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Thursday September 18, 1975
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Dave Kingman broke the Mets' club record for homers with his 35th of the season, hitting it with Rusty Staub on base in the ninth inning to beat the Cubs, 7-5. The Cubs knocked out Hank Webb before the Mets' starter could retire a batter in the first inning and jumped off to a 4-0 lead. The Mets, who had a two-run homer by Staub in the fifth, finally tied the score at 5-5 in the eighth. [The Sporting News]


New York Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 5

Game Played on Thursday, September 18, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium

Cubs         4  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   5  5  1
Mets         0  0  1    0  2  0    0  2  2  -   7 14  3


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger 3b          3   1   0   0     2   1   .241      Unser cf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .296
Monday cf             3   1   0   0     2   1   .271      Millan 2b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .284
Morales rf            5   1   1   1     0   1   .269      Vail lf               5   0   2   0     0   2   .331
Cardenal lf           4   1   1   2     0   0   .319      Staub rf              4   2   3   2     1   0   .275
Thornton 1b           4   1   2   0     0   1   .297      Kingman 3b,1b         5   2   3   2     0   1   .238
Trillo 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .235      Kranepool 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .323
Swisher c             2   0   0   1     1   0   .210        Gallagher ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .077
Rosello ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .273        Staiger 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Moore p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Hodges c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .176
  Knowles p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .071        Grote ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .292
                                                          Phillips ss           3   0   2   0     0   0   .253
                                                            Alou ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .263
                                                            Harrelson pr,ss     0   1   0   0     0   0   .219
                                                          Webb p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
                                                            Tate p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
                                                            Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
                                                            Pemberton ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Torre ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .252
                                                            Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   5   5     6   7             Totals               40   7  14   7     1   6

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  6,336
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Mets 8
DP: Cubs 0, Mets 0
Errors: Morales, Millan, Phillips, Tate
Doubles: Morales (21), Unser (17), Kingman (20)
Triples: Phillips (7), Torre (3)
Home Runs: Staub (18), Kingman (35)
Sacrifice Flies: Swisher (4)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore                   5.1   9   3   3   1   5   1  26   4.32
Knowles L(6-7)          3.1   5   4   4   0   1   1  15   5.99
Totals                  8.2  14   7   7   1   6   2  41

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Webb                    0     2   4   3   2   0   0   4   3.98
Tate                    4     0   0   0   2   4   0  15   4.29
Baldwin                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.53
Apodaca                 2     2   1   1   2   2   0  10   1.52
Sanders W(1-1)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.25
Totals                  9     5   5   4   6   7   0  39

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Art Williams


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger walked; Monday walked [Kessinger to second];
Morales doubled to left [Kessinger scored, Monday to third];
Cardenal singled to right [Monday scored, Morales scored,
Cardenal to second (error by Millan)]; TATE REPLACED WEBB
(PITCHING); Cardenal was picked off second but was safe on an
error by Tate [Cardenal to third]; Thornton struck out; Trillo
grounded out (third to first) [Cardenal scored (unearned)];
Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 2 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Unser flied out to left; Millan grounded out (third to
first); Vail singled to shortstop; Staub walked [Vail to
second]; Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 4, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Rosello grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore was
called out on strikes; Kessinger walked; Monday was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Kranepool grounded out (first to pitcher); Hodges
grounded out (second to first); Phillips grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Morales flied out to left; Cardenal grounded out
(second to first); Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Tate struck out; Unser doubled to right [Unser to
third (error by Morales)]; Millan grounded out (second to first)
[Unser scored]; Vail singled to center; Staub singled to right
[Vail to third]; Kingman struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs
4, Mets 1.

CUBS 4TH: Trillo grounded out (second to first); Swisher walked;
Rosello reached on an error by Phillips [Swisher to second,
Rosello to first]; On a bunt Moore struck out; Kessinger lined
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 1.

METS 4TH: Kranepool grounded out (shortstop to first); Hodges
flied out to center; Phillips tripled to right; MILNER BATTED
FOR TATE; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 1.

CUBS 5TH: BALDWIN REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Monday grounded
out (first unassisted); Morales struck out; Cardenal popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 1.

METS 5TH: Unser struck out; Millan singled to shortstop; Vail
struck out; Staub homered [Millan scored]; Kingman singled to
right; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Gallagher struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 3.

CUBS 6TH: STAIGER REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); KINGMAN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Thornton singled to center;
Trillo flied out to left; Swisher popped to catcher in foul
territory; Rosello lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
4, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Hodges flied out to left; Phillips singled to right;
PEMBERTON BATTED FOR BALDWIN; KNOWLES REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING);
Pemberton flied out to left; Unser grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 3.

CUBS 7TH: APODACA REPLACED PEMBERTON (PITCHING); Knowles was
called out on strikes; Kessinger struck out; Monday walked;
Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets
3.

METS 7TH: Millan grounded out (third to first); Vail grounded
out (shortstop to first); Staub grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Mets 3.

CUBS 8TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton
singled to center; Trillo singled to right [Thornton to third];
Swisher hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thornton scored, Trillo to
second]; Rosello was walked intentionally; Knowles flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: Kingman doubled to left; Staiger popped to second;
GROTE BATTED FOR HODGES; Grote grounded out (shortstop to
first); ALOU BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; Alou singled to left [Kingman
scored]; TORRE BATTED FOR APODACA; HARRELSON RAN FOR ALOU; Torre
tripled to right [Harrelson scored]; Unser flied out to center;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 5.

CUBS 9TH: GROTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HARRELSON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); SANDERS REPLACED TORRE (PITCHING); Kessinger
flied out to right; Monday flied out to left; Morales flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 5.

METS 9TH: Millan flied out to right; Vail struck out; Staub
singled to right; Kingman homered [Staub scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 7.



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