AMAZIN'
THE MIRACLE METS
50th ANNIVERSARY
Game #100: Friday, August 1, 1969 - BR
Atlanta Braves @ New York Mets
Shea Stadium
One Hundred Games Down; Sixty-Two More To Go
The Mets outlast Atlanta in game one at Shea Stadium, but the same can not be said of starter Don Cardwell who pitches himself into immediate trouble. Felipe Alou leads off the game with a single. Next in Tony Gonzalez is struck with a pitch by Cardwell whom then issues a walk to Hank Aaron loading the bases. Cardwell issues a second straight walk scoring Alou from third. With one out Felix Millan singles to left driving in two and knocking Cardwell out of the box. Cal Koonce is summoned from the bullpen.
Braves starter Phil Niekro promptly comes under siege as well. The Mets open the bottom half of the frame with three straight hits. With two outs and the bases jammed, Niekro walks Ron Swoboda scoring Bud Harrelson from third. Rod Gaspar follows with a single to right scoring both Bobby Phiel and Tommie Agee. With Jerry Grote at the plate, Swoboda scores on a passed ball charged to catcher Bob Didier. Three innings later, Jerry Grote connects on a lead-off home run off Niekro giving the Mets a 5-3 lead after four.
Orlando Cepeda cuts the Mets lead to one with an RBI double in the seventh. Otherwise Cal Koonce allows just one run on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts though 6.1 innings in relief of Cardwell to earn his fifth victory of the season. Ron Taylor closes the game with 2.1 scoreless innings of one-hit baseball for his tenth save of the season.
The Mets snap a four game losing streak but fail to gain ground on the Cubs.
- Mets Record: 56-44 (.560)
- N.L. East: 2nd; 6.5 GB
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