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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