August 24th
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| Swoboda rips game winning two-bagger |
The Mets, 8-1 since being swept in Houston, looked to sweep
the Dodgers in this Sunday getaway game at Shea with over 48,000 on hand to see
if they could do it.
Dodger starter Don Sutton loaded the bases in the 1st,
walking in a run but the Dodgers tied it at 1 all in the second behind Ted
Sizemore’s RBI two-bagger to left. An inning later Gary Gentry hung one in the
zone to Wes Parker who drilled it over the right field wall with Willie Davis
on-putting Los Angeles up 3-1. Parker’s error the following inning gave one
back and Met’s trailed by one.
Willie Davis followed up with an RBI single the next inning
but New York struck back with Tommie Agee’s RBI double-cutting the lead to one
run. The next inning back-to-back singles from Cleon Jones and Art Shamsky
chased Sutton. Reliever Jim Brewer then gave up a bunt single to Ken Boswell,
loading the bases for Ron Swoboda. He promptly cleared the bases with one swing
of the bat. His double to the gap in left center put the Mets up by three. They’d
add one more when Jerry Grote singled home Swoboda.
Cal Koonce (6-3) pitched two scoreless to pick up the win.
Meanwhile at Wrigley, the Cubs split a pair with 1969 Met nemesis Houston. New
York (71-52), just three wins away from a franchise seaon high, picked up half
a game and now trailed by 5 ½ games heading into the last week of August. Now
it was off to the left coast and visits to San Diego, SF and LA.
1 comment:
Mets are getting hot. I got a feeling the Mets are going to close that 5.5 gap the Cubs have on them.
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