New York Mets vs Chicago Cubs
September 4, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1974 at Wrigley Field. The New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 2

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harrelson ss 3 1 1 1
Millan 2b 4 0 1 1
Milner 1b 5 0 1 2
Staub rf 4 0 0 0
Ayala lf 5 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 3 1 1 0
Martinez cf 4 0 0 0
  Hahn cf 0 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 1 0
Sadecki p 2 1 2 0
  Apodaca p 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 5 1 2 1
Kessinger ss 5 0 3 0
Cardenal lf 5 0 2 1
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 0 1 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Kremmel p 0 0 0 0
  Hutson p 0 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 2 0
Swisher c 4 0 1 0
Sperring 2b 2 0 0 0
  Dunn ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Stone p 2 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph,rf 1 1 0 0
  LaCock ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 11 2
New York 000 002 101482
Chicago 000 000 2002111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (7-7) 6.1 9 2 1 0 3
  Apodaca  SV (3) 2.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
1
1
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  L (6-5) 5.0 5 2 2 1 5
  LaRoche   1.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Zamora   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Todd   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Kremmel   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Hutson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
7

  E–Ayala (1), Garrett (19), Kessinger (23).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–New York Apodaca (2,off Todd), Chicago Cardenal (31,off Apodaca).  3B–Chicago Morales (6,off Sadecki).  HBP–Garrett (2,by LaRoche); Millan (6,by Todd).  BK–LaRoche (2).  HBP–LaRoche (2,Garrett); Todd (3,Millan).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:53.  A–1,953.
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