September 17th
Jerry Koosman wins 15th-blanks Expos, 5-0. |
After rain washed out Tuesday’s game against the Cards in
St. Louis, New York headed north of the border to visit parc Jarry for the
final time this season to take on the Expos. The wild of the Mets ’69 season
began against Montreal back in April at Shea. The Mets lost that opening tilt
11-10 but now in September they were hoping to further increase their lead and
decrease their magic number over Chicago.
Jerry Koosman won 19 as a rookie the year before and was
going after his 15th victory of 1969. RBI singles in the 4th
by Ron Swoboda and Wayne Garrett staked the lefty to a 3-0 he would not relinquish.
“Kooz” tossed a CG shutout, allowing just six Expo hits. The Mets added another
two scores before it was over, winning for the 90th time of the
season-and their 14th September victory.
The Cubs, who won on Tuesday, defeated Philadelphia and
remained 4 games back with 14 games remaining.
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