Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
April 20, 1967 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1967 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 1, New York Mets 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 1
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Browne rf 3 0 1 0
Phillips cf 3 0 1 0
Simmons p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Upham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Jones rf 5 1 1 0
Bosch cf 2 1 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 2 2 1
Davis lf 3 1 2 1
  Reynolds pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Buchek 2b 2 0 0 0
  Alomar pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Swoboda 1b 2 0 0 1
  Kranepool 1b 0 0 0 1
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 2
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 7 6
Chicago 001 000 000180
New York 000 102 03x670
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L (1-1) 6.0 5 3 3 2 3
  Koonce   1.2 2 3 3 2 1
  Upham   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
5
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (1-0) 7.1 8 1 1 0 5
  Shaw  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
5

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Davis (1,off Simmons).  3B–Chicago Williams (3,off Seaver).  HR–New York Davis (1,4th inning off Simmons 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Bosch (2,off Simmons).  SF–Swoboda (1,off Simmons); Kranepool (1,off Koonce).  HBP–Buchek (1,by Koonce).  IBB–Buchek (1,by Simmons); Grote (1,by Koonce).  Team–7.  CS–Banks (1,2nd base by Seaver/Grote).  HBP–Koonce (1,Buchek).  IBB–Simmons (1,Buchek); Koonce (2,Grote).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:26.  A–5,379.
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