D-Whit - It Was 45 Years Ago Today...Wednesday August 20th 1969

August 20^th

New York continued their mastery over the left coast teams visiting Shea during this homestand, blanking the Giants 6 zip. Jim McAndrew went all the way for his 5^th victory of the season and extending the Mets to 23 shutout innings over San Francisco in the series. 

After scoring single runs in the 1^st and 2^nd off Gaylord Perry, the Mets chased him from the game in the 5^th thanks courtesy of Art Shamsky’s 3-run HR and Buddy Harrelson’s run-scoring triple off reliever Ray Sadecki. McAndrew scattered two hits over nine in his CG victory.

In Wrigley, the Cubs fell to Atlanta 6-2 so New York gained a game, moving to 7 back in the NL East.