Some final out of clinching games trivia

[stevejrogers]

Mets have clinched all their previous postseason apperances on the field and doing it defensivly, ditto with their LCS and WS apperances so the trivia questions are:

A) Who was the Met opponent
Pitcher on the mound
C) Batter who made final out
D) What play was it

This is for the

1969 NL East
1969 NLCS
1969 WS

1973 NL East
1973 NLCS

1986 NL East
1986 NLCS
1986 WS

1988 NL East

1999 Wild Card Clincher

2000 Wild Card Clincher
2000 NLDS
2000 NLCS

Bonus is same circumstances where the Mets clinched something in their last at bat

1999 Clincher to play in the Wild Card Play-In Game
1999 NLDS

Clearly the majority of questions are beyond easy!

[Guest cooby]

Clearly the majority of questions are beyond easy!

Oh, ho ho! Not for those of us with poor memories!

[HahnSolo]

1969 NL East
Shea V. St. Louis. Not sure who was on mound. Joe Torre 4-6-3 double play?


1969 WS
Shea v. Baltimore. Davey Johnson fly to left (Cleon Jones). Koosman pitching.

1973 NL East
Wrigley Field vs. Cubs. Tug on mound, ground out to John Milner at 1B. Don't know the batter.

1986 NL East
Shea vs. Cubs. Gooden on mound. Chico Walker ground out. Backman to Hernandez

1986 NLCS
Astrodome. Orosco strikes out Kevin Bass

[seawolf17]

SteveJRogers wrote: 1999 Clincher to play in the Wild Card Play-In Game

I know this because I was there, feeling the upper deck bounce like a set of fake bazooms(1): Brad Clontz, wild pitch to Mike Piazza, scoring Melvin Mora.

And since nobody mentioned it yet, the '86 WS is obviously Jesse O striking out Marty Barrett.

(1) Somers, Brett. (1975.) "Match Game 75." Hollywood, CA: Goodson & Todman.

[TransMonk]

If I remember correctly in 2000 they clinched the wild card they day after they got eliminated from the division, so even though they wrapped up the wild card spot (in a win against the Braves I believe), it still felt hollow to celebrate too hard after coming so close to the winning the division.

[stevejrogers]

Okay, answers are as follows: (Thanks to UMDB and Retro Sheet for dates and stuff I didn't know, or remembered)

1969
NL East 9/24
Shea Gentry on the mound, Joe Torre (Cardinals grounds into a 6-4-3 DP

NLCS 10/6
Shea Ryan on the mound, Tony Gonzalez (Braves) grounds to third

WS 10/16
Shea Koosman on the mound, Davey Johnson (Orioles) flies out to Left

1973
NL East 10/1
Chicago McGraw on the mound, Glenn Beckert (Cubs) Lines into a DP back to First

NLCS 10/10
Shea McGraw on the mound, Dan Driessen (Reds) grounds out first to pitcher

1986
NL East 9/17
Shea Gooden on the mound, Chico Walker (Cubs) grounds out to second

NLCS 10/15
Houston Jesse Orosco on the mound, Kevin Bass (Astros) Strike Out

WS 10/27
Shea Jesse Orosco on the mound, Marty Barrett (Red Sox) Strike Out

1988
NL East 9/22
Shea Ron Darling on the mound, Lance Parrish (Phillies) Strike Out

1999
NL Wild Card Play In Tie Forcer Game 10/3
Shea Brad Clontz (Pirates) throws wild pitch, Melvin Mora scores winning run

NL Wild Card Play-In Game 10/4
Cincinnati Leiter on the mound Larkin (Reds) Lines to 2nd

NLDS 10/9
Shea Todd Pratt Solo HR off of Matt Mantei (Diamondbacks)

2000
NL Wild Card 9/27
Shea Benitez on the mound, Keith Lockhart (Braves) Strike Out

NLDS 10/8
Shea Bobby Jones on the mound, Barry Bonds (Giants) Fly out to Center

NLCS 10/16
Shea Hampton on the mound, Rick Wilkins (Cardinals) Fly out to Center[/url]