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