PotG, Mets Baltimore @ Mets, 10/14/1969, Game Three

[Guest Edgy DC]

Boxscore and Play-by-Play:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN196910140.shtml
Frayed Knot's Descriptions and Accounts (Re-Posted Without Express Written Consent):
Tuesday, October 14 - World Series Game 3 - Shea Stadium: Mets 5 - Orioles 0 -- Gary Gentry vs Jim Palmer

Weaver goes back to his game 1 catcher Hendricks and otherwise sticks to his usual starting seven but Gil stacks the lineup with lefties (Barrett, Shamsky, Krnaepool, Boswell) against the RH Palmer.

Don Buford - LF
Paul Blair - CF
Frank Robinson - RF
Boog Powell - 1B
Brooks Robinson - 3B
Elrod Hendricks - C
Davey Johnson - 2B
Mark Belanger - SS
Jim Palmer - P


Agee - CF
Garrett - 3B
Jones - LF
Shamsky - RF
Boswell - 2B
Kranepool - 1B
Grote - C
Harrellson - SS
Gentry - P

The game that could have carried the sub-title of; �Mets score five, Agee saves five

- But first it�s Agee�s bat that leads off 1st inning with a HR (and starts a trend of NYM WS Game 3 leadoff HRs)
- Gentry�s 2-out, 2-RBI double in the 2nd scores Grote & Harrelson and makes a 3-0 lead
- Orioles don�t get their first hits until the 4th. One-out singles from F. Robinson & Powell are followed by a B. Robinson K and then a run-saving inning-ending catch by Agee on Hendricks� drive (that was the back-hander in deep LCF)
- In the 6th Grote�s double drives in Boswell and it�s 4-0 Mets
- Gentry gets the first two outs in the 7th but then walks the bases loaded ending his day. Paul Blair is Ryan�s first hitter and his drive to RCF is snagged inches off the ground by a diving Agee to end the inning and save probably 3 more runs.
- Ryan retires the side in the top of the 8th, Kranepool HRs in the bottom off reliever Dennis Leonhard for the Mets fifth run
- Ryan then loads the base in the 9th on a walk - single - walk after getting the first two, but gets Blair looking for the final out.

Despite all the threats, the vaunted Oriole bats are held to 4 singles (plus 7 walks) one day after being held to just 2 singles.

Mets lead series 2-1

Game Time = 2:23

[G-Fafif]

[Re thread title: It's Game Three]

Agee 6
Gentry 2
Ryan 1
Kranepool 1

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's hard to know how much to credit Gentry and Ryan when Agee saved both their asses, but Brooks Robinson said Gentry impressed the O's more than Seaver or Koosman.

Not that you get Schaefer for making a good impression.

[HahnSolo]

Gentry also drove in 2 runs early.
Ryan entered the game with a 4-run lead, granted the bases were loaded.

Agee 4.25
Gentry 3.5
Ryan 1.25
Grote .5
Kranepool .5

[Guest themetfairy]

Gentry - 4.5
Ryan - .75
Harrelson - .25
Kranepool - .75
Grote - .75
Agee - 2.75
Boswell - .25

[Guest Edgy DC]

[Re thread title: It's Game Three][/quote:2bqcr7sy]

I share Frayed Knot's capacity for sloppy cut-'n'-pastin'.

[ashie62]

Gentry 4
Agee 4
Grote 0.5
Kranepool 0.5