Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 15, 1974 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 14, 1974
Cubs 12, Mets 0 1974 Regular Season Game 145
September 15, 1974
Cubs 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
September 16, 1974
Expos 3, Mets 2

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National League Standings, September 15, 1974

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Don
Hahn 2b
Ken
Boswell lf
Ed
Kranepool rf
Rusty
Staub 1b
Brock
Pemberton 3b
Wayne
Garrett ss
Ted
Martinez c
Duffy
Dyer p
Hank
Webb

September 15, 1974, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 4

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Rick Monday cf 5 1 2 0 1 0

Don Kessinger ss 2 1 0 0 3 0

Jose Cardenal lf 5 0 1 1 0 0

Jerry Morales rf 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Pete LaCock rf 2 0 0 0 0 0

- Jim Tyrone ph-rf 0 1 0 0 1 0

Andre Thornton 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1

Ron Dunn 3b 2 1 0 0 3 1

Steve Swisher c 3 0 0 1 1 2

Billy Grabarkewitz 2b 3 0 1 1 2 2

Bill Bonham p 3 0 1 0 0 1

- Ken Frailing p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Billy Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Steve Stone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Dave LaRoche p 1 0 1 1 0 0

- Oscar Zamora p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Don Hahn cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .256

Ken Boswell 2b 4 0 1 2 1 0 .224

Ed Kranepool lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .308

- Cleon Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281

- Jim Gosger lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .094

Rusty Staub rf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .268

Brock Pemberton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143

Wayne Garrett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .215

Ted Martinez ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .225

Duffy Dyer c 2 2 0 0 2 0 .216

Hank Webb p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Dave Schneck ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .215

- Bob Apodaca p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .136

- Tug McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083

- Benny Ayala ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186

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

Chicago Cubs 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 8 1

New York Mets 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 4 1

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Bill Bonham 6.2 3 3 3 5 4

Ken Frailing 0.1 0 0 0 1 0

Dave LaRoche (W) 1.0 0 1 1 3 0

Oscar Zamora (Save) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Hank Webb 5.0 7 3 3 5 7 4.50

Bob Apodaca 2.2 0 0 0 3 0 3.87

Tug McGraw (L,6-9) 1.1 1 2 2 3 0 3.89

Errors: Duffy Dyer (2), Bill Bonham.
2B: Jose Cardenal.
3B: Rick Monday.
Intentional Walks: Ron Dunn, Billy Grabarkewitz.
HBP: Jerry Morales.
SH: Don Hahn, Andre Thornton.
SF: Steve Swisher.
CS: Brock Pemberton (1).

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