Tommie Agee hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career, but the blow came too late to keep the Mets from losing to the Cubs, 7-5. Milt Pappas, who started for the Cubs, issued three passes before serving the gopher pitch to Agee in the seventh inning. Earl Stephenson relieved and checked the Mets on one hit in the last 2 1/3 innings. Ron Santo hit a two-run homer for the Cubs and also scored twice after drawing walks. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 5
Game Played on Saturday, April     24, 1971 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Mets         0  0  0    0  1  0    4  0  0  -   5  6  2
Cubs         2  0  0    4  1  0    0  0  x  -   7  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               5   1   1   4     0   1   .241      Kessinger ss          5   0   2   2     0   0   .194
Harrelson ss          5   0   2   0     0   0   .295      Beckert 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .328
Marshall lf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .438      Williams lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .290
  Jones ph,lf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .229      Santo 3b              2   3   1   2     2   1   .241
Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Pepitone cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .339
  Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Callison rf           3   0   1   1     0   1   .162
Kranepool 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .353      Hickman 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .161
Boswell 2b            2   1   1   1     1   0   .220      Rudolph c             4   1   1   1     0   1   .088
  Foli ph,2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Pappas p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Aspromonte 3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Stephenson p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Grote c               3   1   0   0     1   2   .286
Gentry p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hahn ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Shamsky ph,rf       0   1   0   0     2   0   .133

Totals               33   5   6   5     5   6             Totals               34   7   9   7     2   5

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 23,749
Left on Base: Mets 6, Cubs 6
DP: Mets 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Marshall, Singleton
Doubles: Boswell (6), Kessinger (1), Rudolph (1)
Triples: Kranepool (2)
Home Runs: Agee (2), Santo (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Callison (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gentry L(1-3)           3.2   6   6   3   1   0   1  19   3.55
Sadecki                 1.1   3   1   1   1   0   0   8   2.25
Taylor                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Frisella                2     0   0   0   0   5   0   7   3.38
Totals                  8     9   7   4   2   5   1  37

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas W(3-1)           6.2   5   5   5   3   3   1  28   3.41
Stephenson SV(1)        2.1   1   0   0   2   3   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9     6   5   5   5   6   1  38

Wild Pitches: Frisella (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


METS 1ST: Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson
grounded out (second to first); Marshall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Beckert
flied out to left; Williams singled to right; Santo homered
[Williams scored]; Pepitone grounded out (second to first); 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 2.

METS 2ND: Singleton flied out to left; Kranepool grounded out
(shortstop to first); Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 2ND: Callison flied out to right; Hickman flied out to
left; Rudolph lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Cubs 2.

METS 3RD: Aspromonte popped to pitcher; Grote was called out on
strikes; Gentry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs
2.

CUBS 3RD: Pappas flied out to left; Kessinger doubled to left;
Beckert grounded out (first to pitcher) [Kessinger to third];
Williams popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 2.

METS 4TH: Agee grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrelson
grounded out (second to first); Marshall grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Santo walked; Pepitone singled to right [Santo to
third]; Callison reached on an error by Singleton on a sacrifice
fly [Pepitone to second, Santo scored (RBI)]; Hickman forced
Callison (shortstop to second) [Pepitone to third]; Rudolph
doubled to left [Hickman to third, Pepitone scored (unearned)];
Pappas grounded out (third to first); Kessinger singled to right
[Rudolph scored (unearned), Hickman scored (unearned)]; SADECKI
REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Beckert singled to left [Kessinger
to third (error by Marshall), Beckert to second]; Williams flied
out to left; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Cubs 6.

METS 5TH: Singleton flied out to center; Kranepool tripled to
right; Boswell doubled to left [Kranepool scored]; Aspromonte
flied out to right; Grote flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 6.

CUBS 5TH: Santo walked; Pepitone popped to third in foul
territory; Callison singled to right [Santo to second]; Hickman
singled to left [Callison to second, Santo scored]; Rudolph
flied out to left; Pappas made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 7.

METS 6TH: HAHN BATTED FOR SADECKI; Hahn flied out to center;
Agee lined to first; Harrelson singled to right; Marshall
singled to right [Harrelson to third]; Singleton grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 7.

CUBS 6TH: TAYLOR REPLACED HAHN (PITCHING); Kessinger grounded
out (shortstop to first); Beckert grounded out (shortstop to
first); Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cubs 7.

METS 7TH: Kranepool flied out to right; Boswell walked;
Aspromonte flied out to center; Grote walked [Boswell to
second]; SHAMSKY BATTED FOR TAYLOR; Shamsky walked [Boswell to
third, Grote to second]; Agee homered [Boswell scored, Grote
scored, Shamsky scored]; STEPHENSON REPLACED PAPPAS (PITCHING);
Harrelson singled to left; JONES BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Jones
walked [Harrelson to second]; Singleton struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 7.

CUBS 7TH: SHAMSKY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); JONES STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); FRISELLA REPLACED SINGLETON (PITCHING); Santo
struck out; Pepitone struck out; Callison struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 7.

METS 8TH: Kranepool grounded out (third to first); FOLI BATTED
FOR BOSWELL; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Aspromonte
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
5, Cubs 7.

CUBS 8TH: FOLI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Hickman flied out to
left; Rudolph struck out; Stephenson struck out but advanced to
first on a wild pitch; Kessinger forced Stephenson (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 7.

METS 9TH: Grote was called out on strikes; Shamsky walked; Agee
was called out on strikes; Harrelson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 7.