New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 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."

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New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 9

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 3 0 0 0
Boswell 2b 3 1 1 0
Milner lf 4 1 2 2
Jones rf 4 0 0 0
Kranepool 1b 4 1 2 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 1 1
Grote c 4 0 1 0
Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0
Gentry p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 2 2 0
Cardenal rf 5 2 2 2
Williams lf 3 2 1 1
Hickman 1b 3 2 2 4
Santo 3b 3 1 2 1
Monday cf 3 0 0 1
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Pappas p 2 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph 1 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 11 9
New York 000 002 100370
Chicago 204 030 00x9110
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gentry  L (7-9) 2.0 6 6 6 2 0
  Moore   3.0 3 3 3 0 2
  Rauch   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sadecki   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
4
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  W (14-7) 8.0 7 3 3 2 5
  Aker  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Chicago 1.  2B–New York Kranepool (12,off Pappas), Chicago Cardenal (23,off Gentry); Hickman (14,off Moore).  3B–Chicago Kessinger (5,off Gentry); Santo (5,off Moore).  HR–New York Milner (17,6th inning off Pappas 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Cardenal (15,1st inning off Gentry 1 on, 0 out); Hickman (16,3rd inning off Gentry 3 on, 0 out); Williams (30,5th inning off Moore 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Pappas (3,off Rauch).  SF–Monday (4,off Moore).  IBB–Williams (17,by Gentry).  CS–Santo (4,2nd base by Moore/Grote).  WP–Pappas (2).  IBB–Gentry (5,Williams).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:20.  A–3,441.
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