The Cubs jumped on Tug McGraw for two runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Mets, 5-4. The Cubs built up a 3-0 lead against Hank Webb before the Mets tied the score with three runs in the sixth on passes to Ted Martinez and Duffy Dyer, a single by Dave Schneck, sacrifice by Don Hahn and single by Ken Boswell. McGraw, following Bob Apodaca in relief, walked Jim Tyrone to open the ninth.

Andre Thornton bunted and when Dyer threw wildly, Tyrone reached third but Thornton was caught in a rundown between first and second and was retired. After a walk to Ron Dunn, Steve Swisher hit a sacrifice fly for the tie-breaking run and Dave LaRoche followed with a single to drive in what proved to be the winning run. In the Mets' half, LaRoche was lifted after walking Dyer. An infield out by Benny Ayala and single by Hahn produced a run before Oscar Zamora retired the side. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 5, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 15, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Cubs         2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2  -   5  8  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  1  -   4  4  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             5   1   2   0     1   0   .297      Hahn cf               3   0   1   1     1   1   .256
Kessinger ss          2   1   0   0     3   0   .262      Boswell 2b            4   0   1   2     1   0   .224
Cardenal lf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .296      Kranepool lf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .308
Morales rf            1   0   1   1     0   0   .268        Jones ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
  LaCock rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .155        Gosger lf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .094
  Tyrone ph,rf        0   1   0   0     1   0   .186      Staub rf              3   0   0   0     2   1   .268
Thornton 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .260      Pemberton 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .143
Dunn 3b               2   1   0   0     3   1   .275      Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .215
Swisher c             3   0   0   1     1   2   .229      Martinez ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .225
Grabarkewitz 2b       3   0   1   1     2   2   .219      Dyer c                2   2   0   0     2   0   .216
Bonham p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .154      Webb p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Frailing p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Schneck ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .215
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .279        Apodaca p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Stone pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .132        McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  LaRoche p           1   0   1   1     0   0   .292        Ayala ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
  Zamora p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               32   5   8   5    11   7             Totals               29   4   4   4    10   4

Time of Game: 3:14   Attendance: 17,288
Left on Base: Cubs 14, Mets 9
DP: Cubs 0, Mets 0
Errors: Bonham, Dyer
Doubles: Cardenal (33)
Triples: Monday (6)
Caught Stealing: Pemberton (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Thornton (1), Hahn (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Swisher (2)
Hit by Pitch: Morales (2,by Webb)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham                  6.2   3   3   3   5   4   0  28   3.73
Frailing                0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.81
LaRoche W(4-4)          1     0   1   1   3   0   0   5   4.78
Zamora SV(9)            1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.24
Totals                  9     4   4   4  10   4   0  40

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Webb                    5     7   3   3   5   7   0  27   4.50
Apodaca                 2.2   0   0   0   3   0   0  11   3.87
McGraw L(6-9)           1.1   1   2   2   3   0   0   8   3.89
Totals                  9     8   5   5  11   7   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Webb (1)
Balks: Webb (1)

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


CUBS 1ST: Monday tripled to left; Kessinger walked; Cardenal
doubled to left [Monday scored, Kessinger to third]; Morales
singled to center [Kessinger scored, Cardenal out at home (left
to shortstop to third to catcher)]; Webb balked [Morales to
second]; Thornton was called out on strikes; Dunn struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Hahn grounded out (third to first); Boswell flied to
left; Kranepool walked; Staub flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

CUBS 2ND: Swisher walked; Grabarkewitz struck out; On a bunt
Bonham popped to first in foul territory; Monday grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Pemberton popped to third; Garrett was called out on
strikes; Martinez grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger walked; Cardenal lined to left; Morales was
hit by a pitch [Kessinger to second]; Thornton flied to left;
Dunn walked [Kessinger to third, Morales to second]; Swisher was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Dyer flied to center; Webb was called out on strikes;
Hahn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

CUBS 4TH: Grabarkewitz struck out; Bonham singled to left;
Monday singled to center [Bonham to second]; Kessinger forced
Monday (shortstop to second) [Bonham to third]; Cardenal flied
to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: LACOCK REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING RF); Boswell grounded
out (second to first); Kranepool flied to right; Staub walked;
Pemberton singled to right [Staub to third]; Garrett flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Mets 0.

CUBS 5TH: LaCock popped to third; Thornton singled to third;
Dunn walked [Thornton to second]; Swisher struck out;
Grabarkewitz singled to center [Thornton scored, Dunn to
second]; Bonham struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets
0.

METS 5TH: Martinez walked; Dyer walked [Martinez to second];
SCHNECK BATTED FOR WEBB; Schneck singled to center [Martinez
scored, Dyer to second]; Hahn out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Dyer to third, Schneck to second]; Boswell singled to
center [Dyer scored, Schneck scored]; Kranepool forced Boswell
(shortstop to second); Staub struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 3, Mets 3.

CUBS 6TH: APODACA REPLACED SCHNECK (PITCHING); Monday grounded
out (second to first); Kessinger grounded out (second to first);
Cardenal popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 3.

METS 6TH: Pemberton flied to center; Garrett flied to center;
Martinez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 3, Mets 3.

CUBS 7TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Thornton
grounded out (third to first); Dunn popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: Dyer flied to left; Apodaca popped to third; Hahn
walked; Hahn was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Bonham [Hahn to second]; FRAILING REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING);
Boswell walked; JONES BATTED FOR KRANEPOOL; Jones grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 3.

CUBS 8TH: GOSGER REPLACED JONES (PLAYING LF); Swisher grounded
out (catcher to first); Grabarkewitz walked; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
FRAILING; Williams forced Grabarkewitz (shortstop to second);
STONE RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Monday walked [Stone to second];
Kessinger walked [Stone to third, Monday to second]; MCGRAW
REPLACED APODACA (PITCHING); Cardenal forced Kessinger
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Staub walked;
Pemberton forced Staub (first to shortstop); Pemberton was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Garrett walked; Martinez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Mets 3.

CUBS 9TH: TYRONE BATTED FOR LACOCK; Tyrone walked; Thornton
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Tyrone to
third (error by Dyer), Thornton out at second (right to
shortstop)]; Dunn was walked intentionally; Swisher hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Tyrone scored, Dunn to second];
Grabarkewitz was walked intentionally; LaRoche singled to center
[Dunn scored, Grabarkewitz to third]; Monday flied to right; 2
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 3.

METS 9TH: TYRONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Dyer walked; AYALA
BATTED FOR MCGRAW; ZAMORA REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Ayala
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dyer to second]; Hahn singled
to center [Dyer scored]; Boswell forced Hahn (second to
shortstop); Gosger walked [Boswell to second]; Staub grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 5, Mets 4.