Saturday September 15, 1973
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Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, September 15, 1973 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Cubs 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 12 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 10 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kessinger ss 5 0 3 1 0 1 .262 Garrett 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Monday cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .268 Millan 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .291 Williams lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .298 Staub rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Cardenal rf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .309 Milner lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .254 Santo 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .272 Kranepool 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .239 Fanzone 1b 2 3 1 0 3 0 .262 Schneck cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Popovich 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Grote c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Rudolph c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .192 Hodges c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Reuschel p 4 1 1 1 0 1 .129 Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Sadecki p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Capra p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harts ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Swan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boswell ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .219 McAndrew p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Totals 37 7 12 7 5 4 Totals 35 0 10 0 2 0 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 25,553 Left on Base: Cubs 8, Mets 10 DP: Cubs 2, Mets 2 Doubles: Rudolph 2 (8), Reuschel (1), Kessinger (20) Home Runs: Santo (18), Cardenal (11) GIDP: Santo (24), Rudolph (6), Schneck (1), Garrett (8) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel W(13-15) 9 10 0 0 2 0 0 37 2.84 Totals 9 10 0 0 2 0 0 37 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sadecki L(4-4) 3.2 5 5 5 4 2 1 18 3.71 Capra 1.1 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.92 Swan 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.68 McAndrew 2 3 2 2 1 0 1 10 5.38 Totals 9 12 7 7 5 4 2 42 Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Jerry Dale CUBS 1ST: Kessinger struck out; Monday walked; Williams flied to right; Cardenal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); Millan singled to center; Staub lined to center; Milner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo homered; Fanzone walked; Popovich popped to first in foul territory; Rudolph doubled to left [Fanzone scored]; Reuschel grounded out (third to first); Kessinger singled to center [Rudolph scored]; Monday flied to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool walked; Schneck grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kranepool out at second]; Grote grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Mets 0. CUBS 3RD: Williams walked; Cardenal struck out; Santo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (first unassisted); Sadecki singled to center; Garrett grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Sadecki out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Mets 0. CUBS 4TH: Fanzone walked; Popovich singled to pitcher [Fanzone to second]; Rudolph grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Fanzone to third, Popovich out at second]; Reuschel doubled to left [Fanzone scored]; CAPRA REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Kessinger singled to right [Reuschel to third]; Monday singled to right [Kessinger to second, Reuschel scored]; Williams flied to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Millan singled to left; Staub flied to left; Milner singled to right [Millan to second]; Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted) [Milner to second, Millan to third]; Schneck grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. CUBS 5TH: Cardenal struck out; Santo flied to left; Fanzone singled to center; Popovich grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson grounded out (third to first); HARTS BATTED FOR CAPRA; Harts singled to center; Debut game for Greg Harts; Garrett flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. CUBS 6TH: SWAN REPLACED HARTS (PITCHING); Rudolph grounded out (first unassisted); Reuschel was called out on strikes; Kessinger doubled to left; Monday flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Millan flied to right; Staub singled to left; Milner flied to right; Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. CUBS 7TH: Williams lined to shortstop; Cardenal flied to center; Santo flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Schneck singled to center; Grote lined to center; Harrelson flied to left; BOSWELL BATTED FOR SWAN; Boswell walked [Schneck to second]; Garrett flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 5, Mets 0. CUBS 8TH: MCANDREW REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); HODGES REPLACED GROTE (PLAYING C ); Fanzone walked; Popovich flied to center; Rudolph doubled to center [Fanzone scored]; Reuschel popped to shortstop; Kessinger flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 6, Mets 0. METS 8TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner singled to right; Kranepool singled to right [Milner to third]; Schneck grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 6, Mets 0. CUBS 9TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal homered; Santo singled to left; Fanzone lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 7, Mets 0. METS 9TH: Hodges grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrelson singled to right; BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR MCANDREW; Beauchamp forced Harrelson (shortstop to second); Garrett flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 7, Mets 0.

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