  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:04.
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