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1972 Regular Season Game 33
May 23, 1972
Cubs 2, Mets 1
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National League Standings, May 23, 1972

Box Score Game Memories Scorecard Mets Stats
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Mets Starting Lineup
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
rf
Staub Rusty
Staub
lf
Jones Cleon
Jones
3b
Fregosi Jim
Fregosi
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
p
Gentry Gary
Gentry
May 23, 1972, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 2, New York Mets 1

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Bud Harrelson ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .220
Ken Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .170
Tommie Agee cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .288
Rusty Staub rf 4 0 4 1 0 0 .310
Cleon Jones lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288
Jim Fregosi 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241
Jerry Grote c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Gary Gentry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .105
- John Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .314
- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Jose Cardenal rf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Glenn Beckert 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0
Billy Williams lf 3 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Monday cf 4 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Hickman 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0
Carmen Fanzone 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1
Paul Popovich ss 3 0 3 1 1 0
Ken Rudolph c 3 0 2 1 0 0
Fergie Jenkins p 4 0 1 0 0 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x 2 11 0

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Gary Gentry 7.0 8 1 1 3 4 2.13
Tug McGraw (L,2-1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0.67
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Fergie Jenkins (W) 9.0 6 1 1 1 4

Errors: Rusty Staub (2).
WP: Gary Gentry.
2B: Rusty Staub (5), Paul Popovich.
SH: Jerry Grote, Ken Boswell, Ken Rudolph.
CS: Paul Popovich.









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