Tom Seaver ended his personal four-game losing streak by pitching the Mets to a 5-1 victory over the Cubs. Bud Harrelson opened the game for the Mets by beating out a bunt and Ken Boswell smashed a homer. Tommie Agee also bunted safely, stole the next two bases and scored on a single by Donn Clendenon.

Agee homered on his next two appearances in the third and fifth innings. Chris Cannizzaro hit for the circuit to produce the Cubs' counter. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 1
Game Played on Thursday, July      22, 1971 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Mets         3  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  0
Cubs         0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .271      Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     0   2   .282
Boswell 2b            5   1   2   2     0   0   .257      Beckert 2b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .355
Agee cf,rf            3   3   3   2     1   0   .300      Williams lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Jones lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .305      Pepitone 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .325
Kranepool rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .278      Santo 3b              4   0   0   0     0   4   .288
  Hahn cf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Hickman rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Clendenon 1b          4   0   1   1     0   2   .238      Davis cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .309
Aspromonte 3b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .247      Cannizzaro c          3   1   2   1     0   0   .223
  Foli 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Pappas p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .160
Dyer c                4   0   0   0     0   3   .286        Bonham p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Seaver p              4   0   2   0     0   0   .255        Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .240
                                                            Decker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
                                                            Popovich ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                            Tompkins p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  11   5     2   7             Totals               32   1   6   1     0  10

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 35,459
Left on Base: Mets 6, Cubs 4
DP: Mets 1, Cubs 2
Doubles: Boswell (16), Kessinger (14), Cannizzaro (8)
Home Runs: Boswell (2), Agee 2 (11), Cannizzaro (5)
Stolen Bases: Agee 2 (18)
Caught Stealing: Aspromonte (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrelson (7)
GIDP: Kranepool (4), Williams (12)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(11-7)          9     6   1   1   0  10   1  32   2.25
Totals                  9     6   1   1   0  10   1  32

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pappas L(10-9)          4.1   8   5   5   1   2   3  22   4.18
Bonham                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.66
Decker                  3     3   0   0   1   5   0  12   4.10
Tompkins                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.10
Totals                  9    11   5   5   2   7   3  38

Wild Pitches: Seaver (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Dick Stello


METS 1ST: On a bunt Harrelson singled to third; Boswell homered
[Harrelson scored]; On a bunt Agee singled to third; Agee stole
second; Agee stole third; Jones flied to center; Kranepool
walked; Clendenon singled to right [Kranepool to second, Agee
scored]; Aspromonte forced Clendenon (shortstop to second)
[Kranepool to third]; Dyer struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger struck out; Beckert popped to first in foul
territory; Williams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cubs 0.

METS 2ND: Seaver grounded out (third to first); Harrelson flied
to center; Boswell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Pepitone popped to third in foul territory; Santo
struck out; Hickman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Cubs 0.

METS 3RD: Agee homered; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kranepool popped to third; Clendenon struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Davis popped to third; Cannizzaro homered; Pappas was
called out on strikes; Kessinger doubled to left; Beckert was
called out on strikes (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Cubs 1.

METS 4TH: Aspromonte grounded out (third to first); Dyer popped
to catcher in foul territory; Seaver singled to right; Harrelson
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Williams grounded out (first to pitcher); Pepitone
flied to right; Santo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 1.

METS 5TH: Boswell flied to center; Agee homered; Jones singled
to center; BONHAM REPLACED PAPPAS (PITCHING); Kranepool grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jones out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Hickman flied to center; Davis popped to third in foul
territory; Cannizzaro doubled to left; WEBSTER BATTED FOR
BONHAM; Webster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs
1.

METS 6TH: DECKER REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); Clendenon grounded
out (shortstop to first); Aspromonte singled to center; Dyer was
called out on strikes while Aspromonte was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Cubs 1.

CUBS 6TH: Kessinger struck out; Beckert singled to center;
Williams grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Beckert out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5,
Cubs 1.

METS 7TH: Seaver singled to right; Harrelson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Seaver to second]; Boswell doubled to
center [Seaver to third]; Agee was walked intentionally; Jones
was called out on strikes; Kranepool grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 7TH: HAHN REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING CF); AGEE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Pepitone struck out; Santo struck out;
Hickman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 5, Cubs 1.

METS 8TH: Clendenon struck out; Aspromonte struck out; Dyer
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 8TH: FOLI REPLACED ASPROMONTE (PLAYING 3B); Davis grounded
out (pitcher to first); Cannizzaro grounded out (third to
first); POPOVICH BATTED FOR DECKER; Popovich popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 1.

METS 9TH: TOMPKINS REPLACED POPOVICH (PITCHING); Seaver grounded
out (pitcher to first); Harrelson grounded out (third to first);
Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 5, Cubs 1.

CUBS 9TH: Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Beckert
singled to left; Williams singled to center [Beckert to second];
Seaver threw a wild pitch [Williams to second, Beckert to
third]; Pepitone popped to shortstop; Santo struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 5, Cubs 1.