Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 25, 1972 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
May 24, 1972
Cubs 5, Mets 1 1972 Regular Season Game 35
May 25, 1972
Mets 3, Cubs 2 Next Game:
May 26, 1972
Cardinals 6, Mets 2

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National League Standings, May 25, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Willie
Mays ss
Bud
Harrelson lf
John
Milner rf
Rusty
Staub 1b
Cleon
Jones 3b
Jim
Fregosi 2b
Wayne
Garrett c
Duffy
Dyer p
Jon
Matlack

May 25, 1972, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 2

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Willie Mays cf 6 0 2 1 1 1 .381

Bud Harrelson ss 6 0 2 0 0 0 .226

John Milner lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .275

- Tommie Agee ph-lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .288

Rusty Staub rf 6 1 2 0 0 0 .304

Cleon Jones 1b 6 0 1 1 0 2 .272

Jim Fregosi 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .266

Wayne Garrett 2b 5 1 1 0 1 1 .200

Duffy Dyer c 6 1 2 1 0 1 .357

Jon Matlack p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .176

- Ed Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227

- Chuck Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Tug McGraw p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143

- Jim Beauchamp ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .185

- Jerry Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Jose Cardenal rf 7 1 1 0 0 1

Glenn Beckert 2b 6 1 1 0 1 0

Billy Williams lf 6 0 3 0 1 0

Carmen Fanzone 3b 6 0 2 2 1 0

Jim Hickman 1b 4 0 1 0 2 0

Paul Popovich ss 6 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Rudolph c 3 0 0 0 0 0

- Gene Hiser pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Randy Hundley c 2 0 0 0 0 0

Rick Monday cf 6 0 2 0 0 1

Bill Hands p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Frank Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Tom Phoebus p 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Don Kessinger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Dan McGinn p 2 0 1 0 0 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 1

Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Jon Matlack 7.0 5 2 2 2 1 2.26

Chuck Taylor 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 3.06

Tug McGraw (W,3-1) 5.0 3 0 0 3 1 0.56

Jerry Koosman (Save,1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 6.94

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Bill Hands 6.0 2 0 0 1 5

Tom Phoebus 3.0 4 2 2 1 1

Dan McGinn (L) 5.0 5 1 1 2 2

Errors: Duffy Dyer (2), Carmen Fanzone.
WP: Tug McGraw.
2B: Bud Harrelson (4), Jim Fregosi (6), Rusty Staub (6), Rick Monday, Carmen Fanzone, Glenn Beckert.
3B: Billy Williams, Dan McGinn.
HR: Duffy Dyer (1).
Intentional Walks: Tommie Agee, Jim Hickman 2, Billy Williams, Carmen Fanzone.
HBP: Ken Rudolph.
SH: Bud Harrelson.
SB: Jose Cardenal.
CS: Cleon Jones (3).

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