Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
May 4, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1971 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."

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Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 5 1 1 0
Callison rf 2 0 1 1
Pepitone cf 3 0 2 0
Banks 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hickman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Breeden D. c 4 0 0 0
Pappas p 2 0 0 0
  Stephenson p 0 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Breeden H. ph 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Tompkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 2 1
Boswell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 0 1 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 1 1 1
Grote c 2 1 1 0
Hahn cf 3 0 1 0
Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Weis ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Chicago 000 010 000141
New York 010 000 10x271
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  L (3-3) 6.0 6 2 2 3 0
  Stephenson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Regan   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Tompkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
3
1
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (3-0) 7.0 3 1 1 7 7
  Sadecki   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Frisella  SV (3) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
8
8

  E–D Breeden (1), Aspromonte (3).  2B–Chicago Pepitone (4,off Ryan); Santo (3,off Ryan); Callison (6,off Ryan).  HR–New York Aspromonte (1,2nd inning off Pappas 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Pepitone (2,by Ryan).  SH–Ryan (1,off Pappas).  SB–Callison 2 (2,2nd base off Ryan/Grote,3rd base off Ryan/Grote).  CS–Harrelson (1,2nd base by Pappas/D Breeden).  IBB–Ryan (1,Pepitone).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:47.  A–17,963.
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