New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
April 24, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1971 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."

"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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New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 1 1 4
Harrelson ss 5 0 2 0
Marshall lf 3 0 1 0
  Jones ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 1 0
Boswell 2b 2 1 1 1
  Foli ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Grote c 3 1 0 0
Gentry p 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Hahn ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 2 2
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 0
Santo 3b 2 3 1 2
Pepitone cf 4 1 1 0
Callison rf 3 0 1 1
Hickman 1b 4 1 1 1
Rudolph c 4 1 1 1
Pappas p 3 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
New York 000 010 400562
Chicago 200 410 00x790
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (1-3) 3.2 6 6 3 1 0
  Sadecki   1.1 3 1 1 1 0
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Frisella   2.0 0 0 0 0 5
Totals
8.0
9
7
4
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  W (3-1) 6.2 5 5 5 3 3
  Stephenson  SV (1) 2.1 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
5
6

  E–Marshall (1), Singleton (1).  2B–New York Boswell (6,off Pappas), Chicago Kessinger (1,off Gentry); Rudolph (1,off Gentry).  3B–New York Kranepool (2,off Pappas).  HR–New York Agee (2,7th inning off Pappas 3 on, 2 out), Chicago Santo (3,1st inning off Gentry 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Callison (1,off Gentry).  WP–Frisella (1).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:25.  A–23,749.
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