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Mets
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 5, 1968
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets, played on June 5, 1968 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | June 5, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 5, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Seaver |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rich Nye |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 6,475 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: Chris Pelekoudas 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: John Kibler |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Cleon Jones | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boswell | Second Baseman |
| Jerry Grote | Catcher |
| J.C. Martin | First Baseman |
| Ed Charles | Third Baseman |
| Ron Swoboda | Right Fielder |
| Tommie Agee | Center Fielder |
| Al Weis | Shortstop |
| Tom Seaver | Pitcher |
| Gil Hodges | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Kessinger | Shortstop |
| Glenn Beckert | Second Baseman |
| Billy Williams | Left Fielder |
| Ron Santo | Third Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | First Baseman |
| Lou Johnson | Right Fielder |
| Randy Hundley | Catcher |
| Adolfo Phillips | Center Fielder |
| Rich Nye | Pitcher |
| Leo Durocher | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
June 5, 1968
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Nye
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Nye
Boswell hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Nye
Grote hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Nye
Martin takes first base on ball four. Grote moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Charles vs. Nye
Charles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Seaver
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Seaver
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Seaver
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Santo vs. Seaver
Santo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Banks vs. Seaver
Banks is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Swoboda vs. Nye
Swoboda hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Nye
Agee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Weis vs. Nye
Weis is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Seaver
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Seaver
Hundley hits a line drive towards third. Charles reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Seaver
Phillips hits a popup towards short. Weis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Nye vs. Seaver
Nye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seaver vs. Nye
Seaver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Nye
Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Jones reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Boswell vs. Nye
Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Grote vs. Nye
Grote hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Seaver
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Seaver
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Seaver
Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Swoboda. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Santo vs. Seaver
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Santo for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Nye
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Charles vs. Nye
Charles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Charles reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Swoboda vs. Nye
Swoboda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Agee vs. Nye
Agee hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Weis vs. Nye
Weis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Charles trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Swoboda moves to second. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Seaver
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Seaver
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Seaver
Hundley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Seaver
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Nye vs. Seaver
Nye hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Seaver vs. Nye
Seaver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Nye
Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson. Jones reaches second base with a double. Seaver moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Boswell vs. Nye
Boswell strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grote vs. Nye
Grote is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Martin vs. Nye
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert misplays the ball. That's an error on Beckert. Seaver scores. Jones moves to third. Grote moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Charles vs. Nye
Charles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to second for the out. Jones scores. Grote moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Swoboda vs. Nye
Swoboda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grote scores. Charles moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Agee vs. Hartenstein
Chuck Hartenstein now pitching.
Agee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartenstein covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Seaver
Kessinger hits a line drive into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Seaver
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boswell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Seaver
Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weis vs. Hartenstein
Weis hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Seaver vs. Hartenstein
Seaver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Hartenstein
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Santo vs. Seaver
Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Charles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Seaver
Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Seaver
Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Seaver
Hundley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Martin settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Martin. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Seaver
Hundley is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Seaver
Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Johnson trying to get to third. Swoboda throws the ball in to Charles, who tags Johnson for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Hartenstein
Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boswell for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Hartenstein
Grote hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnson. Grote reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Hartenstein
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grote moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Charles vs. Hartenstein
Charles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grote scores. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Swoboda vs. Hartenstein
Swoboda hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Spangler vs. Seaver
Al Spangler pinch hits for Chuck Hartenstein.
Spangler hits a fly ball into center field. Agee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Seaver
Kessinger hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Seaver
Beckert hits a fly ball into right field. Swoboda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Agee vs. Regan
Phil Regan now pitching.
Agee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Weis vs. Regan
Weis strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Seaver vs. Regan
Seaver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Seaver
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Jones. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Santo vs. Seaver
Santo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Williams moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Banks vs. Koonce
Cal Koonce now pitching.
Banks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams scores. Santo moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Koonce
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Boswell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Santo moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Hundley vs. Koonce
Hundley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Phillips vs. Koonce
Grotedrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Santo. The throw to Koonce covering the plate. The slide. Santo is out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Regan
Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Regan
Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops it up and throws to first, with Regan covering, for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Grote vs. Regan
Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Koonce
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hickman vs. Koonce
Jim Hickman pinch hits for Phil Regan.
Hickman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kessinger vs. Koonce
Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/5/1968 -- New York at Chicago (D)
New York AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Jones C, lf 5 1 2 0 Kessinger D, ss 5 0 0 0
Boswell K, 2b 5 0 0 0 Beckert G, 2b 4 0 0 0
Grote J, c 4 2 2 0 Williams B, lf 4 1 3 0
Martin J, 1b 3 0 0 1 Santo R, 3b 3 0 1 0
Charles E, 3b 4 0 2 2 Banks E, 1b 4 1 2 2
Swoboda R, rf 3 0 1 1 Johnson L, rf 4 0 2 0
Agee T, cf 4 0 0 0 Hundley R, c 2 0 0 0
Weis A, ss 4 0 1 0 Phillips A, cf 4 0 2 0
Seaver T, p 4 1 1 0 Nye R, p 2 0 0 0
Koonce C, p 0 0 0 0 Hartenstein C, p 0 0 0 0
Spangler A, ph 1 0 0 0
Regan P, p 0 0 0 0
Hickman J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 4 9 4 34 2 10 2
New York 000 030 100 -- 4
Chicago 000 001 010 -- 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver T (W)* 7.0 9 2 2 2 2
Koonce C (S) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Nye R (L) 4.2 7 3 1 3 2
Hartenstein C 2.1 2 1 1 0 0
Regan P 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Beckert G, Martin J
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 8, Chicago 8
2B -- Williams B 3, Jones C 2, Charles E, Grote J
HR -- Banks E
T -- 2:39
A -- 6475
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