Jon Matlack, having the best season of his entire career, posted his 10th victory as the Mets defeated the Cubs, 7-2. The lefthander's high for games won over a full campaign is 15 with the Mets in 1972. The Mets, who had a homer by Joe Torre, broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning when Matlack walked, Mike Phillips singled and both crossed the plate on a double by Felix Millan. Three walks and an error let the Mets wrap up their scoring with three runs on only one hit in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Wednesday, July      2, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Mets         1  0  0    1  2  3    0  0  x  -   7  9  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          4   0   1   1     0   0   .259      Phillips ss           5   1   1   0     0   1   .243
Cardenal lf           3   0   2   0     1   1   .296      Millan 2b             5   0   2   4     0   0   .273
Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .262      Torre 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .282
Morales rf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .301      Staub rf              4   1   3   0     0   0   .265
Thornton 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .326      Kranepool 1b          3   1   1   0     1   1   .335
Hosley c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .280      Kingman lf            3   0   0   1     0   1   .221
Trillo 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Unser cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .296
Sperring 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .208      Stearns c             3   1   0   0     1   0   .205
Bonham p              2   1   0   0     0   0   .156      Matlack p             1   2   0   0     3   1   .065
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dunn ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mitterwald ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .270

Totals               34   2   8   2     2   8             Totals               32   7   9   7     5   5

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 16,055
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Mets 7
DP: Cubs 0, Mets 1
Errors: Monday, Phillips, Matlack
Doubles: Kessinger (17), Sperring (1), Millan (17)
Triples: Staub (3)
Home Runs: Torre (2)
Stolen Bases: Kranepool (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kessinger (5), Kingman (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(8-6)           5.1   7   7   7   4   4   1  27   3.98
Frailing                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.59
Solomon                 2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   0.00
Totals                  8     9   7   7   5   5   1  38

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(10-5)         9     8   2   0   2   8   0  37   3.32
Totals                  9     8   2   0   2   8   0  37

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenal
singled to center; Monday popped to catcher in foul territory;
Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Phillips was called out on strikes; Millan grounded
out (second to first); Torre homered; Staub singled to right;
Kranepool struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 1.

CUBS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Hosley grounded out (third to
first); Trillo popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Mets 1.

METS 2ND: Kingman flied out to left; Unser flied out to left;
Stearns flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets
1.

CUBS 3RD: Sperring singled to center; On a bunt Bonham reached
on a fielder's choice [Sperring to third (error by Matlack)];
Kessinger hit a sacrifice fly to left [Sperring scored
(unearned)]; Cardenal walked [Bonham to second]; Monday popped
to shortstop; Morales singled to left [Bonham scored (unearned),
Cardenal out at third (left to third)]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 1.

METS 3RD: Matlack was called out on strikes; Phillips grounded
out (second to first); Millan grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 1.

CUBS 4TH: Thornton walked; Hosley singled to left [Thornton to
second]; Trillo struck out; Sperring grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Thornton to third, Hosley to second]; Bonham grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Torre lined to right; Staub singled to right;
Kranepool singled to center [Staub to third]; Kingman hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Staub scored]; Unser flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 2.

CUBS 5TH: Kessinger doubled to right; Cardenal singled to right
[Kessinger to third]; Monday struck out; Morales reached on a
fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Kessinger out
at home (third to catcher to third), Cardenal to third, Morales
out at second (third to catcher to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: Stearns lined to shortstop; Matlack walked; Phillips
singled to center [Matlack to second]; Millan doubled to left
[Matlack scored, Phillips scored]; Torre lined to third; Staub
lined to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 4.

CUBS 6TH: Thornton flied out to left; Hosley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Trillo lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 4.

METS 6TH: Kranepool walked; Kranepool stole second; Kingman
struck out; Unser singled to center [Kranepool scored, Unser to
third (error by Monday)]; Stearns walked; Matlack walked
[Stearns to second]; FRAILING REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING);
Phillips forced Unser (shortstop to catcher) [Stearns to third,
Matlack to second]; Millan singled to third [Stearns scored,
Matlack scored, Phillips to third]; Torre struck out; 3 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 7.

CUBS 7TH: Sperring doubled to left; DUNN BATTED FOR FRAILING;
Dunn struck out; Kessinger reached on an error by Phillips
[Sperring to third, Kessinger to first]; Cardenal struck out;
Monday struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 7.

METS 7TH: SOLOMON REPLACED DUNN (PITCHING); Staub tripled to
center; Kranepool grounded out (first unassisted); Kingman
grounded out (third to first); Unser grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 7.

CUBS 8TH: Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton
singled to center; Hosley struck out; Trillo forced Thornton
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 7.

METS 8TH: Stearns flied out to center; Matlack walked; Phillips
forced Matlack (first to shortstop); Millan flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 7.

CUBS 9TH: Sperring grounded out (shortstop to first); MITTERWALD
BATTED FOR SOLOMON; Mitterwald flied out to center; Kessinger
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 7.