New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 22, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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 1, Chicago Cubs 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 4 0 1 0
Milner lf 4 0 2 1
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Jorgensen cf 4 0 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0
Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Foli 2b 4 1 1 0
Gentry p 2 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  McAndrew p 0 0 0 0
  Shamsky ph 1 0 1 0
  Hahn pr 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
James cf 3 0 0 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 2 1
Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Bourque 1b 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Hiser rf 3 1 1 0
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0
Fernandez c 2 1 0 0
Hands p 3 1 1 3
Totals 31 4 8 4
New York 000 000 010–180
Chicago 000 040 00x–481
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (12-11) 4.1 6 4 4 1 5
  Sadecki   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  McAndrew   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
2
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  W (12-18) 9.0 8 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
6
  E–Kessinger (24).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–New York Milner (1,off Hands), Chicago Hands (3,off Gentry).  SH–James (5,off Gentry).  WP–McAndrew (6).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:17.  A–4,036.
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