Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 5, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1972 at Shea Stadium. 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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Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 0

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 1 1 1
Williams lf 3 0 1 0
Pepitone 1b 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 1 1 0
Hickman rf 4 1 1 2
  North rf 0 0 0 0
Hendricks c 3 0 0 0
Fanzone 2b 3 0 0 0
Reuschel p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 1 0 0 0
  Milner lf 3 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0
Jones lf,cf 3 0 1 0
Fregosi 3b 3 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 1 0
Martinez ss 2 0 0 0
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 0 0 0 0
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Chicago 000 010 002350
New York 000 000 000030
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (7-7) 9.0 3 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (16-11) 5.0 4 1 1 2 5
  Sadecki   3.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Webb   1.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Santo (22,off Seaver).  HR–Chicago Monday (11,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out); Hickman (15,9th inning off Webb 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Williams (5,by Sadecki); Martinez (1,by Reuschel).  SB–Martinez (7,2nd base off Reuschel/Hendricks).  WP–Seaver (4).  HBP–Reuschel (2,Martinez); Sadecki (2,Williams).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:04.  A–15,915.
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