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Mets Starting Lineup
cf
Agee Tommie
Agee
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
1b
Mays Willie
Mays
rf
Jones Cleon
Jones
lf
Milner John
Milner
3b
Garrett Wayne
Garrett
c
Dyer Duffy
Dyer
ss
Harrelson Bud
Harrelson
p
Seaver Tom
Seaver
September 16, 1972, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 18, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Tommie Agee cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .224
Ken Boswell 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .200
Willie Mays 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267
- Jim Beauchamp 1b-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Cleon Jones rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .258
John Milner lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259
- Danny Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Wayne Garrett 3b 2 1 1 0 2 1 .217
Duffy Dyer c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .249
Bud Harrelson ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .219
- Lute Barnes pr-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Tom Seaver p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .171
- Brent Strom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Bill Sudakis ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .103
- Hank Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261
- Bob Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
- Jim Fregosi 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .234
Cubs ab r hbibbso
Don Kessinger ss 4 3 3 0 0 0
- Dave Rosello ss 2 1 1 3 1 1
Jose Cardenal rf 5 2 3 5 0 0
- Pete LaCock pr-rf 1 1 0 0 0 1
Billy Williams lf 6 1 1 3 0 2
- Bill North cf 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Hickman 1b 3 1 1 0 3 1
- Pat Bourque pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Santo 3b 3 1 1 0 2 0
- Carmen Fanzone ph-3b 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Monday cf 3 2 3 2 3 0
- Jim Tyrone pr-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Beckert 2b 6 0 0 0 0 0
Elrod Hendricks c 1 3 0 0 5 0
Burt Hooton p 3 2 2 4 0 1
- Bill Bonham p 2 1 2 1 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Mets 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 10 2
Chicago Cubs 1 3 7 2 0 0 5 0 x 18 17 1

New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Tom Seaver (L,17-12) 2.1 6 8 8 5 1 3.22
Brent Strom 1.2 4 5 5 3 1 7.71
Hank Webb 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 5.23
Bob Rauch 1.2 5 5 5 5 1 6.14
Danny Frisella 1.1 1 0 0 1 3 3.67
Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Burt Hooton (W) 5.1 7 5 4 3 5
Bill Bonham (Save) 3.2 3 0 0 0 2

Errors: Willie Mays (4), Rick Monday.
PB: Elrod Hendricks.
WP: Tom Seaver.
2B: Duffy Dyer (17), Rick Monday 2, Don Kessinger.
HR: Jose Cardenal 2, Burt Hooton, Dave Rosello, Billy Williams.
Intentional Walks: Elrod Hendricks 2.
SH: Burt Hooton.
SF: Ken Boswell, Jose Cardenal.


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