Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets
September 13, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 13, 1974 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 4, New York Mets 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
LaCock rf 5 0 1 0
  Monday cf 0 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 5 1 2 0
Cardenal lf 5 0 0 1
Morales cf,rf 4 1 3 0
Thornton 1b 5 1 2 2
Dunn 3b 5 1 1 1
Swisher c 4 0 0 0
Grabarkewitz 2b 5 0 1 0
Stone p 3 0 1 0
  LaRoche p 1 0 0 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 11 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Hahn cf 4 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 1 0 0 0
Pemberton 1b 5 0 0 0
Staub rf 4 0 1 0
  Schneck pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Kranepool lf 3 1 1 0
  Gosger lf 1 0 0 0
Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 1 1
  Puig 3b 1 0 0 0
Martinez ss 5 1 3 2
Hodges c 3 0 0 0
Espinosa p 2 0 1 0
  Milner ph 1 0 1 0
  Boisclair pr 0 0 0 0
  Millan 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 9 3
Chicago 000 000 030 014110
New York 000 000 201 00391
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.1 6 2 2 0 3
  LaRoche   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Zamora   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Todd  W (4-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
9
3
3
1
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa   8.0 8 3 3 0 2
  Apodaca  L (5-6) 3.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.0
11
4
4
1
4

  E–Garrett (20).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Chicago Morales (19,off Espinosa); Kessinger (18,off Espinosa).  HR–Chicago Thornton (10,8th inning off Espinosa 1 on, 2 out); Dunn (2,11th inning off Apodaca 0 on, 0 out), New York Martinez (2,7th inning off Stone 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Swisher (3,off Espinosa); Hahn (2,off Stone); Gosger (1,off LaRoche).  IBB–Morales (3,by Apodaca); Hodges (2,by Zamora).  SB–Kessinger (6,2nd base off Apodaca/Hodges).  BK–Espinosa 2 (2).  IBB–Zamora (7,Hodges); Apodaca (9,Morales).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:57.  A–19,009.
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