The Amazin '68 METS take another September game sweeping the Phils (10th @ 67-91) and a tired Woody Fryman (5-10 3.31) with four straight wins for their
15th win in a row and a TIE for first place with 5 games remaining in the regular season! (One year to the day of actually clinching in '69 BTW)...J.C.
Martin's (8-37 .224 only 246 AB's) 8th Home Run, a 9th inning pinch HR that hit high off the light pole in RF gave the METS a 4 run lead and Cal
Koonce (7-4 2.65, 14 Hld, 6 Sv) closed out the win for Danny Frisella (5-1 7.34 34.1 Inn) in relief. Don Cardwell, (19-7 2.18) pitched the first 4 innings
leaving in the 5th for a pinch hitter in this World Series atmosphere on yet another great autumn day for baseball at Connie Mack Stadium. The METS have scored
16 runs in the ninth inning their past 4 games. (Note w/ the expanded Sept rosters the strategy moves for the METS).
In that "other league" the Baltimore Orioles (95-64) have clinched the AL title and will prepare their pitching staff for the World Series while awaiting their opponent, either the: Pirates or METS (88-69), Cardinals (3rd @ 86-72) or possibly the Braves, who are still alive in 4th place (83-74), and facing the METS at Fulton County Stadium for 2 must win games starting tomorrow. Tom Seaver (16-8 2.08) will start on 3 days rest vs Phil Niekro (14-10 2.33) and Hank Aaron's (37-110 .299 13 SB) Braves. The two teams are 8-8 vs. each other so far in 1968. The Pirates have two more games at Forbes Field w/ the Reds (9th @ 69-88) where they've split the series first two games thus far before they finish with 3 games at Wrigley vs the Cubs (8th @ 71-87) this weekend.
I'm not sure what's going on w/ this game engine or my Dell Optiplex 160L but, I like it!!
9/22/1968, NYN68-Phi68, Connie Mack Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1968 Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 9 2 5 1
1968 Philadelphia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 9 1
Mets AB R H BI AVG Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG
Agee cf 5 0 0 0 .237 Gonzalez cf 3 0 0 0 .242
Koosman 2b 0 0 0 0 .083 Lock cf 1 0 0 0 .199
Dyer ph 0 0 0 0 .419 Taylor 3b 4 0 0 0 .252
Buchek pr 0 0 0 0 .100 Callison rf 4 0 2 0 .257
Bosch ph 0 0 0 0 .222 Briggs lf 3 1 1 0 .274
Linz 2b 0 0 0 0 .201 White 1b 4 0 1 0 .244
Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0 .259 Pena ss 4 1 3 0 .299
Heise 2b 1 0 0 0 .000 Rojas 2b 3 0 1 2 .224
Grote c 4 0 0 0 .330 Ryan c 4 0 0 0 .156
Jones lf 4 0 2 0 .330 Brown p 0 0 0 0 .000
Swoboda rf 4 1 2 0 .236 Fryman p 3 0 0 0 .070
Goossen 1b 3 0 0 0 .259 Dalrymple c 1 0 0 0 .191
Collins ph 1 1 0 0 .259 34 2 8 2
Charles 3b 2 2 2 0 .258
Koonce p 0 0 0 0 .000
Harrelson ss 4 0 2 1 .250
Cardwell p 1 0 0 0 .025
Kranepool ph 1 0 0 1 .223
Jackson p 0 0 0 0 .000
Stahl ph 1 0 0 0 .248
Short p 0 0 0 0 .000
Frisella p 0 0 0 0 .250
Martin ph 1 1 1 3 .224
33 5 9 5
Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Cardwell 4.0 4 2 2 2 4 69 43 2.18
Jackson 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 35 23 2.74
Short 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 20 11 3.40
Frisella W 5-1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 14 6 7.34
Koonce S 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 2.65
9.0 8 2 2 4 7 148 88
Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Fryman L 5-10 8.2 9 5 5 4 9 144 90 3.31
Brown 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20.25
9.0 9 5 5 4 9 145 91
NYN: Dyer batted for Koosman in the 1st
Buchek ran for Dyer in the 1st
Buchek moved to 2b in the 1st
Bosch batted for Buchek in the 4th
Linz inserted at 2b in the 4th
Kranepool batted for Cardwell in the 5th
Shamsky batted for Linz in the 6th
Heise inserted at 2b in the 6th
Stahl batted for Jackson in the 7th
Collins batted for Goossen in the 9th
Martin batted for Frisella in the 9th
Collins moved to 3b in the 9th
Martin moved to 1b in the 9th
Phi: Lock inserted at cf in the 8th
Dalrymple inserted at c in the 9th
E-Charles, Harrelson, Briggs. 2B-Pena. HR-Martin(
. SB-Charles(11).
CS-Jones, Buchek, Callison, Rojas. K-Agee 3, Grote 2, Swoboda, Goossen,
Cardwell, Stahl, Briggs, White, Rojas, Ryan 3, Fryman. BB-Charles 2, Dyer,
Bosch, Gonzalez, Taylor, Briggs, Rojas.
GWRBI: Martin
Temperature: 67, Sky: cloudy, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH.
************** Top of the 7th inning, Mets batting
1-2 0 --- 10 Swoboda lined a single to shallow left, Swoboda to second
on an error by the left fielder Briggs (BX)
1-2 0 -2- 12 Goossen popped out to short (SCBX)
1-2 1 -2- 30 Charles was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-2 1 12- 22 Harrelson lined a single to shallow center, Swoboda out
at home, Charles to second (CBSBFX)
Stahl pinch hitting for Jackson
1-2 2 12- 22 Stahl struck out (CSBBS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Philadelphia batting
Short now pitching
1-2 0 --- 20 Gonzalez grounded out to first (BBX)
1-2 1 --- 21 Taylor grounded out to short (FBBX)
1-2 2 --- 12 Callison popped out to right (BFCFX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Mets batting
Lock now playing center field
1-2 0 --- 32 Agee struck out (SBBFBS)
1-2 1 --- 32 Heise flied out to center (BBCBFX)
1-2 2 --- 02 Grote struck out (CFS)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Philadelphia batting
1-2 0 --- 21 Briggs lined a single to shallow right (BBCX)
1-2 0 1-- 21 White lined a single to left, Briggs to second (BBS1X)
Frisella now pitching
1-2 0 12- 12 Pena grounded into a double play, Goossen to Harrelson to
Goossen, Briggs to third (FbBFX)
1-2 2 --3 30 Rojas was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-2 2 1-3 32 Ryan struck out (BBSSB1>S)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Mets batting
1-2 0 --- 12 Jones lined a single to shallow center (BFCX)
1-2 0 1-- 11 Swoboda singled down the left field line and shallow,
Jones to second (BF1X)
Collins pinch hitting for Goossen
1-2 0 12- 12 Collins grounded to the mound, forcing Jones at third,
Swoboda to second, Collins to first (BbC2FbX)
1-2 1 12- 12 Charles lined a single to shallow right, Swoboda to
third, Collins to second (CBSX)
1-2 1 123 11 Harrelson grounded out to first, Swoboda scored, Collins
to third, Charles to second (BCX)
Martin pinch hitting for Frisella
2-2 2 -23 21 Martin homered deep to right, Collins scored, Charles
scored (BFBX)
Dalrymple now playing catcher
Brown now pitching
5-2 2 --- 00 Agee grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Philadelphia batting
Collins moved to third base
Koonce now pitching
Martin moved to first base
5-2 0 --- 10 Dalrymple grounded out to third (BX)
5-2 1 --- 22 Lock grounded out to second (BBCCX)
5-2 2 --- 20 Taylor grounded out to third (BBX)
In that "other league" the Baltimore Orioles (95-64) have clinched the AL title and will prepare their pitching staff for the World Series while awaiting their opponent, either the: Pirates or METS (88-69), Cardinals (3rd @ 86-72) or possibly the Braves, who are still alive in 4th place (83-74), and facing the METS at Fulton County Stadium for 2 must win games starting tomorrow. Tom Seaver (16-8 2.08) will start on 3 days rest vs Phil Niekro (14-10 2.33) and Hank Aaron's (37-110 .299 13 SB) Braves. The two teams are 8-8 vs. each other so far in 1968. The Pirates have two more games at Forbes Field w/ the Reds (9th @ 69-88) where they've split the series first two games thus far before they finish with 3 games at Wrigley vs the Cubs (8th @ 71-87) this weekend.
I'm not sure what's going on w/ this game engine or my Dell Optiplex 160L but, I like it!!
9/22/1968, NYN68-Phi68, Connie Mack Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1968 Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 9 2 5 1
1968 Philadelphia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 9 1
Mets AB R H BI AVG Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG
Agee cf 5 0 0 0 .237 Gonzalez cf 3 0 0 0 .242
Koosman 2b 0 0 0 0 .083 Lock cf 1 0 0 0 .199
Dyer ph 0 0 0 0 .419 Taylor 3b 4 0 0 0 .252
Buchek pr 0 0 0 0 .100 Callison rf 4 0 2 0 .257
Bosch ph 0 0 0 0 .222 Briggs lf 3 1 1 0 .274
Linz 2b 0 0 0 0 .201 White 1b 4 0 1 0 .244
Shamsky ph 1 0 0 0 .259 Pena ss 4 1 3 0 .299
Heise 2b 1 0 0 0 .000 Rojas 2b 3 0 1 2 .224
Grote c 4 0 0 0 .330 Ryan c 4 0 0 0 .156
Jones lf 4 0 2 0 .330 Brown p 0 0 0 0 .000
Swoboda rf 4 1 2 0 .236 Fryman p 3 0 0 0 .070
Goossen 1b 3 0 0 0 .259 Dalrymple c 1 0 0 0 .191
Collins ph 1 1 0 0 .259 34 2 8 2
Charles 3b 2 2 2 0 .258
Koonce p 0 0 0 0 .000
Harrelson ss 4 0 2 1 .250
Cardwell p 1 0 0 0 .025
Kranepool ph 1 0 0 1 .223
Jackson p 0 0 0 0 .000
Stahl ph 1 0 0 0 .248
Short p 0 0 0 0 .000
Frisella p 0 0 0 0 .250
Martin ph 1 1 1 3 .224
33 5 9 5
Mets INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Cardwell 4.0 4 2 2 2 4 69 43 2.18
Jackson 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 35 23 2.74
Short 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 20 11 3.40
Frisella W 5-1 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 14 6 7.34
Koonce S 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 2.65
9.0 8 2 2 4 7 148 88
Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Fryman L 5-10 8.2 9 5 5 4 9 144 90 3.31
Brown 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20.25
9.0 9 5 5 4 9 145 91
NYN: Dyer batted for Koosman in the 1st
Buchek ran for Dyer in the 1st
Buchek moved to 2b in the 1st
Bosch batted for Buchek in the 4th
Linz inserted at 2b in the 4th
Kranepool batted for Cardwell in the 5th
Shamsky batted for Linz in the 6th
Heise inserted at 2b in the 6th
Stahl batted for Jackson in the 7th
Collins batted for Goossen in the 9th
Martin batted for Frisella in the 9th
Collins moved to 3b in the 9th
Martin moved to 1b in the 9th
Phi: Lock inserted at cf in the 8th
Dalrymple inserted at c in the 9th
E-Charles, Harrelson, Briggs. 2B-Pena. HR-Martin(
CS-Jones, Buchek, Callison, Rojas. K-Agee 3, Grote 2, Swoboda, Goossen,
Cardwell, Stahl, Briggs, White, Rojas, Ryan 3, Fryman. BB-Charles 2, Dyer,
Bosch, Gonzalez, Taylor, Briggs, Rojas.
GWRBI: Martin
Temperature: 67, Sky: cloudy, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH.
************** Top of the 7th inning, Mets batting
1-2 0 --- 10 Swoboda lined a single to shallow left, Swoboda to second
on an error by the left fielder Briggs (BX)
1-2 0 -2- 12 Goossen popped out to short (SCBX)
1-2 1 -2- 30 Charles was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-2 1 12- 22 Harrelson lined a single to shallow center, Swoboda out
at home, Charles to second (CBSBFX)
Stahl pinch hitting for Jackson
1-2 2 12- 22 Stahl struck out (CSBBS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Philadelphia batting
Short now pitching
1-2 0 --- 20 Gonzalez grounded out to first (BBX)
1-2 1 --- 21 Taylor grounded out to short (FBBX)
1-2 2 --- 12 Callison popped out to right (BFCFX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Mets batting
Lock now playing center field
1-2 0 --- 32 Agee struck out (SBBFBS)
1-2 1 --- 32 Heise flied out to center (BBCBFX)
1-2 2 --- 02 Grote struck out (CFS)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Philadelphia batting
1-2 0 --- 21 Briggs lined a single to shallow right (BBCX)
1-2 0 1-- 21 White lined a single to left, Briggs to second (BBS1X)
Frisella now pitching
1-2 0 12- 12 Pena grounded into a double play, Goossen to Harrelson to
Goossen, Briggs to third (FbBFX)
1-2 2 --3 30 Rojas was walked intentionally (IIII)
1-2 2 1-3 32 Ryan struck out (BBSSB1>S)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Mets batting
1-2 0 --- 12 Jones lined a single to shallow center (BFCX)
1-2 0 1-- 11 Swoboda singled down the left field line and shallow,
Jones to second (BF1X)
Collins pinch hitting for Goossen
1-2 0 12- 12 Collins grounded to the mound, forcing Jones at third,
Swoboda to second, Collins to first (BbC2FbX)
1-2 1 12- 12 Charles lined a single to shallow right, Swoboda to
third, Collins to second (CBSX)
1-2 1 123 11 Harrelson grounded out to first, Swoboda scored, Collins
to third, Charles to second (BCX)
Martin pinch hitting for Frisella
2-2 2 -23 21 Martin homered deep to right, Collins scored, Charles
scored (BFBX)
Dalrymple now playing catcher
Brown now pitching
5-2 2 --- 00 Agee grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Philadelphia batting
Collins moved to third base
Koonce now pitching
Martin moved to first base
5-2 0 --- 10 Dalrymple grounded out to third (BX)
5-2 1 --- 22 Lock grounded out to second (BBCCX)
5-2 2 --- 20 Taylor grounded out to third (BBX)

