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.

The second game was a tight contest until the Mets scored five runs in the seventh inning and five more in the eighth. After the outburst in the seventh put the Mets ahead, 6-2, Tom Seaver faltered in the Cubs' half and gave way to Harry Parker. However, any doubt over the game's outcome was erased in the eighth when singles by Bud Harrelson and Felix Millan, a walk to Milner, single by Benny Ayala and homer by Wayne Garrett added the final five runs to the Mets' total. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, September 3, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Mets         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.