Ultimate Mets Database: Game of September 15, 1970

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September 14, 1970
Mets 9, Expos 5 1970 Regular Season Game 148
September 15, 1970
Expos 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
September 16, 1970
Expos 4, Mets 2

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE SEPTEMBER 15, 1970 GAME:

Hot Foot
April 30, 2019
The Mets started this game tied for first place, the last day they would be in that position in 1970. I wasn't around to see this one at Parc Jarry, but looking at the play-by-play it seems as painful as the Terry Pendleton game in 1987.

Down 3-2 in the top of the ninth, Dave Marshall pinch hits for Jerry Grote to tie it. Then in the bottom of the ninth, starter Jerry Koosman sets them down in order. In the top of tenth, Tommie Agee hits a homer to put the Mets up 4-3.

Astonishingly, Koosman is sent out to pitch the bottom of the tenth. He allows the tying and winning runs to get on, gets the first out on a groundout, then throws a wild pitch that ties the game. After the second groundout of the inning and the score tied 4-4, Kooz intentionally walks Rusty Staub. Staub takes second base on defensive indifference. Kooz comes out of the game after 9 and 2/3 innings and Ron Herbel (?!?!!!?? where was Tug McGraw????) comes in to give up an intentional walk and a walk-off hit to send the Expos fans happy and knock the Mets out of first place until opening day 1971.

No wonder no one has posted about this one. It's probably too painful a memory for anyone who saw it to write about.

Mets Know-It-All
May 12, 2019
Hot Foot, it was actually logical for Gil Hodges to bring in Ron Herbel and not Tug McGraw in that situation. Koosman was removed in the middle of facing Ron Fairly and the right-handed Herbel completed the intentional walk that was officially charged to Jerry. The next Expo to come up was John Bateman, a right-handed batter who Hodges wanted Herbel to face. Gil was playing the percentages, but Bateman singled to drive home the winning run. It just shows that the sensible move can still backfire in baseball.

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