New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
August 11, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1972 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 2, Chicago Cubs 7

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 1 1 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 1 0
Marshall rf 4 1 1 1
Kranepool 1b 4 0 2 0
Milner lf 3 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 0 0
Barnes ss 3 0 0 0
Matlack p 2 0 0 0
  Schneck ph 1 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Cardenal cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
  North lf 0 0 0 0
Hickman rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 1
Fanzone 1b 3 0 0 0
  Monday cf 1 1 1 0
Hundley c 3 2 1 0
Beckert 2b 3 2 1 0
Pappas p 3 1 3 5
Totals 33 7 11 7
New York 100 001 000252
Chicago 100 102 03x7111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (10-6) 7.0 7 4 4 5 6
  Rauch   0.1 4 3 2 0 0
  Frisella   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
5
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  W (8-7) 9.0 5 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
1

  E–Garrett (11), Dyer (5), Fanzone (7).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (7,off Pappas), Chicago Pappas (1,off Matlack); Monday (15,off Rauch).  HR–New York Marshall (3,6th inning off Pappas 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Pappas (1,6th inning off Matlack 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Milner (5,by Pappas).  SH–Kessinger (9,off Rauch).  CS–Kessinger (4,2nd base by Matlack/Dyer).  HBP–Pappas (8,Milner).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:25.  A–17,086.
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