New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
July 20, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 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."

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New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 1 0
Agee cf 4 1 2 1
Jones lf 4 0 2 0
Kranepool rf 4 1 2 1
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
Grote c 2 0 0 0
  Dyer c 1 0 0 0
Gentry p 2 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 1
Beckert 2b 4 2 2 0
Williams lf 5 1 3 2
Pepitone 1b 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 2 1 1 0
Callison rf 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 4 0 2 1
Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0
Jenkins p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York 000 002 000280
Chicago 011 101 00x490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (7-8) 5.0 8 4 4 6 4
  McGraw   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Frisella   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
7
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (15-8) 9.0 8 2 2 0 8
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–New York Agee (11,off Jenkins), Chicago Beckert (14,off Gentry); Williams (18,off McGraw).  HR–New York Agee (9,6th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 1 out); Kranepool (8,6th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:31.  A–37,270.
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