Mets @ Cubs
August 25, 1966

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 2 7 0
Cubs 2 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 2 7 0
Cubs 3 6 1

Ernie Banks Season Stats

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Bill Hepler Season Stats

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3 2 0
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Wrigley Field - August 25, 1966
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Wild Pitch
Bill Hepler
Jerry Grote
Ed Kranepool
Ron Hunt
Ken Boyer
Eddie Bressoud
Jim Hickman
Cleon Jones
Al Luplow
Ernie Banks
Ron Santo
Glenn Beckert
Don Kessinger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 2 7 0 9
Chicago Cubs 3 6 1 3
Winning Pitcher Curt Simmons
Losing Pitcher Bill Hepler
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 9,765
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

There's a wild pitch. Kessinger scores. Beckert moves to third. Santo moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Santo takes first base on ball four. Kessinger moves to third. Beckert moves to second.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Grote settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kessinger moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ron Hunt now playing second base. Ken Boyer now playing third base. Eddie Bressoud now playing shortstop. Bill Hepler now pitching. Kessinger hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Luplow strikes out.
Top 9 Curt Simmons now pitching. Ron Swoboda pinch hits for Chuck Hiller. Swoboda is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Ron Hunt pinch hits for Jack Fisher. Hunt takes first base on ball four. Bressoud moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Top 9 Ken Boyer pinch hits for Bud Harrelson. Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 9 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jenkins strikes out.
Bottom 8 Browne hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fisher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Hickman now playing left field. Boccabella strikes out.
Top 8 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jones strikes out.
Top 8 Elliot hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Luplow hits a ball on the ground towards first. Banks scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Luplow for the out.
Bottom 7 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 7 Santo strikes out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool scoops it up and throws to first, with Fisher covering, for the out.
Top 7 Hiller hits a line drive into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fisher hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Beckert hits a line drive into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jenkins hits a fly ball into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bressoud strikes out.
Top 6 Grote hits a fly ball into left field. Boccabella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kranepool takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Jones. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and has Elliot trapped. There's the throw to Santo and over to Beckert, who tags Elliot for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Elliot hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Browne. Elliot reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Browne hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hiller reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bressoud fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Boccabella hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Luplow hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hundley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hiller takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Fisher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Santo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bressoud fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Beckert hits a fly ball into right field. Luplow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bressoud strikes out.
Top 4 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards third. Santo fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kranepool hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jones scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Jones hits a line drive into right field. Williams picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Williams. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hiller scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jenkins strikes out.
Bottom 3 Browne is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hundley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Elliot hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Luplow takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hiller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Beckert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fisher bunts in front of the plate. Hundley fields it and throws to first for the out. Harrelson moves to second.
Top 3 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Boccabella hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 2 Santo strikes out.
Top 2 Bressoud is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Grote is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Kranepool hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kranepool fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Fisher covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 1 Beckert hits a fly ball into left field. Elliot settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jones strikes out.
Top 1 Elliot hits a fly ball into center field. Browne settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Luplow hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hundley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hiller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.