This Day in Baseball History
For those thinking the Mets had plummeted back to Earth after their Game 1 loss to Baltimore in the 1969 World Series, those thoughts were dashed on this day in Game 2.
Jerry Koosman and Ron Taylor combined on a two-hitter‚ and Al Weis drove in the game-winner with a ninth-inning single off Dave McNally to give the Mets a 2-1 victory over the Orioles and even the World Series at a game apiece.
The Mets would run the table on the Orioles, winning three straight at Shea Stadium to win the Series. Koosman was also the winning pitcher in Game 5.
Does anybody remember that game or have anything they’d like to share about the 1969 Mets?
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They Said It
After entering the postseason on an 0-for-27 playoff slide with runners in scoring position dating back to Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS, the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez is on the October tear he always was supposed to be on with game-tying homers in both Game 2 and 3 in the ALDS with Minnesota.
Said Rodriguez: “I knew that I couldn’t change all the 0-for-4s, 0-for-5s and all the guys I left on base. I’m content right now, both on and off the field.”
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BY THE NUMBERS
Rodriguez’s numbers in three-game sweep of the Twins in the ALDS: Five-for-11, two homers and six RBI.
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ON TAP FOR TODAY
Game 4 of the Rockies-Phillies NLDS is for tonight at 6 p.m.
