Jack Aker gained his first victory with the Mets when Cleon Jones drove in a run with a single in the 12th inning to defeat the Cubs, 5-4. Aker, who worked the last two frames, was the fourth pitcher used by the Mets, while the Cubs called on three with the loss going to Burt Hooton. The Cubs, after trailing, 2-0, took the lead in the sixth when Rick Monday batted in two runs with a single and a third run scored on a passed ball by Jerry Grote.

The Mets came back with a pair in the seventh on a single by Don Hahn, pass to Ron Hodges, single by Wayne Garrett and error by Jose Cardenal, but the Cubs pulled even in their half with singles by Jim Tyrone and Don Kessinger and sacrifice fly by Jerry Morales. In the 12th, Grote was credited with an infield hit on a weak grounder to Kessinger and advanced to second on the shortstop's wild throw. John Milner came in to run for Grote and scored on Jones' single. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      26, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Mets         1  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   5 11  1
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4 14  4


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garrett 3b            6   2   3   1     0   1   .193      Kessinger ss          6   0   3   0     0   2   .280
Grote c               5   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Morales lf            5   0   0   1     0   1   .260
  Milner pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .256      Williams 1b           6   1   1   0     0   0   .279
  Dyer c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .087      Cardenal rf           6   1   2   1     0   1   .298
Jones lf              5   0   2   1     1   0   .263      Monday cf             5   1   5   1     0   0   .290
Staub rf              4   0   0   1     1   0   .263      Madlock 3b            6   0   2   0     0   2   .296
Kranepool 1b          6   0   3   1     0   1   .357      Swisher c             4   0   0   0     1   2   .171
Boswell 2b            6   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Rosello 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .213
Hahn cf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .337        Tyrone ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .300
Martinez ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Harris 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Parker p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stone p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .130
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hodges ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .255        Alexander ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Harrelson pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .258        Hooton p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .065
  McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schneck ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   5  11   4     3   3             Totals               47   4  14   3     1  11

Time of Game: 3:10   Attendance: 15,275
Left on Base: Mets 10, Cubs 11
DP: Mets 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Grote, Kessinger, Cardenal, Harris, Stone
Doubles: Cardenal 2 (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Grote (2), Martinez (2), Hahn (1), Alexander (7), Monday (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (2), Morales (2)
GIDP: Martinez (2)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parker                  5.2   7   3   2   0   5   0  24   3.25
Miller                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.19
McGraw                  4     5   1   1   1   3   0  18   6.14
Aker W(1-1)             2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   2.92
Totals                 12    14   4   3   1  11   0  51

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   6.1   8   4   2   1   0   0  28   4.57
Zamora                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.93
Hooton L(3-6)           5     3   1   1   1   3   0  20   4.30
Totals                 12    11   5   3   3   3   0  51

Passed Balls: Grote (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Bob Engel


METS 1ST: Garrett singled to center; Grote flied to right; Jones
singled to center [Garrett to third]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Garrett scored]; Kranepool flied to center; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; Morales popped to first in
foul territory; Williams popped to third; Cardenal flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

METS 2ND: Boswell lined to second; Hahn grounded out (first to
pitcher); Martinez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Monday singled to right; On a bunt Madlock grounded
out (catcher unassisted) [Monday stayed at first]; Bill
Madlock called for interference for running into his own batted
ball; Swisher struck out; Rosello flied to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

METS 3RD: Parker grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
flied to center; Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Stone struck out; Kessinger struck out; Morales
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Cubs 0.

METS 4TH: Jones grounded out (third to first); Staub grounded
out (second to first); Kranepool singled to center; Boswell
flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Williams flied to right; Cardenal grounded out
(shortstop to first); Monday singled to right; Madlock grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Cubs 0.

METS 5TH: Hahn singled to shortstop; Martinez grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hahn out at second];
Parker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: Swisher flied to left; Rosello struck out; Stone
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Cubs 0.

METS 6TH: Garrett singled to right; Grote reached on an error by
Stone on a sacrifice bunt [Garrett to second]; Jones popped to
third in foul territory; Staub flied to right; Kranepool singled
to right [Grote to second, Garrett scored (unearned)]; Boswell
forced Kranepool (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: Kessinger struck out; Morales grounded out (shortstop
to first); Williams singled to left; Cardenal doubled to left
[Williams scored]; Monday singled to left [Cardenal scored];
Madlock singled to center [Monday to third]; MILLER REPLACED
PARKER (PITCHING); Grote allowed a passed ball [Monday scored
(unearned), Madlock to third (error by Grote)]; Swisher struck
out; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Cubs 3.

METS 7TH: Hahn singled to shortstop; Martinez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Hahn to second]; HODGES BATTED FOR
MILLER; Hodges walked; HARRELSON RAN FOR HODGES; Garrett singled
to right [Hahn scored, Harrelson scored (error by Cardenal)
(unearned) (no RBI), Garrett to third]; ZAMORA REPLACED STONE
(PITCHING); Grote reached on a fielder's choice [Garrett out at
home (shortstop to catcher to first to pitcher), Grote to second
(on throw to home)]; Jones walked; Staub grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); TYRONE BATTED
FOR ROSELLO; Tyrone singled to shortstop; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR
ZAMORA; Alexander out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Tyrone to second]; Kessinger singled to right [Tyrone to
third]; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to left [Tyrone scored];
Williams popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4,
Cubs 4.

METS 8TH: HARRIS REPLACED TYRONE (PLAYING 2B); HOOTON REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Kranepool struck out; Boswell grounded out
(pitcher to first); Hahn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: Cardenal doubled; Monday out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Cardenal to third]; Madlock struck out;
Swisher walked; Harris grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 4.

METS 9TH: Martinez grounded out (first to pitcher); McGraw
grounded out (second to first); Garrett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 9TH: Hooton grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger
popped to shortstop; Morales was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 4.

METS 10TH: Grote flied to right; Jones flied to center; Staub
walked; Kranepool flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 10TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Cardenal
struck out; Monday singled to center; Madlock singled to left
[Monday to third]; Swisher flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mets 4, Cubs 4.

METS 11TH: Boswell reached on an error by Harris; Hahn out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Boswell to second]; Martinez
grounded out (third to first); SCHNECK BATTED FOR MCGRAW;
Schneck grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 11TH: AKER REPLACED SCHNECK (PITCHING); Harris popped to
second; Hooton struck out; Kessinger singled to center; Morales
forced Kessinger (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 4, Cubs 4.

METS 12TH: Garrett grounded out (second to first); Grote singled
to shortstop [Grote to second (error by Kessinger)]; MILNER RAN
FOR GROTE; Jones singled to center [Milner scored]; Staub flied
to center; Kranepool singled to left [Jones to second]; Boswell
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 5,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 12TH: DYER REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING C ); Williams grounded
out (first unassisted); Cardenal popped to second; Monday
singled to center; Madlock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 5, Cubs 4.