Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 23, 1971 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
April 21, 1971
Mets 5, Reds 2 1971 Regular Season Game 12
April 23, 1971
Mets 7, Cubs 6 Next Game:
April 24, 1971
Cubs 7, Mets 5

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National League Standings, April 23, 1971

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee ss
Bud
Harrelson lf
Cleon
Jones 1b
Donn
Clendenon rf
Ken
Singleton 3b
Bob
Aspromonte 2b
Tim
Foli c
Jerry
Grote p
Jerry
Koosman

April 23, 1971, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Tommie Agee cf 6 1 2 0 1 1 .245

Bud Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .282

Cleon Jones lf 6 0 1 0 1 2 .229

Donn Clendenon 1b 6 1 2 0 1 2 .316

Ken Singleton rf 5 1 2 3 1 1 .286

Bob Aspromonte 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .231

- Al Weis pr-3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .000

Tim Foli 2b 2 2 1 0 1 1 .143

- Dave Marshall ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .462

- Ken Boswell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .205

Jerry Grote c 3 0 2 2 0 0 .312

- Art Shamsky ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133

- Duffy Dyer ph-c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .143

Jerry Koosman p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400

- Charlie Williams p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000

- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Don Hahn ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000

- Tug McGraw p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385

- Nolan Ryan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Jose Ortiz cf 6 1 3 0 0 1

Glenn Beckert 2b 6 1 2 0 0 0

Billy Williams lf 4 0 1 0 2 2

Ron Santo 3b 4 0 0 0 2 1

Jim Hickman rf 6 0 2 1 0 0

Hal Breeden 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0

Don Kessinger ss 4 2 2 0 2 0

Ken Rudolph c 3 1 0 0 1 1

- Joe Pepitone ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ken Holtzman p 2 0 1 1 0 0

- Bill Bonham p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Johnny Callison ph 1 0 1 2 0 0

- Jim Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Earl Stephenson p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Phil Regan p 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ernie Banks ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

- Ron Tompkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Popovich ph 1 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 16 1

Chicago Cubs 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jerry Koosman 2.1 5 2 2 2 2 2.21

Charlie Williams 2.2 4 4 2 1 0 6.75

Ron Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Tug McGraw 4.0 3 0 0 4 4 0.66

Nolan Ryan (W,1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0.00

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Ken Holtzman 4.2 9 5 4 3 5

Bill Bonham 1.1 0 0 0 1 3

Jim Colborn 0.1 2 1 1 0 0

Earl Stephenson 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Phil Regan 2.2 2 0 0 1 3

Ron Tompkins (L) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0

Errors: Donn Clendenon (1), Billy Williams.
PB: Duffy Dyer.
2B: Tug McGraw (1), Bud Harrelson (2), Tim Foli (1), Jose Ortiz, Johnny Callison.
HR: Ken Singleton (1), Hal Breeden.
Intentional Walks: Cleon Jones, Duffy Dyer, Ken Singleton, Don Kessinger.
HBP: Ken Singleton.
SH: Bud Harrelson 2, Ken Rudolph, Hal Breeden.
SB: Glenn Beckert, Jose Ortiz.
CS: Donn Clendenon (1), Billy Williams.

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