7/31/14

D-Whit - It Was 45 Years Ago Today...Thursday July 31st



July 31st


 
Tom Seaver took the mound in hopes of stopping the three game Met slide. "The Franchise” did his part scattering 5 hits and 1 ER over 7 but the anemic Met offense mustered just 4 hits against Houston starter Tom Griffin. New York threatened in the 4th after a Wayne Garrett lead off double and Ed Kranepool walk but Ron Swoboda hit into a twin-killing to snuff the only real Met threat of the night.

Meanwhile in Chicago, the Cubs trounced San Fran 12-2 and increased their lead to 6 ½ over the suddenly struggling Mets. After this sweep by the Astros next up in their tour of the NL West was was a weekend set hosting the division-leading Braves.  
 

The Mets wrap up July with a 15-12 record for the month.

3 comments:

Reese Kaplan said...

What a difference a real manager makes. Gil Hodges. Davey Johnson. Bobby Valentine.

Then we got the parade of clowns -- Jeff Torborg, Art Howe, Willie Randolph, Jerry Manuel and the ringmaster himself, Terry Collins.

Mack Ade said...

I still miss #14

Tom Brennan said...

Mack, you miss # 14. I'm dyslexic...I miss #41, Tom Terrific.