AMAZIN'
THE MIRACLE METS
50th ANNIVERSARY
Games 77 & 78 / Double-Header
New York Mets @ Pittsburgh Pirates
Forbes Field
A Happy Independence Day to all. A happy day indeed for New Yorkers back home as the Mets open a holiday weekend series at Pittsburgh by sweeping a double-header from the Pirates on Friday. The Amazins bring their own fireworks, outscoring the Bucs by a combined 20-8 margin, and out-hitting them by a 30-18 mark.
Mets 11
Pirates 6
Starting game one, Tom Seaver yields four runs, but only three earned on seven hits and four walks with seven strikeouts through 7.2 innings pitched. He surrenders a home run to Willie Stargell in the fourth. Seaver improves to 13-3 on the season with a 2.62 ERA. Cal Koonce pitches 1.1 innings for his fifth save. The Mets tally five extra base hits including Tommie Agee's 12th home run of the season. Donn Clendenon drives in a pair while Cleon Jones reaches 50 RBI in the Mets 77th game of the season. Roberto Clemente drives in two runs, Bill Mazeroski knocks in one.
Mets 9
Pirates 2
The Mets keep the heat on Pittsburgh, scoring early and often against Pirates starter Doc Ellis. With two outs in the first the Mets get RBI from Ed Kranepool and J.C. Martin. With the bases loaded, Al Weis triples giving the Mets a 5-1 lead after one. Freddie Patek homers off Mets starter Don Cardwell in the second, but the Pirates would score no more. The Mets go on to score four more times on a J.C. Martin home run, two RBI from Art Shamsky, and another from Wayne Garrett.
Don Cardwell happily wins his third game of the season versus eight losses and a 3.44 ERA He limits Pittsburgh to two runs on six hits and two walks with a strikeout through seven innings of work. Jack DiLauro tosses two scoreless in relief for his first save of the season.
- Mets Record: 44-34
- N.L. East: 2nd; 7.5 GB
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