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Saturday September 15, 1973
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Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, September 15, 1973 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Cubs         0  3  0    2  0  0    0  1  1  -   7 12  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0 10  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          5   0   3   1     0   1   .262      Garrett 3b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Monday cf             4   0   1   1     1   0   .268      Millan 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .291
Williams lf           4   0   0   0     1   0   .298      Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Cardenal rf           5   1   1   1     0   2   .309      Milner lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .254
Santo 3b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .272      Kranepool 1b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .239
Fanzone 1b            2   3   1   0     3   0   .262      Schneck cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Popovich 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Grote c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Rudolph c             4   1   2   2     0   0   .192        Hodges c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Reuschel p            4   1   1   1     0   1   .129      Harrelson ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .253
                                                          Sadecki p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .233
                                                            Capra p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Harts ph            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Swan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boswell ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .219
                                                            McAndrew p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
                                                            Beauchamp ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .254

Totals               37   7  12   7     5   4             Totals               35   0  10   0     2   0

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 25,553
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Mets 10
DP: Cubs 2, Mets 2
Doubles: Rudolph 2 (8), Reuschel (1), Kessinger (20)
Home Runs: Santo (18), Cardenal (11)
GIDP: Santo (24), Rudolph (6), Schneck (1), Garrett (8)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel W(13-15)       9    10   0   0   2   0   0  37   2.84
Totals                  9    10   0   0   2   0   0  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki L(4-4)          3.2   5   5   5   4   2   1  18   3.71
Capra                   1.1   3   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.92
Swan                    2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.68
McAndrew                2     3   2   2   1   0   1  10   5.38
Totals                  9    12   7   7   5   4   2  42

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Jerry Dale


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger struck out; Monday walked; Williams flied to
right; Cardenal grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); Millan
singled to center; Staub lined to center; Milner popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Santo homered; Fanzone walked; Popovich popped to
first in foul territory; Rudolph doubled to left [Fanzone
scored]; Reuschel grounded out (third to first); Kessinger
singled to center [Rudolph scored]; Monday flied to left; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool walked; Schneck grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kranepool out at second]; Grote
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3,
Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Williams walked; Cardenal struck out; Santo grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Williams out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (first unassisted); Sadecki
singled to center; Garrett grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Sadecki out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 0.

CUBS 4TH: Fanzone walked; Popovich singled to pitcher [Fanzone
to second]; Rudolph grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Fanzone to third, Popovich out at second]; Reuschel
doubled to left [Fanzone scored]; CAPRA REPLACED SADECKI
(PITCHING); Kessinger singled to right [Reuschel to third];
Monday singled to right [Kessinger to second, Reuschel scored];
Williams flied to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Millan singled to left; Staub flied to left; Milner
singled to right [Millan to second]; Kranepool grounded out
(first unassisted) [Milner to second, Millan to third]; Schneck
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5,
Mets 0.

CUBS 5TH: Cardenal struck out; Santo flied to left; Fanzone
singled to center; Popovich grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson
grounded out (third to first); HARTS BATTED FOR CAPRA; Harts
singled to center; Debut game for Greg Harts; Garrett
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 0.

CUBS 6TH: SWAN REPLACED HARTS (PITCHING); Rudolph grounded out
(first unassisted); Reuschel was called out on strikes;
Kessinger doubled to left; Monday flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Millan flied to right; Staub singled to left; Milner
flied to right; Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 0.

CUBS 7TH: Williams lined to shortstop; Cardenal flied to center;
Santo flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Schneck singled to center; Grote lined to center;
Harrelson flied to left; BOSWELL BATTED FOR SWAN; Boswell walked
[Schneck to second]; Garrett flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 0.

CUBS 8TH: MCANDREW REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); HODGES REPLACED
GROTE (PLAYING C ); Fanzone walked; Popovich flied to center;
Rudolph doubled to center [Fanzone scored]; Reuschel popped to
shortstop; Kessinger flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 6, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: Millan grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner singled to right;
Kranepool singled to right [Milner to third]; Schneck grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 6, Mets 0.

CUBS 9TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal homered; Santo
singled to left; Fanzone lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 7, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Hodges grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrelson
singled to right; BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR MCANDREW; Beauchamp
forced Harrelson (shortstop to second); Garrett flied to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 7, Mets 0.



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