Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1973 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Monday cf 4 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 4 0 0 0
Fanzone 1b 3 1 0 0
Popovich 2b 4 0 2 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 1
Jenkins p 2 0 1 0
  Hickman ph 1 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Garrett 3b 2 1 0 1
Millan 2b 3 0 0 0
Staub rf 2 1 1 2
Milner 1b 4 1 2 0
Jones lf 4 0 1 2
Schneck cf 3 0 1 0
  Hahn cf 1 0 0 0
Grote c 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 1 2 1 0
Stone p 1 0 1 0
  McGraw p 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 7 5
Chicago 000 000 100190
New York 210 000 20x570
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (12-15) 6.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Locker   0.1 0 2 2 1 1
  Paul   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (11-3) 6.2 7 1 1 1 4
  McGraw  SV (21) 2.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, New York 1.  2B–Chicago Kessinger (19,off Stone); Popovich (6,off Stone), New York Milner (12,off Jenkins); Staub (35,off Paul).  SH–Stone (3,off Jenkins).  SF–Garrett (3,off Jenkins).  HBP–Harrelson (1,by Locker); Millan (5,by Locker).  CS–Cardenal (7,2nd base by Stone/Grote).  HBP–Locker 2 (4,Harrelson,Millan).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:17.
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