After succumbing to the pitching of Seaver in the first game, 6-0, the Cubs came back to beat the Mets in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-3, on a homer by Ron Dunn in the 11th inning. Seaver, in posting his fifth shutout of the season, allowed only four hits. Rusty Staub had a two-run triple among the Mets' 11 hits.

In nightcap, Nino Espinosa, making his major league debut with the Mets, was staked to a two-run lead on a homer by Ted Martinez in the seventh inning. However, Espinosa weakened in the eighth and gave up three runs, two scoring on a circuit clout by Andre Thornton. The Mets tied the score in the ninth with a single by Staub, a sacrifice and pinch-single by Duffy Dyer. Dunn's homer in the 11th pinned the defeat on Bob Apodaca with the victory going to Jim Todd. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, September 13, 1974 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  3
Mets         0  2  0    1  3  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             2   0   1   0     2   1   .296      Hahn cf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .252
Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Millan 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .261
  Sperring ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .151      Jones lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .284
  LaCock ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .159      Staub rf              4   1   1   2     0   1   .272
Cardenal lf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .303        Schneck rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Morales rf            2   0   0   0     2   0   .259      Milner 1b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .255
  Hutson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garrett 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .218
Madlock 3b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .303      Martinez ss           3   1   0   0     1   1   .223
Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .251      Dyer c                4   1   3   0     0   0   .207
Stelmaszek c          4   0   0   0     0   2   .194      Seaver p              4   0   1   1     0   2   .094
Grabarkewitz 2b,ss    3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Reuschel p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .213
  Kremmel p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .280
  Dunn 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               30   0   4   0     4  11             Totals               36   6  11   4     1   6

Time of Game: 2:20
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Mets 7
DP: Cubs 1, Mets 2
Errors: Kessinger, Morales, Madlock, Millan
Doubles: Dyer (1), Jones (22)
Triples: Staub (2)
Caught Stealing: Morales (11)
GIDP: Garrett (6)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel L(13-12)       4     8   6   3   1   3   0  23   4.41
Kremmel                 3     2   0   0   0   2   0  10   5.19
Hutson                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.60
Totals                  8    11   6   3   1   6   0  37

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(11-8)          9     4   0   0   4  11   0  34   3.14
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4  11   0  34

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


CUBS 1ST: Monday singled to right; On a bunt Kessinger forced
Monday (pitcher to shortstop); Cardenal flied to right; Morales
walked [Kessinger to second]; Madlock flied to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Hahn flied to center; Millan flied to center; Jones
singled to right; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Stelmaszek struck out;
Grabarkewitz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Milner grounded out (shortstop to first); Garrett
singled to right [Garrett to third (error by Morales)]; Martinez
walked; Dyer reached on an error by Kessinger [Garrett scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Martinez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Dyer
to third]; Seaver struck out; Hahn flied to right; 2 R (0 ER), 1
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 2.

CUBS 3RD: Reuschel struck out; Monday walked; Kessinger flied to
left; Cardenal struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 2.

METS 3RD: Millan singled to center; Jones forced Millan (third
to second); Staub popped to third; Milner flied to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 2.

CUBS 4TH: Morales walked; Madlock flied to right; Thornton
struck out while Morales was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 2.

METS 4TH: Garrett popped to third in foul territory; Martinez
struck out; Dyer doubled to right; Seaver singled to center
[Dyer scored]; Hahn struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Mets 3.

CUBS 5TH: Stelmaszek grounded out (catcher to first);
Grabarkewitz flied to center; Reuschel grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 3.

METS 5TH: Millan reached on an error by Madlock; Jones doubled
to left [Millan to third]; Staub tripled to right [Millan scored
(unearned), Jones scored]; Milner singled to right [Staub
scored]; KREMMEL REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Garrett grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Milner out at
second]; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER),
3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 6.

CUBS 6TH: Monday struck out; Kessinger struck out; Cardenal
singled to center; Morales flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 6.

METS 6TH: SPERRING REPLACED KESSINGER (PLAYING SS); Dyer singled
to center; Seaver popped to first in foul territory; Hahn flied
to left; Millan singled to left [Dyer to second]; Jones flied to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 6.

CUBS 7TH: Madlock singled to left; Thornton reached on an error
by Millan [Madlock to second]; Stelmaszek flied to left;
Grabarkewitz lined into a double play (third to third to second)
[Madlock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 6.

METS 7TH: Staub was called out on strikes; Milner was called out
on strikes; Garrett flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Mets 6.

CUBS 8TH: WILLIAMS BATTED FOR KREMMEL; Williams was called out
on strikes; Monday walked; LACOCK BATTED FOR SPERRING; LaCock
flied to center; Cardenal singled to center [Monday to third];
Morales forced Cardenal (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Cubs 0, Mets 6.

METS 8TH: DUNN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING 2B); LACOCK STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); GRABARKEWITZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
HUTSON REPLACED MORALES (PITCHING); Martinez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dyer singled to left; Seaver struck out;
Hahn flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 6.

CUBS 9TH: SCHNECK REPLACED STAUB (PLAYING RF); Madlock struck
out; Thornton was called out on strikes; Stelmaszek was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Mets 6.