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Week 2:
The Mets hit the road to start a 4 city tour in LA.
@LA (W 2-1) - Spahn pitched well, giving up just 1 ER. However, it took 14 innings for the Mets to pull off a 2-1 win on a Roy McMillan single. Tug McGraw picked up his first save of the season.
@LA (L 1-4) - Don Drysdale held the Mets to just a solo shot by Jim Hickman.
@LA (L 0-2) - Jack Fisher's 2-run CG was overshadowed by Sandy Koufax's 1 hit, 12K performance.
@SF (W 5-3) - Gary Kroll and the BP kept pace with Gaylord Perry's 3 run performance, forcing another extra inning affair, which the Met's won with an Ed Kranepool 2 run single.
@SF (L 3-7)
@SF (L 2-4) - The Mets led 2-0 early on, but Willie Mays hit his 500th career HR to tie the game in the 4th. The Giants went on to win as Marichal beat Jackson.
@SF (W 4-2) - The Mets took game 2 of a DH, behind a strong pitching performance by Warren Spahn. Spahn had a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the 9th, but gave up a game tying HR to Willie Mays. Bobby Klaus hit a 2 run double to give the Mets the lead for good in the 12th.
The Mets dropped to 5th place, with a 7-6 record, 3.5 back of the 9-1 Reds. In the AL, the Twins are 7-1, leading CAL, BOS and CWS by 1G.
Tony Oliva's 37 game hitting streak has come to an end. Deron Johnson of CIN leads MLB with a .500 avg. Don Drysdale leads with 33Ks.
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