Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 16, 1972 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 15, 1972
Cubs 9, Mets 3 1972 Regular Season Game 138
September 16, 1972
Cubs 18, Mets 5 Next Game:
September 17, 1972
Cubs 6, Mets 4

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National League Standings, September 16, 1972

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Tommie
Agee 2b
Ken
Boswell 1b
Willie
Mays rf
Cleon
Jones lf
John
Milner 3b
Wayne
Garrett c
Duffy
Dyer ss
Bud
Harrelson p
Tom
Seaver

September 16, 1972, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Chicago Cubs 18, New York Mets 5

Mets ab r h bi bb so 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 h bi bb so

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 r er bb so

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 r er bb so

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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