After Jon Matlack pitched a 2-0 victory in the first game, the Mets piled up 13 hits and defeated the Cubs, 11-4, to complete the sweep of a doubleheader. Matlack yielded only four hits and struck out 10. John Milner drove in both runs, one with a single in the first inning and the other with a homer in the sixth. New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 0 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, September 3, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldMets 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harrelson ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .225 Grabarkewitz 2b,ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .205 Millan 2b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .265 Cardenal lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Boswell rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .227 Morales cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Hahn rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .273 Milner 1b 3 1 2 2 1 1 .255 Tyrone rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Ayala lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .227 Dunn 3b,2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .667 Garrett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Swisher c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Martinez cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Sperring ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .149 Hodges c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Madlock ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Matlack p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .076 Bonham p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .157 Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Totals 31 2 4 2 3 10 Totals 30 0 4 0 0 10 Time of Game: 2:13 Left on Base: Mets 6, Cubs 3 DP: Mets 1, Cubs 0 Errors: Sperring Doubles: Millan (11) Home Runs: Milner (19) Stolen Bases: Millan (5) Sacrifice Hits: Millan (22) GIDP: Swisher (5) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(12-10) 9 4 0 0 0 10 0 30 2.48 Totals 9 4 0 0 0 10 0 30 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bonham L(10-18) 9 4 2 2 3 10 1 35 3.75 Totals 9 4 2 2 3 10 1 35 Balks: Bonham (6) Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Frank Pulli METS 1ST: Harrelson struck out; Millan walked; Millan stole second; Boswell struck out; Milner singled to right [Millan scored]; Ayala struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Grabarkewitz lined to right; Cardenal grounded out (second to first); Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. METS 2ND: Garrett grounded out (first to pitcher); Martinez reached on an error by Sperring; Hodges forced Martinez (second to shortstop); Matlack struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Tyrone popped to second; Dunn singled to left; Debut game for Ron Dunn; Swisher grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. METS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Millan doubled to left; Boswell popped to shortstop; Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Sperring struck out; Bonham was called out on strikes; Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. METS 4TH: Ayala struck out; Garrett grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Cardenal flied to right; Morales struck out; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. METS 5TH: Hodges flied to center; Matlack grounded out (third to first); Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. CUBS 5TH: Tyrone popped to second; Dunn lined to second; Swisher singled to center; Sperring struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Cubs 0. METS 6TH: Millan popped to second; Boswell struck out; Milner homered; Ayala walked; Bonham balked [Ayala to second]; Garrett popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 6TH: Bonham was called out on strikes; Grabarkewitz struck out; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. METS 7TH: Martinez popped to second; Hodges popped to first in foul territory; Matlack grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 7TH: Morales flied to center; Thornton struck out; Tyrone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. METS 8TH: Harrelson singled to left; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Harrelson to second]; Boswell grounded out (second to first) [Harrelson to third]; Milner was walked intentionally; Ayala grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 8TH: HAHN REPLACED BOSWELL (PLAYING RF); Dunn singled to second; Swisher grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dunn out at second]; MADLOCK BATTED FOR SPERRING; Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. METS 9TH: MADLOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DUNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); GRABARKEWITZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Garrett was called out on strikes; Martinez struck out; Hodges grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. CUBS 9TH: MITTERWALD BATTED FOR BONHAM; Mitterwald struck out; Grabarkewitz singled to center; Cardenal flied to right; Morales flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Cubs 0. |
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