Simply Amazing - NY Mets (Out of the Park 9)

[doncoryell]

MLB Standings as of April 4, 1969

National League Standings

East           W  L   PCT  GB
Pittsburgh     3  1  .750  --
Philadelphia   2  2  .500   1
Chicago        1  3  .250   2
Montreal       1  3  .250   2
New York       1  3  .250   2
St.Louis       1  3  .250   2


West           W  L   PCT  GB
Atlanta        4  0 1.000  --
Los Angeles    4  0 1.000  --
San Francisco  3  1  .750   1
Cincinnati     2  2  .500   2
Houston        2  2  .500   2
San Diego      0  4  .000   4


NL Results

New York 1, San Francisco 0
Atlanta 6, Chicago 4
Los Angeles 5, St.Louis 3
Pittsburgh 10, Philadelphia 7
Montreal 6, San Diego 0
Cincinnati 6, Houston 5 12inn



American League Standings

East           W  L   PCT  GB
Cleveland      3  1  .750  --
New York       3  1  .750  --
Boston         2  2  .500   1
Washington     2  2  .500   1
Baltimore      1  3  .250   2
Detroit        1  3  .250   2


West           W  L   PCT  GB
California     3  1  .750  --
Seattle        3  1  .750  --
Chicago        2  2  .500   1
Minnesota      2  2  .500   1
Oakland        2  2  .500   1
Kansas City    0  4  .000   3



AL Results

California 5, Oakland 2
Washington 6, Seattle 3
Detroit 9, Kansas City 0
Minnesota 6, Baltimore 3
Chicago 6, Cleveland 5
New York 3, Boston 2

Milestones & Achievements
Jerry Koosman Blanks San Francisco
No-Hitter For Carl Morton. This is the first no-no thrown this season as Morton no-hits the Padres.

MLB Injuries
The Astros Larry Dierker will be out of action for up to 1-2 weeks with a dislocated finger. The starting pitcher reportedly suffered the injury when he reacted violently after he got tired of answering the same questions from multiple reporters.

[doncoryell]

4/5/69: Game 5 of 162 - vs San Francisco

Top 1st: Cardwell pitching. Hunt hit by pitch [1]. Hunt caught stealing (2-4). Dietz doubles [2]. McCovey homers. Dietz and McCovey score. Bonds strikes out. Mays grounds out (5-3).
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 1st: Perry pitching. Agee flies out (9). Gaspar strikes out. Garrett grounds out (5-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 2nd: Fuentes flies out (9). Marshall flies out (8). Mason flies out (7).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 2nd: Jones walks [1]. Kranepool strikes out [1]. Charles singles [1,2]. Grote grounds out,DP (4,4-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 3rd: Perry flies out (9). Hunt singles [1]. Dietz flies out (7) [1]. McCovey grounds out (3-1).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 3rd: Harrelson singles [1]. Cardwell bunts into FC (1-6) [1]. Agee grounds out,FC (6-4) [1]. Gaspar flies out (9).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 4th: Bonds grounds out (5-3). Mays flies out (7). Fuentes singles [1]. Marshall singles [1,2]. Mason flies out (8).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 4th: Garrett walks [1]. Jones grounds out,FC (5-4) [1]. Kranepool grounds out,FC (1-6) [1]. Charles grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 5th: Perry grounds out (1-3). Hunt grounds out (5-3). Dietz walks [1]. McCovey grounds out (4u).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 5th: Grote strikes out. Harrelson flies out (7). Cardwell grounds out (4-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 6th: Bonds grounds out (6-3). Mays flies out (9). Fuentes grounds out (3u).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 6th: Agee pops out (6). Gaspar strikes out. Garrett flies out (8).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 7th: Marshall flies out (7). Mason flies out (7). Perry strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 7th: Jones strikes out. Kranepool doubles [2]. Charles flies out (9) [2]. Grote grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 8th: Hunt strikes out. Dietz singles [1]. McCovey flies out (7) [1]. Bonds walks [1,2]. Mays strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 8th: Harrelson flies out (8). Otis batting for Cardwell. Otis strikes out. Agee strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 9th: Taylor pitching. Henderson batting for Fuentes. Henderson grounds out (3u). Marshall grounds out (3u). Wagner batting for Mason. Wagner grounds out (6-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 9th: Gaspar flies out (8). Garrett singles [1]. Jones singles [1,3]. Kranepool grounds out,FC (1-6) [1,3]. Charles walks [1,2,3]. Grote flies out (9).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E
       San Francisco  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  -  2  6  0
       New York       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  -  0  5  1


                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Hunt,2b          3  0  1  0  0  1  .190
Dietz,c          3  1  2  0  1  0  .381
e-Barton,c       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
McCovey,1b       4  1  1  2  0  0  .313
Bonds,rf         3  0  0  0  1  1  .167
Mays,cf          4  0  0  0  0  1  .273
Fuentes,ss       3  0  1  0  0  0  .278
a-Henderson,ph   1  0  0  0  0  0  .125
c-Etheridge,ss   0  0  0  0  0  0  .200
Marshall,lf      4  0  1  0  0  0  .250
Mason,3b         3  0  0  0  0  0  .200
b-Wagner,ph      1  0  0  0  0  0  .333
d-Davenport,3b   0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Perry,p          3  0  0  0  0  1  .000
                32  2  6  2  2  4

a-batted for Fuentes in 9th
b-batted for Mason in 9th
c-substituted for Henderson in 9th
d-substituted for Wagner in 9th
e-Barton substituted for Dietz in 9th


2B: Dietz (3)
HR: McCovey (3)
LOB: 6


Baserunning
Caught Stealing: Hunt (1)


Fielding
Double Plays: 1 (Hunt-McCovey)





                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Agee,cf          4  0  0  0  0  1  .182
Gaspar,rf        4  0  0  0  0  2  .304
Garrett,2b       3  0  1  0  1  0  .333
Jones,lf         3  0  1  0  1  1  .313
Kranepool,1b     4  0  1  0  0  1  .083
Charles,3b       3  0  1  0  1  0  .211
Grote,c          4  0  0  0  0  1  .368
Harrelson,ss     3  0  1  0  0  0  .118
Cardwell,p       2  0  0  0  0  0  .000
a-Otis,ph        1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Taylor,p         0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
                31  0  5  0  3  7

a-batted for Cardwell in 8th



2B: Kranepool (1)
GIDP: Grote
LOB: 8


Fielding
Errors: Kranepool (1, drop)




San Francisco
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Perry (W,2-0)    9.0  5  0  0  3  7  1.06



New York
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Cardwell (L,0-1) 8.0  6  2  2  2  4  2.25
Taylor           1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0.00



HBP: Hunt (by Cardwell)
Time: 2:20
Wind: 11 mph in from center
Attendance: 18,432

[doncoryell]

MLB Standings as of April 5, 1969

National League Standings

East           W  L   PCT  GB
Pittsburgh     4  1  .800  --
Chicago        2  3  .400   2
Philadelphia   2  3  .400   2
Montreal       1  4  .200   3
New York       1  4  .200   3
St.Louis       1  4  .200   3


West           W  L   PCT  GB
Los Angeles    5  0 1.000  --
Atlanta        4  1  .800   1
San Francisco  4  1  .800   1
Cincinnati     3  2  .600   2
Houston        2  3  .400   3
San Diego      1  4  .200   4


NL Results

San Francisco 2, New York 0
Chicago 8, Atlanta 4
San Diego 5, Montreal 1
Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 3
Cincinnati 6, Houston 3
Los Angeles 4, St.Louis 2



American League Standings

East           W  L   PCT  GB
Cleveland      4  1  .800  --
Boston         3  2  .600   1
New York       3  2  .600   1
Baltimore      2  3  .400   2
Washington     2  3  .400   2
Detroit        1  4  .200   3


West           W  L   PCT  GB
California     4  1  .800  --
Seattle        4  1  .800  --
Chicago        2  3  .400   2
Minnesota      2  3  .400   2
Oakland        2  3  .400   2
Kansas City    1  4  .200   3



AL Results

Cleveland 2, Chicago 0
Seattle 6, Washington 3
California 4, Oakland 3
Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3
Boston 5, New York 3
Kansas City 13, Detroit 2

MLB Milestones & Achievements
Giants Gaylord Perry Blanks New York
Sam McDowell Dominates, Shuts Out Chicago
Roger Nelson on Fire, 5-5 Against Detroit

[gtm]

Quote: Originally Posted by doncoryell

Welcome aboard our time machine to our childhood. The Mets were part of my first baseball game. It was Strat-O-Matic and I had gotten the selection set. I had selected the Boston Red Sox (naturally), Cleveland Indians (Sudden Sam & The Hawk), Washington Senators (Hondo), New York Mets (world champs), St.Louis Cardinals (my favorite non-Red Sox player was Bob Gibson) and the Atlanta Braves (Hammerin' Hank). My parents bought the game for me in 1970 so the stats year was 1969, which was also Tony C.'s comeback year after being beaned in 1967.

Don, how about this player. Al Hrabowski (The Mad Hungarian). I loved being able to see him pitch, what a wild man.

[doncoryell]

Quote: Originally Posted by gtm

Don, how about this player. Al Hrabowski (The Mad Hungarian). I loved being able to see him pitch, what a wild man.

Yes he was. We can still remember him going behind the mound, his back facing the plate, then slamming the rosin bag to the ground before turning and going onto the mound before facing the batter.

[gtm]

Quote: Originally Posted by doncoryell

Yes he was. We can still remember him going behind the mound, his back facing the plate, then slamming the rosin bag to the ground before turning and going onto the mound before facing the batter.

How cool was that?

[doncoryell]

April 6: Game #6 - vs San Francisco

Top 1st: Seaver pitching. Hunt grounds out (3u). Dietz strikes out. McCovey homers. McCovey scores. Bonds grounds out (6-3).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 1, New York 0

Bottom 1st: Marichal pitching. Agee lines out (3). Gaspar strikes out. Garrett singles [1]. Jones singles [1,2]. Kranepool flies out (7).
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 1, New York 0

Top 2nd: Mays strikes out. Fuentes flies out (7). Henderson flies out (8).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 1, New York 0

Bottom 2nd: Charles lines out (5). Grote singles [1]. Harrelson grounds out,DP (4-6-3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 1, New York 0

Top 3rd: Davenport strikes out. Marichal lines out (3). Hunt singles [1]. Dietz pops out (3).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 1, New York 0

Bottom 3rd: Seaver strikes out. Agee flies out (8). Gaspar grounds out (1-3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 1, New York 0

Top 4th: McCovey singles [1]. Bonds grounds out (5-3) [2]. Mays singles [1,3]. Fuentes singles [1,2]. McCovey scores. Henderson grounds out,FC (6-4) [1,3]. Davenport flies out (9).
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 4th: Garrett lines out (4). Jones grounds out (6-3). Kranepool walks [1]. Charles grounds out (5-4).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 5th: Marichal strikes out. Hunt flies out (8). Dietz strikes out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 5th: Grote singles [1]. Harrelson strikes out [1]. Seaver sacrifices (1-4) [2]. Agee grounds out (3-1).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 6th: McCovey strikes out. Bonds singles [1]. Mays flies out (8) [1]. Fuentes flies out (8).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 6th: Gaspar flies out (8). Garrett reaches on error (E4) [1]. Jones strikes out [1]. Kranepool lines out (3).
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 7th: Henderson singles [1]. Marshall batting for Davenport. Marshall strikes out [1]. Marichal sacrifices (5-4) [2]. Hunt flies out (7).
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 7th: Charles grounds out (5-3). Grote flies out (7). Harrelson grounds out (3u).
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Top 8th: Dietz singles [1]. McCovey strikes out [1]. Bonds strikes out [1]. Mays strikes out.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 0

Bottom 8th: Dyer batting for Seaver. Dyer singles [1]. Agee singles [1,2]. Gaspar singles [1,2]. Dyer scores. Garrett grounds out (5-3) [2,3]. Jones grounds out (6-3) [2,3]. Kranepool flies out (9).
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors - San Francisco 2, New York 1

Top 9th: Koonce pitching. Wagner batting for Fuentes. Wagner grounds out (5-3). Henderson homers. Henderson scores. Burda batting for Etheridge. Burda flies out (7). Marichal grounds out (6-3).
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors - San Francisco 3, New York 1

Bottom 9th: Charles reaches on error (E6) [1]. Grote flies out (8) [1]. Harrelson flies out (8) [1]. Shamsky flies out (9).
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error - San Francisco 3, New York 1

                      1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E
       San Francisco  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  -  3  9  2
       New York       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  -  1  7  0


                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Hunt,2b          4  0  1  0  0  0  .200
Dietz,c          4  0  1  0  0  2  .360
f-Barton,c       0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
McCovey,1b       4  2  2  1  0  2  .350
Bonds,rf         4  0  1  0  0  1  .182
Mays,cf          4  0  1  0  0  2  .269
Fuentes,ss       3  0  1  1  0  0  .286
c-Wagner,ph      1  0  0  0  0  0  .250
e-Mason,ss       0  0  0  0  0  0  .200
Henderson,lf     4  1  2  1  0  0  .250
Davenport,3b     2  0  0  0  0  1  .000
a-Marshall,ph    1  0  0  0  0  1  .222
b-Ethridge,3b    0  0  0  0  0  0  .200
d-Burda,ph-3b    1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Marichal,p       3  0  0  0  0  1  .000
                35  3  9  3  0 10

a-batted for Davenport in 7th
b-substituted for Marshall in 7th
c-batted for Fuentes in 9th
d-batted for Etheridge in 9gh
e-substituted for Wagner in 9th
f-substituted for Dietz in 9th


HR: McCovey (4), Henderson (1)
SH: Marichal
LOB: 6


Fielding
Errors: Hunt (1,bobble), Mason (1,bobble)
Double Plays: 1 (Hunt-Fuentes-McCovey)





                AB  R  H BI BB SO   AVG
Agee,cf          4  0  1  0  0  0  .192
Gaspar,rf        4  0  1  1  0  1  .296
Garrett,2b       4  0  1  0  0  0  .286
Jones,lf         4  0  1  0  0  1  .300
Kranepool,1b     3  0  0  0  1  0  .067
Koonce,p         0  0  0  0  0  0  .000
Charles,3b       4  0  0  0  0  0  .174
Grote,c          4  0  2  0  0  0  .391
Harrelson,ss     4  0  0  0  0  1  .095
Seaver,p         1  0  0  0  0  1  .250
a-Dyer,ph        1  1  1  0  0  0 1.000
b-Shamsky,1b     1  0  0  0  0  0  .000
                34  1  7  1  1  4

a-batted for Seaver in 8th
b-substituted for Dyer in 9th
c-substituted for Kranepool in 9th



GIDP: Harrelson
SH: Seaver
LOB: 9




San Francisco
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Marichal (W,2-0) 9.0  7  1  1  1  4  1.00



New York
Pitchers          IP  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
Seaver (L,0-1)   8.0  8  2  2  0 10  2.65
Koonce           1.0  1  1  1  0  0  9.64



Time: 2:24
Wind: 12 mph in from right
Attendance: 18,603

[doncoryell]

National League Standings

East           W  L   PCT  GB
Pittsburgh     4  2  .667  --
Philadelphia   3  3  .500   1
Chicago        2  4  .333   2
Montreal       1  5  .167   3
New York       1  5  .167   3
St.Louis       1  5  .167   3


West           W  L   PCT  GB
Los Angeles    6  0 1.000  --
Atlanta        5  1  .833   1
San Francisco  5  1  .833   1
Cincinnati     3  3  .500   3
Houston        3  3  .500   3
San Diego      2  4  .333   4


NL Results

San Francisco 3, New York 1
Atlanta 5, Chicago 1
Los Angeles 6, St.Louis 3
Houston 6, Cincinnati 4
San Diego 3, Montreal 2
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 1



American League Standings

East           W  L   PCT  GB
Cleveland      5  1  .833  --
New York       4  2  .667   1
Boston         3  3  .500   2
Baltimore      2  4  .333   3
Detroit        2  4  .333   3
Washington     2  4  .333   3


West           W  L   PCT  GB
Seattle        5  1  .833  --
California     4  2  .667   1
Minnesota      3  3  .500   2
Oakland        3  3  .500   2
Chicago        2  4  .333   3
Kansas City    1  5  .167   4



AL Results

Minnesota 5, Baltimore 2
Cleveland 7, Chicago 4
New York 5, Boston 2 12inn
Detroit 5, Kansas City 2
Oakland 5, California 2
Seattle 5, Washington 3

MLB News

Weekly Awards
Minnesota's Rod Carew was named AL Player of the Week after batting .550 with 11 hits in 20 at bats, no home runs and 3 RBIs.
Los Angeles' Ron Fairly was voted NL Player of the Week after putting up a .526 batting average (10-19) with no home runs, 8 RBIs and scored 3 times.