New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 31, 1967 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1967 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 1, Chicago Cubs 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 5 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 1 0 0
Johnson 1b,2b 5 0 0 0
Davis lf 3 0 1 1
  Reynolds lf 0 0 0 0
Swoboda rf 4 0 2 0
Buchek 2b 3 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Charles 3b 4 0 1 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 4 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 0 0
Beckert 2b 3 0 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 1
Santo 3b 4 0 1 0
Banks 1b 5 0 1 0
  Jenkins pr 0 1 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 0
Savage rf 3 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 1 1
Phillips cf 3 0 2 0
Nye p 1 0 0 0
  Stoneman p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
New York 000 001 000 00141
Chicago 000 010 000 01282
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   9.0 6 1 0 5 1
  Taylor  L (3-5) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
1
6
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Nye   8.1 4 1 1 2 3
  Stoneman   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Hartenstein  W (7-4) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
4
1
1
2
3

  E–Johnson (4), Kessinger 2 (16).  DP–New York 2, Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Hundley (23,off Seaver).  IBB–Davis (9,by Nye); Phillips (22,by Seaver); Thomas (5,by Seaver).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Kessinger (7,off Seaver); Beckert (5,off Seaver); Nye (3,off Seaver); Savage (3,off Seaver).  HBP–Hundley (2,by R Taylor).  Team–11.  SB–Johnson (1,2nd base off Nye/Hundley).  HBP–R Taylor (1,Hundley).  IBB–Seaver 2 (5,Phillips,Thomas); Nye (3,Davis).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:54.  A–4,992.
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