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1968 Regular Season Game 21
May 5, 1968
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National League Standings, May 5, 1968

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Mets Starting Lineup
2b
Boswell Ken
Boswell
cf
Jones Cleon
Jones
lf
Shamsky Art
Shamsky
rf
Swoboda Ron
Swoboda
1b
Kranepool Ed
Kranepool
c
Grote Jerry
Grote
3b
Buchek Jerry
Buchek
ss
Weis Al
Weis
p
Cardwell Don
Cardwell
May 5, 1968, Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Chicago Cubs 1, New York Mets 0

Cubs ab r hbibbso
Don Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0 0 0
Lou Johnson rf 3 0 1 0 0 1
- Al Spangler rf 1 0 0 0 0 0
Billy Williams lf 3 0 0 0 1 0
Ron Santo 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0
Ernie Banks 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Hundley c 4 0 1 0 0 0
Glenn Beckert 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Jose Arcia 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1
Adolfo Phillips cf 2 0 0 0 1 0
Bill Hands p 3 0 0 0 0 1
Mets ab r hbibbso Avg.
Ken Boswell 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .222
Cleon Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .224
Art Shamsky lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .264
Ron Swoboda rf 2 0 0 0 2 2 .256
Ed Kranepool 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .224
Jerry Grote c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .317
Jerry Buchek 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300
Al Weis ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125
- J.C. Martin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
- Bud Harrelson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .155
Don Cardwell p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111
- Ed Charles ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .227
- Ron Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago Cubs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
New York Mets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2

Chicago Cubs ip h rer bbso
Bill Hands (W) 9.0 4 0 0 2 12
New York Mets ip h rer bbso
Don Cardwell (L,1-3) 8.0 4 1 0 2 3 1.48
Ron Taylor 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2.45

Errors: Jerry Grote (2).
2B: Jose Arcia.
Intentional Walks: Adolfo Phillips.
SH: Ed Kranepool.
SB: Cleon Jones (2), Don Kessinger.









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