| Polo Grounds | 6/9-6/11 |
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1961-Chi (28-22) 4th | @ |
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1962-NY (14-41) 10th |
| 8 | R-Don Cardwell (8-2, 3.65) | @ | 9 | R-Roger Craig (2-5, 5.80) |
| 6 | R-Glen Hobbie (5-5, 4.35) | @ | 4 | L-Willard Hunter (0-1, 15.75) |
| 11 | L-Dick Ellsworth (3-5, 4.58) | @ | 13 | L-Al Jackson (1-10, 5.59) |
Pre-Game:
Game 1: Welcome to Polo Grounds V for today's game between Chicago and New York (N). New York (N) has won just 1 of their last 10. Don Cardwell starts for Chicago. He's made 10 starts on the year and is 8 and 2 with an ERA of 3.65. He'll be opposed by Roger Craig. He's made 12 starts on the year and is 2 and 5 with an ERA of 5.80. It's 81 degrees, wind speed 10 mph, out to lf. Play Ball!
Game 2: Welcome to Polo Grounds V for today's game between Chicago and New York (N). New York (N) has won just 2 of their last 10. Glen Hobbie will start for Chicago. He's made 12 starts on the year and is 5 and 6 with an ERA of 4.43. He'll be opposed by Willard Hunter. He'll be making his first start of the year. Chicago left fielder Ernie Banks is riding a 10 game hitting streak. It's 79 degrees. Play Ball!
Game 3: Welcome to Polo Grounds V for today's game between Chicago and New York (N). New York (N) has won just 2 of their last 10. Dick Ellsworth takes the mound for Chicago. He's made 11 starts on the year and is 3 and 5 with an ERA of 4.58. He'll be opposed by Al Jackson. He's made 11 starts on the year and is 1 and 10 with an ERA of 5.59. New York (N) left fielder Joe Christopher is riding a 10 game hitting streak. It's 78 degrees, wind speed 5 mph, in from rf. Play Ball!
Series Results:
Mets 2, Cubs 1: Chicago was on a roll heading into this series and
might have taken the lowly
Mets lightly...or Chicago's poor pitching might have finally come to the
surface and hurt them. the Cubs could have swept the series if they
could have received at least some mediocre pitching at best. Their
bullpen, especially Don Elston, let them down in each game. New York's
Frank Thomas is having an improbable season and leads the league in HR's
(25) and RBI's (71). His .353 batting average puts him up there with a
shot for the triple crown. Time and time again in this series, the Cub
pitchers decided to throw to Thomas when bases were open or there were 2
outs and Frank made them pay. George Altman was the hitting star in
game 2 for the Cubbies as he nailed 2 dingers himself.
Boxscores:
New York (N) Edges Chicago 9-8, 2 HRs For Thomas,F
Chicago Beats New York (N) 6-4, 2 HRs For Altman
New York (N) Beats Chicago 13-11
Managers:
Marc Weiss (Mets)
Philles 2, Pirates 1:
Giants
3, Cardinals 0: The Giants returned to Candlestick after having an
average road trip and returned to glorious form crushing the Cards in a 3
game set. Time and time again the Giants sluggers would knock in a key
run with 2 outs. St. Louis reverted back to the dreadful combination
of poor offense and sub par hitting. Ernie Broglio pitched his final
game in a Cardinal uniform in the finale. Rumor has it that he will be
traded to Chicago for a light hitting outfielder named Brock. How this
is going to help the Cardinals is anyone's guess.
catcher Merritt Ranew singled in Mejia with 2 outs. the score stayed
1-0, until the top of the 8th when Milwaukee tagged Houston for 4 runs and
what looked like a comfortable 3 run lead with 2 innings to go. No
lead is comfortable when Milwaukee's bullpen is entrusted to protected.
In the bottom of the 8th Houston slammed 3 runs off of the Braves hapless
arms to tie the game at 4 and subsequently win it in the bottom of the 9th
as Roman Mejias came through again and singled home Al Spangler. -contributed
by distantreplay-