Tom Seaver, who pulled a muscle in his back before being tagged for a homer by Rick Monday in the fifth inning, drew the defeat when the Cubs beat the Mets, 3-0, behind the three-hit pitching of Rick Reuschel. The Cubs added their two other runs off Hank Webb in the ninth when Ron Santo walked and Jim Hickman homered. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 3, New York Mets 0

Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1972 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Cubs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 5 0 Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kessinger ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Agee cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Monday cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .242 Milner lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Williams lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .341 Boswell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Pepitone 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Marshall rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Santo 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .311 Kranepool 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Hickman rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .285 Jones lf,cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .261 North rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Fregosi 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Hendricks c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .153 Dyer c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Fanzone 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .232 Martinez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Reuschel p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Seaver p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .162 Sadecki p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Beauchamp ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 5 3 4 9 Totals 29 0 3 0 1 5 Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 15,915 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Mets 4 DP: Cubs 1, Mets 0 Doubles: Santo (22) Home Runs: Monday (11), Hickman (15) Stolen Bases: Martinez (7) GIDP: Martinez (8) Hit by Pitch: Williams (5,by Sadecki), Martinez (1,by Reuschel) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel W(7-7) 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 31 2.88 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 31 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver L(16-11) 5 4 1 1 2 5 1 21 3.00 Sadecki 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 2.67 Webb 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 6 18.00 Totals 9 5 3 3 4 9 2 37 Hit by Pitch: Reuschel (2), Sadecki (2) Wild Pitches: Seaver (4) Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Ed Sudol CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to right; Monday walked; Seaver threw a wild pitch [Monday to second]; Williams flied out to center; Pepitone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Agee struck out; Boswell flied out to center; Marshall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 2ND: Santo doubled to left; Hickman grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendricks walked; Fanzone was called out on strikes; Reuschel flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: Kranepool lined to third; Jones grounded out (third to first); Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 3RD: MILNER REPLACED AGEE (PLAYING LF); JONES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Kessinger flied out to left; Monday grounded out (pitcher to first); Williams singled to center; Pepitone singled to center [Williams to second]; Santo was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Dyer singled to left; Martinez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dyer out at second]; Seaver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 4TH: Hickman popped to shortstop; Hendricks flied out to right; Fanzone flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. METS 4TH: Milner lined to center; Boswell grounded out (shortstop to first); Marshall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Mets 0. CUBS 5TH: Reuschel struck out; Kessinger was called out on strikes; Monday homered; Williams struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 5TH: Kranepool popped to shortstop; Jones singled to center; Fregosi was called out on strikes; Dyer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. CUBS 6TH: SADECKI REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Pepitone grounded out (first to pitcher); Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); Hickman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 6TH: Martinez was hit by a pitch; Martinez stole second; On a bunt Sadecki struck out; Milner lined to shortstop; Boswell lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. CUBS 7TH: Hendricks struck out; Fanzone flied out to right; Reuschel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 7TH: Marshall grounded out (shortstop to first); Kranepool singled to right; Jones flied out to right; Fregosi forced Kranepool (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. CUBS 8TH: Kessinger flied out to right; Monday grounded out (first unassisted); Williams was hit by a pitch; Pepitone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. METS 8TH: Dyer grounded out (second to first); Martinez grounded out (pitcher to first); BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR SADECKI; Beauchamp walked; Milner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Mets 0. CUBS 9TH: WEBB REPLACED BEAUCHAMP (PITCHING); Santo walked; Debut game for Hank Webb; Hickman homered [Santo scored]; Hendricks struck out; Fanzone walked; On a bunt Reuschel forced Fanzone (third to shortstop); Kessinger flied out to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 3, Mets 0. METS 9TH: NORTH REPLACED HICKMAN (PLAYING RF); Boswell grounded out (first unassisted); Marshall grounded out (second to first); Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 3, Mets 0.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".