The O's felt they were right where they were suppose to be. Baltimore & rest of the world believed that the Mets ran out of steam & had finally met their match.
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Pre Game Mets Starting Line Up Introductions |
On this day in Baltimore, on national TV in front of all of America, it showed.
Starting Lineups
New York Mets | Baltimore Orioles | |||||
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1 | Tommie Agee | CF | 1 | Don Buford | LF | |
2 | Bud Harrelson | SS | 2 | Paul Blair | CF | |
3 | Cleon Jones | LF | 3 | Frank Robinson | RF | |
4 | Donn Clendenon | 1B | 4 | Boog Powell | 1B | |
5 | Ron Swoboda | RF | 5 | Brooks Robinson | 3B | |
6 | Ed Charles | 3B | 6 | Davey Johnson | 2B | |
7 | Jerry Grote | C | 7 | Andy Etchebarren | C | |
8 | Al Weis | 2B | 8 | Mark Belanger | SS | |
9 | Jerry Koosman | P | 9 | Dave McNally | P |

Jerry Koosman struck out Orioles lead off batter Don Buford, in the 1st inning to set the tone for his game. Two fly ball outs ended the inning quickly.

In the top of the 4th inning, Donn Clendenon led off the inning with a solo HR off Dave McNally, it was his first of three World Series HRs that year for the soon to be named Series MVP.

In the 5th & 6th innings, Koosman retired the sides in order, setting down seven straight Oriole batters. Up to that point he had himself a no hitter through the first six innings.
In the 7th, Paul Blair led off with a single, ruining the no hit bid. Koosman got Frank Robinson to line out to Agee in center & Boog Powell to pop out to Bud Harrelson.
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An excited Mets dugout congratulates Donn Clendenon on HR
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With Brooks Robinson up, Blair stole second base. Then Brooks singled to centerfield scoring Blair with the first run of the game. The next batter Davey Johnson, grounded out finishing off the inning.
The Mets went down in order in the top of the 8th as McNally was cruising along very nicely himself, he had only allowed one hit since the Clendenon HR, a double to Ed Charles in the 7th.
Koosman came out for the 8th inning, he got Andy Etchebarren to line out, struck out Mark Belanger looking & got the pitcher McNally to fly out.
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"The Glider" Ed Charles singles & slides safely into second base after Jerry Grote's basehit |
Dave McNally started out the top of the 9th, by striking out Clendenon. Ron Swoboda then grounded out.
With two outs, "The Glider" Ed Charles got his second hit of the day, a single to left field. Jerry Grote followed up with a base hit of his own, putting two men on for New York.
Next up Al Weis, a .215 hitter during the regular season, who already had a hit on the day, came through big time.


Koosman came on to pitch the 9th inning. He got Don Buford to fly out to Swoboda in right field for the first out. He then got Paul Bair to ground out to Bud Harrelson for the second out.

The Mets top reliever in 1969, Ron Taylor got Brooks Robinson to ground out to Ed Charles at third base. The Mets had won their first World Series game in their history and were coming to New York tied at one game each.

For Baltimore, McNally pitched himself a good game as well, he threw all nine innings, allowing two runs on six hits, with three walks & seven strike outs, taking the loss.
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