New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 23, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1971 at Wrigley Field. 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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New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 6 1 2 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 6 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 6 1 2 0
Singleton rf 5 1 2 3
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 2 0
  Weis pr,3b 3 1 0 0
Foli 2b 2 2 1 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 1 0
  Boswell 2b 2 0 0 0
Grote c 3 0 2 2
  Shamsky ph 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph,c 2 0 0 1
Koosman p 1 0 1 0
  Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Hahn ph 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 1 0 1 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 7 16 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ortiz cf 6 1 3 0
Beckert 2b 6 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Hickman rf 6 0 2 1
Breeden 1b 4 1 1 1
Kessinger ss 4 2 2 0
Rudolph c 3 1 0 0
  Pepitone ph 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 2 0 1 1
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Callison ph 1 0 1 2
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Regan p 1 0 0 0
  Banks ph 1 0 0 0
  Tompkins p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 13 5
New York 000 320 100 0017161
Chicago 200 103 000 0006132
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Koosman   2.1 5 2 2 2 2
  Williams   2.2 4 4 2 1 0
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McGraw   4.0 3 0 0 4 4
  Ryan  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
12.0
13
6
4
8
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   4.2 9 5 4 3 5
  Bonham   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Colborn   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Stephenson   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Regan   2.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Tompkins  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
12.0
16
7
6
8
11

  E–Clendenon (2), Williams (1), Hickman (1).  DP–New York 3.  PB–Dyer (1).  2B–New York Foli (1,off Holtzman); Harrelson (2,off Stephenson); McGraw (1,off Regan), Chicago Ortiz (4,off Koosman); Callison (2,off Williams).  HR–New York Singleton (1,4th inning off Holtzman 1 on, 0 out), Chicago H Breeden (1,6th inning off Williams 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Harrelson 2 (3,off Bonham,off Tompkins); Rudolph (3,off Williams); H Breeden (1,off McGraw).  HBP–Singleton (1,by Tompkins).  IBB–Singleton (2,by Regan); Dyer (2,by Tompkins); Jones (2,by Tompkins); Kessinger (2,by McGraw).  CS–Clendenon (1,2nd base by Regan/Rudolph); Williams (1,2nd base by Ryan/Dyer).  SB–Ortiz (1,Home off Koosman/Grote); Beckert (1,2nd base off Koosman/Grote).  HBP–Tompkins (1,Singleton).  IBB–McGraw (2,Kessinger); Regan (2,Singleton); Tompkins 2 (2,Dyer,Jones).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–4:02.  A–8,418.
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