Pitching before a crowd of 37,270 that sent the Cubs' attendance over the million mark, Fergie Jenkins turned in his 18th complete game of the season and beat the Mets, 4-2, for his 15th victory. The Cubs began their scoring in the second inning when Don Kessinger walked with the bases loaded. Chicago Cubs 4, New York Mets 2Game Played on Tuesday, July 20, 1971 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldMets 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Cubs 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 x - 4 9 0 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .267 Kessinger ss 3 0 0 1 2 0 .283 Boswell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Beckert 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .352 Agee cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .295 Williams lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .299 Jones lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .308 Pepitone 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .332 Kranepool rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .279 Santo 3b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .291 Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Callison rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .213 Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Davis cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .313 Grote c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .209 Dyer c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Jenkins p 3 0 0 0 1 2 .217 Gentry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .075 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Totals 34 2 8 2 0 8 Totals 32 4 9 4 7 6 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 37,270 Left on Base: Mets 5, Cubs 11 DP: Mets 0, Cubs 1 Doubles: Agee (11), Beckert (14), Williams (18) Home Runs: Agee (9), Kranepool (8) GIDP: Clendenon (8) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gentry L(7-8) 5 8 4 4 6 4 0 28 3.52 McGraw 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.87 Frisella 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 2.19 Totals 8 9 4 4 7 6 0 39 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins W(15-8) 9 8 2 2 0 8 2 34 2.76 Totals 9 8 2 2 0 8 2 34 Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bill Williams METS 1ST: Harrelson was called out on strikes; Boswell flied to left; Agee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); Beckert singled to left; Williams popped to shortstop; Pepitone flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. METS 2ND: Jones singled to center; Kranepool forced Jones (shortstop to second); Clendenon was called out on strikes; Aspromonte forced Kranepool (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo walked; Callison struck out; Davis flied to left; Cannizzaro singled to left [Santo to second]; Jenkins walked [Santo to third, Cannizzaro to second]; Kessinger walked [Santo scored, Cannizzaro to third, Jenkins to second]; Beckert forced Kessinger (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 1. METS 3RD: Grote was called out on strikes; Gentry struck out; Harrelson singled to center; Boswell singled to center [Harrelson to third]; Agee grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 1. CUBS 3RD: Williams singled to left; Pepitone struck out; Santo walked [Williams to second]; Callison struck out; Davis singled to center [Santo to second, Williams scored]; Cannizzaro flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 2. METS 4TH: Jones singled to second; Kranepool popped to third; Clendenon lined to center; Aspromonte flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 2. CUBS 4TH: Jenkins flied to center; Kessinger lined to center; Beckert doubled to center; Williams singled to left [Beckert scored]; Pepitone popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 3. METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (pitcher to first); Gentry flied to right in foul territory; Harrelson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 3. CUBS 5TH: DYER REPLACED GROTE (PLAYING C ); Santo singled to center [Santo out at second (center to shortstop)]; Callison flied to center; Davis singled to right; Cannizzaro walked [Davis to second]; Jenkins struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 3. METS 6TH: Boswell flied to left in foul territory; Agee homered; Jones struck out; Kranepool homered; Clendenon flied to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 3. CUBS 6TH: Kessinger walked; MCGRAW REPLACED GENTRY (PITCHING); Beckert forced Kessinger (shortstop to second); Williams doubled to center [Beckert scored]; Pepitone flied to left; Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 4. METS 7TH: Aspromonte grounded out (pitcher to first); Dyer struck out; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 4. CUBS 7TH: FRISELLA REPLACED JORGENSEN (PITCHING); Callison grounded out (second to first); Davis struck out; Cannizzaro grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 4. METS 8TH: Harrelson was called out on strikes; Boswell flied to center; Agee doubled to right; Jones lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 4. CUBS 8TH: Jenkins struck out; Kessinger lined to right; Beckert walked; Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 4. METS 9TH: Kranepool singled to left; Clendenon grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kranepool out at second]; Aspromonte flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 4. |
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