With rookie Ray Burris making his first major league start, the Cubs posted their second straight 1-0 victory over the Mets. Burris, a 22-year-old 6-5 righthander, was handed the assignment when Milt Pappas was called to Chicago because of the illness of his the wife.

Burris yielded only three hits in the first five innings before being removed when Cleon Jones singled for the Mets in the sixth. Larry Gura came in to retire the side and Jack Aker pitched the last three innings. The Cubs scored their run off Jon Matlack in the first on a single by Cleo James, a stolen base, sacrifice by Glenn Beckert and a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April     18, 1973 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
James cf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .200      Harrelson ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Beckert 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .188      Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .152
Williams lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .281      Milner 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .321
Santo 3b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .379      Staub rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .129
Cardenal rf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .306      Jones lf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .300
Pepitone 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .259      Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .143
Hundley c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .107      Theodore cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Kessinger ss          4   0   2   0     0   0   .207      Dyer c                3   0   2   0     0   0   .138
Burris p              1   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Martinez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grote c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiser ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Matlack p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Aker p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               30   1   6   0     5   7             Totals               30   0   6   0     4   5

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 14,874
Left on Base: Cubs 9, Mets 8
DP: Cubs 0, Mets 0
Stolen Bases: James (1)
Caught Stealing: Harrelson (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Beckert (1), Hiser (1), Matlack (2)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris W(1-0)           5     4   0   0   4   3   0  23   0.00
Gura                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Aker SV(2)              3     2   0   0   0   1   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9     6   0   0   4   5   0  35

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(1-2)          9     6   1   1   5   7   0  37   3.68
Totals                  9     6   1   1   5   7   0  37

Wild Pitches: Matlack (3)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Augie Donatelli


CUBS 1ST: James singled; James stole second; Beckert out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [James to third]; Matlack threw
a wild pitch [James scored]; Williams walked; Santo was called
out on strikes; Cardenal popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Harrelson struck out; Millan flied to right; Milner
singled to center; Staub flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Pepitone popped to second; Hundley flied to center;
Kessinger singled to right; Burris walked [Kessinger to second];
James popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Jones walked; Garrett flied to right; Theodore walked
[Jones to second]; Dyer forced Theodore (shortstop to second)
[Jones to third]; Matlack was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Beckert flied to left; Williams struck out; Santo
singled to center; Cardenal singled to second [Santo out at
third (second to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson singled; Millan forced Harrelson (third to
second); Milner flied to right; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 4TH: Pepitone was called out on strikes; Hundley walked;
Kessinger grounded out (second to first) [Hundley to second];
Burris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Garrett walked;
Theodore lined to center; Dyer singled to center [Garrett to
third]; Matlack was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 5TH: James grounded out (third to first); Beckert flied to
center; Williams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Millan flied
to center; Milner walked; Staub lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 6TH: Santo flied to right; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop
to first); Pepitone flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
1, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Jones singled to center; GURA REPLACED BURRIS
(PITCHING); Jones was picked off first (pitcher to first to
second to first); Garrett struck out; Theodore grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 7TH: Hundley flied to right; Kessinger singled to right;
HISER BATTED FOR GURA; Hiser out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Kessinger to second]; James flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: AKER REPLACED HISER (PITCHING); Dyer singled to left;
MARTINEZ RAN FOR DYER; Matlack out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Martinez to second]; Harrelson reached on a fielder's
choice [Martinez out at third (shortstop to third)]; Harrelson
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

CUBS 8TH: GROTE REPLACED MARTINEZ (PLAYING C ); Beckert singled
to center; Williams grounded out (second to first) [Beckert to
second]; Santo struck out; Cardenal was walked intentionally;
Pepitone walked [Beckert to third, Cardenal to second]; Hundley
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Millan struck out; Milner grounded out (second to
first); Staub lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Mets 0.

CUBS 9TH: Kessinger flied to center; Aker struck out; James was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Jones singled; Garrett grounded out (second to first)
[Jones to second]; Theodore grounded out (pitcher to first);
Grote grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 1, Mets 0.