Cleon Jones: All Time Mets Left Fielder (Part Two) The Seventies & Beyond
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Cleon Jones (Part Two): After the Championship- 1970: Cleon started the season with a pair of hits & an RBI in the 5-3 Opening Day win in Pittsburgh. Multi- Three RBI Game: On April 16th he had his first multi-RBI game of the year, driving in three runs in a 7-4 loss to the Pirates. Thru the first ten games he hit well to bat over .300 but then slumped & was batting at the .200 mark by the end of May, although he did have twenty RBIs. On May 27th, Jones hit a two-run single off the Cardinals Steve Carlton, bringing two of the three runs in Gary Gentry's three hit shut out at Shea. In that game Tommie Agee stole home for the third run. On May 30th, Jones helped the Mets come from behind 2-0 with a 6th inning RBI single off Houston's Larry Dieker. In the 8th inning his RBI triple off Dieker tied the game. Cleon then scored what was the games winning run-on Ken Boswell's base hit. Jones was still struggling at the plate as he was only...