Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 17, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1968 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 2, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 3 0 0 0
Williams rf 3 1 0 0
Banks 1b 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 2 1 0 0
Smith lf 3 0 1 2
  Upham pr 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 2 0 0 0
  Bobb c 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
Phillips cf 3 0 0 0
Holtzman p 2 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 1 0
  Arcia pr 0 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 2 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 2 0
Jones lf 4 0 0 0
Charles 3b 3 1 2 1
Swoboda rf 3 1 0 0
Grote c 3 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 1 0
McAndrew p 3 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 1
Chicago 000 200 000220
New York 200 100 00x370
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (10-13) 7.0 6 3 3 4 4
  Regan   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
McAndrew  W (3-7) 9.0 2 2 2 4 7
Totals
9.0
2
2
2
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Smith (7,off McAndrew).  HR–New York Charles (13,1st inning off Holtzman 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Kessinger (11,off McAndrew).  HBP–Smith (1,by McAndrew).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Harrelson (2,by Holtzman).  Team–5.  SB–Grote (1,2nd base off Holtzman/Hundley); Swoboda (8,Home off Holtzman/Hundley).  CS–Agee (7,2nd base by Holtzman/Hundley).  WP–McAndrew (4).  HBP–McAndrew (3,Smith).  IBB–Holtzman (7,Harrelson).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:14.  A–9,117.
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