New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
May 3, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1969 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 2, Chicago Cubs 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Gaspar cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 2 0
Swoboda rf 4 1 1 1
  Agee cf 0 0 0 0
Jones lf,1b 4 0 2 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Martin c 4 1 2 1
Collins 3b 4 0 0 0
Weis ss 3 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Otis lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 1 2 0
Santo 3b 4 1 2 1
Banks 1b 3 1 1 0
Hundley c 2 0 0 0
Spangler rf 2 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Young cf 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips cf 0 0 0 1
Jenkins p 2 0 0 0
  Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Hickman ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
New York 011 000 000281
Chicago 000 000 12x360
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   6.1 4 1 0 2 4
  Koonce  L (0-3) 1.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Taylor   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
5
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   7.0 7 2 2 0 3
  Regan  W (5-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Abernathy  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
4

  E–Ryan (1).  2B–New York Kranepool (4,off Jenkins), Chicago Kessinger (10,off Ryan).  3B–Chicago Santo (1,off Koonce).  HR–New York Martin (1,2nd inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out); Swoboda (2,3rd inning off Jenkins 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Young (2,off Ryan).  IBB–Banks (2,by Koonce).  SB–Boswell (2,2nd base off Jenkins/Hundley).  IBB–Koonce (3,Banks).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:50.  A–23,228.
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