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The Cubs moved into a virtual tie with the Pirates for first place in the East division, trailing by only four-tenths of one percentage point, as the result of a 7-4 victory over the Mets, who fell 1½ games off the pace. The Cubs built up a 3-0 lead, but the Mets tied the score in the sixth when Wayne Garrett walked, Cleon Jones singled and Art Shamsky homered. Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 4Game Played on Friday, September 4, 1970 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldMets 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 4 8 0 Cubs 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 x - 7 9 2 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Agee cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .285 Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .272 Garrett 3b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .250 Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .301 Jones lf 4 1 3 0 0 1 .273 Williams lf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .319 Shamsky rf 3 1 3 3 0 0 .302 Hickman 1b 3 2 2 1 2 1 .329 Singleton ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Pepitone cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .265 Clendenon 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .296 Santo 3b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .254 Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Callison rf 2 2 0 1 2 0 .268 Swoboda ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Hundley c 4 0 2 3 0 0 .267 Marshall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Hands p 3 0 1 0 0 2 .106 Weis 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 B. Davis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grote c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Popovich ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .263 Dyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209 Regan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrelson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Pizarro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ryan p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .171 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frisella p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .364 Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .128 Totals 33 4 8 3 4 5 Totals 30 7 9 7 9 3 Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 29,327 Left on Base: Mets 6, Cubs 10 DP: Mets 1, Cubs 1 Errors: Hickman, Callison Doubles: Hundley (4), Hands (2) Home Runs: Shamsky (9), Hickman (30) Stolen Bases: Kessinger (11) Caught Stealing: Agee (11) Sacrifice Hits: Santo (1) Sacrifice Flies: Popovich (1) GIDP: Clendenon (13) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ryan 4.1 5 3 3 6 3 0 24 3.58 Frisella L(5-2) 1.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 8 3.54 Taylor 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 9 3.94 Totals 8 9 7 7 9 3 1 41 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hands 6 5 3 3 3 5 1 24 3.66 Rodriguez W(3-1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6.00 Regan 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.52 Pizarro 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.66 Miller SV(2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.74 Totals 9 8 4 4 4 5 1 37 Wild Pitches: Rodriguez (3) Umpires: HP - Frank Dezelan, 1B - Tony Venzon, 2B - Frank Secory, 3B - Bill Williams METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (first to pitcher); Garrett lined to right; Jones singled to right; Shamsky singled to left [Jones to second]; Clendenon walked [Jones to third, Shamsky to second]; Boswell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to center; Beckert singled to right; Williams singled to left [Beckert to second]; Hickman struck out; Pepitone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. METS 2ND: Grote grounded out (third to first); Harrelson grounded out (first unassisted); Ryan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo popped to shortstop; Callison walked; Hundley doubled to left [Callison scored, Hundley to third (on throw to home)]; Hands was called out on strikes; Kessinger flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 1. METS 3RD: Agee walked; Agee was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Garrett flied out to left; Jones was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 1. CUBS 3RD: Beckert grounded out (first to pitcher); Williams walked; Hickman walked [Williams to second]; Pepitone walked [Williams to third, Hickman to second]; Santo forced Pepitone (first to shortstop) [Williams scored, Hickman to third]; Callison lined to right; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 2. METS 4TH: Shamsky singled to right; Clendenon grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Shamsky out at second]; Boswell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 2. CUBS 4TH: Hundley popped to third; Hands struck out; Kessinger walked; Kessinger stole second; Beckert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 2. METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Ryan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 2. CUBS 5TH: Williams singled to right; Hickman singled to center [Williams to third]; Pepitone popped to shortstop; Santo walked [Hickman to second]; FRISELLA REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); Callison forced Santo (second to shortstop) [Williams scored, Hickman to third]; Hundley grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 3. METS 6TH: Agee flied out to right; Garrett walked; Jones singled to left [Garrett to third]; Shamsky homered [Garrett scored, Jones scored]; Clendenon struck out; Boswell grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 3. CUBS 6TH: Hands doubled to left; B. DAVIS RAN FOR HANDS; Kessinger grounded out (second to first) [B. Davis to third]; Beckert walked; Williams hit into a double play (center to catcher) [B. Davis out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 3. METS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED B. DAVIS (PITCHING); Grote popped to shortstop; Harrelson flied out to center; Frisella singled to right; Rodriguez threw a wild pitch [Frisella to second]; Agee reached on a fielder's choice [Frisella out at third (shortstop to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 3. CUBS 7TH: Hickman walked; Pepitone singled to center [Hickman to second]; TAYLOR REPLACED FRISELLA (PITCHING); Santo out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hickman to third, Pepitone to second]; Callison was walked intentionally; Hundley singled to center [Hickman scored, Pepitone scored, Callison to third]; POPOVICH BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Popovich hit a sacrifice fly to center [Callison scored]; Kessinger forced Hundley (shortstop to second); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 6. METS 8TH: REGAN REPLACED POPOVICH (PITCHING); Garrett singled to right [Garrett to second (error by Callison)]; Jones singled to right [Garrett scored (error by Hickman), Jones to second]; SINGLETON BATTED FOR SHAMSKY; PIZARRO REPLACED REGAN (PITCHING); Singleton flied out to right; Clendenon walked; SWOBODA BATTED FOR BOSWELL; MILLER REPLACED PIZARRO (PITCHING); MARSHALL BATTED FOR SWOBODA; Marshall flied out to left; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR GROTE; Jorgensen popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 6. CUBS 8TH: SINGLETON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DYER REPLACED JORGENSEN (PLAYING C ); WEIS REPLACED MARSHALL (PLAYING 2B); Beckert flied out to center; Williams grounded out (first to pitcher); Hickman homered; Pepitone flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 7. METS 9TH: Harrelson flied out to right; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); Agee flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 4, Cubs 7. |
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