Burt Hooton posted his first shutout of the season and the Cubs made it easy for their righthander by walloping the Mets, 12-0. Hooton allowed only four hits, while the Cubs collected 15. Andre Thornton rapped a double and two singles, driving in four runs. Jim Tyrone started the Cubs' scoring with a homer in the first inning and another run followed on singles by Jerry Morales, Bill Madlock and Thornton.

The Cubs kayoed Ray Sadecki in the second, scoring four times on three singles, three walks and an error. Thornton's double added a pair in the fourth. Tyrone tripled in the fifth when the Cubs counted twice more and the final pair scored in the eighth on doubles by Gene Hiser and Rob Sperring and a single by Thornton. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 12, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 14, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         2  4  0    2  2  0    0  2  0  -  12 15  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  3


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grabarkewitz ss,2b    5   1   1   0     1   0   .216      Hahn cf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .255
Tyrone rf,lf          5   3   2   1     1   0   .186      Puig 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cardenal lf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Jones lf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .282
  LaCock rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .159        Boisclair lf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Morales cf            4   4   3   2     0   0   .266      Staub rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Hiser cf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Milner 1b             1   0   0   0     1   0   .256
Madlock 3b            2   1   2   0     1   0   .306        Pemberton 1b        2   0   0   0     0   1   .100
  Sperring ss         2   1   2   1     0   0   .173      Boswell 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .224
Thornton 1b           5   0   3   4     0   0   .260      Martinez ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .228
  Fanzone 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Dyer c                2   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Dunn 2b,3b            3   0   0   1     2   0   .289        Cram p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Swisher c             3   1   1   0     0   1   .232        Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .311
  Mitterwald c        1   0   0   0     0   1   .248        Strohmayer p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hooton p              4   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Sadecki p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
                                                            Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
                                                            Schneck ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .212
                                                            Parker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hampton ph,c        2   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               41  12  15   9     5   2             Totals               31   0   4   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 14,761
Left on Base: Cubs 9, Mets 6
DP: Cubs 0, Mets 2
Errors: LaCock, Boisclair, Milner, Martinez
Doubles: Thornton (15), Hiser (1), Sperring (3), Hahn (11)
Triples: Tyrone (1)
Home Runs: Tyrone (3)
Stolen Bases: Tyrone (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Hooton (7)
GIDP: Hooton (1), Dunn (3)
Hit by Pitch: Swisher (2,by Parker)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton W(5-11)          9     4   0   0   2   5   0  33   4.91
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   5   0  33

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sadecki L(8-8)          1.1   7   6   4   1   0   1  13   3.51
Miller                  1.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   7   3.80
Parker                  2     5   4   2   0   0   0  13   3.68
Cram                    3     3   2   2   1   1   0  11   1.59
Strohmayer              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    15  12   8   5   2   1  48

Hit by Pitch: Parker (3)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Jerry Dale


CUBS 1ST: Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); Tyrone
homered; Cardenal flied to left; Morales singled to third;
Madlock singled to center [Morales to third, Madlock to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Thornton singled to third [Morales scored,
Madlock to third]; Dunn popped to second in foul territory; 2 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Hahn grounded out (shortstop to first); Puig grounded
out (second to first); Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 2, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Swisher singled to left; Hooton out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Swisher to second]; Grabarkewitz singled
to right [Swisher to third]; Tyrone walked [Grabarkewitz to
second]; Cardenal reached on an error by Milner [Swisher scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Grabarkewitz scored (no RBI), Tyrone to
second]; Morales singled to left [Tyrone scored, Cardenal to
third, Morales to second (on throw)]; MILLER REPLACED SADECKI
(PITCHING); Madlock was walked intentionally; Thornton forced
Cardenal (third to catcher) [Morales to third, Madlock to
second]; Dunn walked [Morales scored (unearned), Madlock to
third, Thornton to second]; Swisher struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 6, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); Milner
walked; Boswell singled to right [Milner to second]; Martinez
forced Boswell (first to shortstop) [Milner to third]; Dyer
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs
6, Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Hooton flied to left; Grabarkewitz flied to center;
Tyrone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 6, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: SCHNECK BATTED FOR MILLER; Schneck struck out; Hahn
grounded out (shortstop to first); Puig popped to shortstop in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 6, Mets 0.

CUBS 4TH: PARKER REPLACED SCHNECK (PITCHING); Cardenal flied to
right; Morales reached on an error by Martinez; Madlock singled
to center [Morales to second]; Thornton doubled to left [Morales
scored (unearned), Madlock scored, Thornton to third (on throw
to home)]; Dunn flied to center; Swisher was hit by a pitch;
Hooton popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 8, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: SPERRING REPLACED MADLOCK (PLAYING SS); DUNN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); GRABARKEWITZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
2B); Jones grounded out (third to first); Bill Madlock
injured sliding; Staub grounded out (first to pitcher);
Milner popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 8, Mets
0.

CUBS 5TH: BOISCLAIR REPLACED JONES (PLAYING LF); Grabarkewitz
grounded out (third to first); Tyrone tripled to right; Cardenal
grounded out (third to first); Morales singled to center [Tyrone
scored]; Sperring singled to left [Morales scored (error by
Boisclair) (unearned), Sperring to third]; Thornton grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 10, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: HISER REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING CF); Boswell grounded
out (second to first); Martinez struck out; Dyer singled to
center; HAMPTON BATTED FOR PARKER; Hampton was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 10, Mets 0.

CUBS 6TH: HAMPTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CRAM REPLACED
DYER (PITCHING); PEMBERTON REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING 1B); Dunn
walked; Swisher flied to center; Hooton grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Dunn out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 10, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Hahn singled to left; Puig flied to left; Boisclair
forced Hahn (second to shortstop); Staub popped to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 10, Mets 0.

CUBS 7TH: Grabarkewitz popped to catcher in foul territory;
Tyrone grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal flied to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 10, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED SWISHER (PLAYING C ); LACOCK
REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING RF); TYRONE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Pemberton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Boswell lined to shortstop; Martinez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 10, Mets 0.

CUBS 8TH: Hiser doubled to center; Sperring doubled to left
[Hiser scored]; Thornton singled to center [Sperring scored];
Dunn grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Thornton out at second]; Mitterwald was called out on strikes;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 12, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: FANZONE REPLACED THORNTON (PLAYING 1B); KRANEPOOL
BATTED FOR CRAM; Kranepool grounded out (pitcher to first);
Hampton flied to left; Hahn doubled to right; Puig grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 12, Mets 0.

CUBS 9TH: STROHMAYER REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Hooton flied
to left; Grabarkewitz walked; Tyrone forced Grabarkewitz (third
to second); Tyrone stole second; LaCock flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 12, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: Boisclair walked; LaCock dropped a foul fly hit by
Staub for an error; Staub flied to left; Pemberton struck out;
Boswell flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 12, Mets 0.