Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 18, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1968 at Shea Stadium. 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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Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 2 4 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 3 2
Williams lf 5 1 2 1
Banks 1b 5 0 0 0
  Nen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 1 1 1
Hundley c 4 0 2 0
Hickman rf 5 1 1 1
Phillips cf 4 2 2 2
Hands p 2 0 0 0
  Arcia ph 1 0 0 0
  Nye p 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 15 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Boswell 2b 5 1 1 0
Stahl cf 4 0 2 1
Jones lf 4 0 2 0
Martin c 4 0 0 0
Charles 3b 4 0 0 0
Shamsky rf 3 0 1 0
  Agee ph 1 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0
  Grote ph 1 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 3 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Koosman p 2 1 1 1
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Chicago 100 000 1327151
New York 001 010 000291
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands   6.0 7 2 1 0 3
  Nye  W (7-12) 2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Regan  SV (24) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
1
1
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman  L (18-11) 8.0 11 5 4 2 8
  Koonce   0.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Taylor   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
7
6
3
9

  E–Kessinger (32), Stahl (2).  2B–Chicago Hundley (17,off Koosman); Kessinger (14,off Koosman); Phillips (19,off Koosman), New York Shamsky (14,off Hands); Jones (24,off Hands).  HR–Chicago Phillips (11,8th inning off Koosman 1 on, 2 out), New York Koosman (1,3rd inning off Hands 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Phillips (20,by Koosman); Hundley (6,by Taylor).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  CS–Boswell (2,2nd base by Hands/Hundley).  IBB–Koosman (6,Phillips); Taylor (9,Hundley).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:50.  A–9,212.
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