Amazin' Date 6/27/1969: Bucs Take Series Opener at Shea

From the desk of:  HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET

AMAZIN'

THE MIRACLE METS

50th ANNIVERSARY

Game #69: Friday, June 27, 1969 - BR
Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Mets
Shea Stadium

For a second straight game Mets bats lay dormant.  Limited to three hits all game by Pittsburgh starter Steve Blass, the Mets score their lone run of the game in the ninth.  But it turns out being too little too late.  Blass strikes out five through 8.1 innings as the Pirates take game one of a weekend series at Shea.

Mets starter Jerry Koosman endures another disappointing loss and sees his record flatten out to 5-5 through 12 starts.  He allows just two earned runs on six hits and one walk with nine strikeouts through seven innings pitched.  Cal Koonce yields one run on two hits with a walk and three strikeouts in two innings of relief.

After climbing ten games over .500 the ever streaky Mets lose their third straight.  Friday marked their 13th game in the last ten days.  Jerry Grote and Buddy Harrelson were given the day off.  Tommie Agee, Art Shamsky, and J.C. Martin who drives in the Mets only run, account for the only Mets hits.

• Mets Record:  38-31
• N.L. East:  2nd; 7 GB