Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 23, 1975 - Box Score

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Previous Game:
September 21, 1975
Phillies 4, Mets 2 1975 Regular Season Game 157
September 23, 1975
Mets 8, Cubs 6 Next Game:
September 24, 1975
Cubs 1, Mets 0

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National League Standings, September 23, 1975

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Del
Unser 2b
Felix
Millan lf
Mike
Vail rf
Rusty
Staub 3b
Dave
Kingman 1b
Ed
Kranepool c
Jerry
Grote ss
Mike
Phillips p
Craig
Swan

September 23, 1975, Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 6

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Del Unser cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .295

Felix Millan 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .283

Mike Vail lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .319

Rusty Staub rf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .282

Dave Kingman 3b 5 0 1 2 0 2 .231

- Ken Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Ed Kranepool 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .323

- Joe Torre ph-1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .249

Jerry Grote c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .297

- Bob Gallagher pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .077

- Roy Staiger 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133

Mike Phillips ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 .264

- Bud Harrelson ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217

Craig Swan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Skip Lockwood p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200

- John Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191

- Rick Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214

- Brock Pemberton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000

- Bob Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400

- John Stearns ph-c 1 1 1 1 0 0 .194

Cubs ab r h bi bb so

Don Kessinger 3b 3 2 1 0 2 0

Rick Monday cf 3 1 0 0 2 1

Jerry Morales rf 1 0 1 0 0 0

- Champ Summers ph-lf 3 1 1 2 0 1

- Gene Hiser lf 1 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Crosby p 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jose Cardenal lf-rf 5 0 3 2 0 0

Andre Thornton 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1

Manny Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0

George Mitterwald c 3 1 1 0 1 1

Dave Rosello ss 3 1 1 2 1 0

Ray Burris p 3 0 0 0 0 1

- Bill Bonham p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Darold Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Paul Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Ken Frailing p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Donnie Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Joe Wallis ph-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0

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

New York Mets 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 8 14 1

Chicago Cubs 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 1

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Craig Swan 1.2 6 6 6 3 0 6.39

Skip Lockwood 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 1.49

Rick Baldwin 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 3.36

Bob Apodaca (W,3-3) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 1.44

Ken Sanders (Save,4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2.14

Chicago Cubs ip h r er bb so

Ray Burris 6.0 9 5 4 3 3

Bill Bonham 0.0 0 0 0 1 0

Darold Knowles (L) 1.2 3 3 3 0 2

Paul Reuschel 0.0 1 0 0 0 0

Ken Frailing 0.0 1 0 0 0 0

Donnie Moore 0.1 0 0 0 0 0

Ken Crosby 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

Errors: Bud Harrelson (2), Champ Summers.
2B: Felix Millan (35), Dave Kingman (21), Del Unser (18), John Stearns (5), Jose Cardenal, Champ Summers.
HR: Dave Rosello.
SH: Bud Harrelson.
SF: Mike Phillips.
SB: Jose Cardenal.

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