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The Mets, after trailing, 6-0, battled back to defeat the Cubs, 8-6, and moved into third place in the East Division standings ahead of the Cardinals. Dave Rosello hit a two-run homer in the Cubs' early attack. The Mets rallied for three runs in the fourth inning and added two on a double by Dave Kingman in the fifth before staging their winning rally in the eighth. Jerry Grote singled and gave way to Bob Gallagher, who scored the tying run on a double by John Stearns. Felix Millan singled to put the Mets ahead and Rusty Staub singled for an extra run. [The Sporting News] New York Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 6Game Played on Tuesday, September 23, 1975 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldMets 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 0 - 8 14 1 Cubs 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Kessinger 3b 3 2 1 0 2 0 .247 Millan 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .283 Monday cf 3 1 0 0 2 1 .272 Vail lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .319 Morales rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Staub rf 4 2 3 1 1 0 .282 Summers ph,lf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .233 Kingman 3b 5 0 1 2 0 2 .231 Hiser lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crosby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kranepool 1b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .323 Cardenal lf,rf 5 0 3 2 0 0 .318 Torre ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Thornton 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .291 Grote c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .297 Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .241 Gallagher pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .077 Mitterwald c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .220 Staiger 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Rosello ss 3 1 1 2 1 0 .273 Phillips ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Burris p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Harrelson ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Bonham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Swan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Lockwood p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 P. Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Frailing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Baldwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pemberton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Wallis ph,lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Apodaca p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Stearns ph,c 1 1 1 1 0 0 .194 Totals 38 8 14 7 4 6 Totals 35 6 9 6 7 5 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 2,443 Left on Base: Mets 9, Cubs 9 DP: Mets 0, Cubs 1 Errors: Harrelson, Summers Doubles: Kingman (21), Unser (18), Millan (35), Stearns (5), Cardenal (29), Summers (5) Home Runs: Rosello (1) Stolen Bases: Cardenal (33) Sacrifice Hits: Harrelson (2) Sacrifice Flies: Phillips (3) GIDP: Kingman (12) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan 1.2 6 6 6 3 0 1 13 6.39 Lockwood 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1.49 Baldwin 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 3.36 Apodaca W(3-3) 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 1.44 Sanders SV(4) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.14 Totals 9 9 6 6 7 5 1 42 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Burris 6 9 5 4 3 3 0 29 4.18 Bonham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.69 Knowles L(6-8) 1.2 3 3 3 0 2 0 8 6.15 P. Reuschel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.50 Frailing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.43 Moore 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.15 Crosby 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.86 Totals 9 14 8 7 4 6 0 44 Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Terry Tata, 3B - Dutch Rennert METS 1ST: Unser made an out to shortstop; Millan grounded out (third to first); Vail flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Kessinger singled to right; Monday flied out to left; On a bunt Morales singled to pitcher [Kessinger to second]; Cardenal doubled to left [Kessinger scored, Morales out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; Cardenal stole third; Thornton flied to left in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 1. METS 2ND: Staub walked; Kingman grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Staub out at second]; Kranepool walked; Grote popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 1. CUBS 2ND: Trillo grounded out (first to pitcher); Mitterwald walked; Rosello homered [Mitterwald scored]; Burris grounded out (first unassisted); Kessinger walked; Monday walked [Kessinger to second]; SUMMERS BATTED FOR MORALES; Summers doubled to right [Kessinger scored, Monday scored]; Cardenal singled to right [Summers scored, Cardenal to second (on throw to home)]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED SWAN (PITCHING); Thornton flied out to center; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 6. METS 3RD: SUMMERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CARDENAL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Phillips singled to left; Lockwood grounded out (third to first) [Phillips to second]; Unser struck out; Millan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 6. CUBS 3RD: Trillo flied out to right; Mitterwald popped to second; Rosello walked; Burris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Cubs 6. METS 4TH: Vail singled to third; Staub singled to right [Vail to second]; Kingman struck out; Kranepool singled to right [Vail to third, Staub to second]; Grote singled to left [Vail scored, Staub scored (error by Summers) (no RBI), Kranepool to third, Grote to second]; Phillips hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kranepool scored (unearned)]; MILNER BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD; Milner lined to second; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 6. CUBS 4TH: BALDWIN REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Kessinger walked; Monday was called out on strikes; Summers lined to left; Cardenal singled to right [Kessinger to third]; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Cubs 6. METS 5TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Millan walked; Vail flied out to center; Staub singled to right [Millan to third]; Kingman doubled to left [Millan scored, Staub scored]; Kranepool flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 6. CUBS 5TH: Trillo flied out to left; Mitterwald struck out; Rosello lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 6. METS 6TH: Grote grounded out (first unassisted); Phillips flied out to center; PEMBERTON BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Pemberton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 6. CUBS 6TH: APODACA REPLACED PEMBERTON (PITCHING); Burris flied out to right; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); Monday walked; Summers was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 6. METS 7TH: HISER REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING LF); Unser doubled to left; Millan doubled to right [Unser to third]; BONHAM REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); Vail walked; KNOWLES REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING); Staub forced Unser (third to catcher) [Millan to third, Vail to second]; Kingman struck out; TORRE BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Torre was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 6. CUBS 7TH: TORRE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cardenal grounded out (first to pitcher); Thornton flied out to left; Trillo walked; Mitterwald was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to second [Trillo out at second (second unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 5, Cubs 6. METS 8TH: Grote singled to center; HARRELSON BATTED FOR PHILLIPS; GALLAGHER RAN FOR GROTE; Harrelson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gallagher to second]; STEARNS BATTED FOR APODACA; Stearns doubled to center [Gallagher scored]; Unser popped to shortstop; Millan singled to left [Stearns scored]; P. REUSCHEL REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); Vail singled to right [Millan to third]; FRAILING REPLACED P. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Staub singled to center [Millan scored, Vail to second]; MOORE REPLACED FRAILING (PITCHING); Kingman flied out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 8, Cubs 6. CUBS 8TH: SANDERS REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); STEARNS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HARRELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); STAIGER REPLACED GALLAGHER (PLAYING 3B); Rosello grounded out (shortstop to first); WALLIS BATTED FOR MOORE; Wallis singled to left; Kessinger reached on an error by Harrelson [Wallis to second, Kessinger to first]; Monday flied out to center; Hiser flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 8, Cubs 6. METS 9TH: WALLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CROSBY REPLACED HISER (PITCHING); Torre flied out to center; Staiger grounded out (third to first); Harrelson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 8, Cubs 6. CUBS 9TH: Cardenal lined to left; Thornton grounded out (pitcher to first); Trillo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 8, Cubs 6. |
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