New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 16, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 18

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 0 1 1
Boswell 2b 4 0 1 1
Mays 1b 4 0 1 0
  Beauchamp 1b,lf 1 0 0 0
Jones rf 4 1 0 0
Milner lf 4 0 0 0
  Frisella p 0 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 2 1 1 0
Dyer c 4 1 2 1
Harrelson ss 4 1 2 1
  Barnes pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Strom p 0 0 0 0
  Sudakis ph 1 1 1 0
  Webb p 0 0 0 0
  Kranepool ph 1 0 1 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
  Fregosi 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 3 3 0
  Rosello ss 2 1 1 3
Cardenal rf 5 2 3 5
  LaCock pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Williams lf 6 1 1 3
  North cf 1 0 0 0
Hickman 1b 3 1 1 0
  Bourque pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 1 1 0
  Fanzone ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 2 3 2
  Tyrone pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 6 0 0 0
Hendricks c 1 3 0 0
Hooton p 3 2 2 4
  Bonham p 2 1 2 1
Totals 40 18 17 18
New York 010 013 0005102
Chicago 137 200 50x18171
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (17-12) 2.1 6 8 8 5 1
  Strom   1.2 4 5 5 3 1
  Webb   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Rauch   1.2 5 5 5 5 1
  Frisella   1.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
17
18
18
15
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  W (10-13) 5.1 7 5 4 3 5
  Bonham  SV (3) 3.2 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
3
7

  E–Mays (4), Jones (6), Monday (1).  PB–Hendricks (2).  2B–New York Dyer (17,off Hooton), Chicago Kessinger (19,off Seaver); Monday 2 (20,off Strom,off Rauch).  HR–Chicago Williams (31,2nd inning off Seaver 1 on, 2 out); Hooton (1,3rd inning off Seaver 3 on, 1 out); Cardenal 2 (17,3rd inning off Strom 1 on, 1 out,4th inning off Strom 1 on, 2 out); Rosello (1,7th inning off Rauch 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Boswell (3,off Hooton); Cardenal (3,off Seaver).  SH–Hooton (5,off Strom).  IBB–Hendricks 2 (6,by Seaver,by Rauch).  WP–Seaver (5), Rauch (5).  IBB–Seaver (2,Hendricks); Rauch (2,Hendricks).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–3:06.  A–20,192.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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