A young man, named Jim McAndrew had a quiet career in the shadows of some of those great pitchers. In August 1969, McAndrew threw back to back shut outs, won three straight games & pitched three straight complete games, keeping the Mets in the pennant race.
On this night he went up against, future Hall of Famer; Gaylord Perry & manager Clyde King's (64-57) San Francisco Giants. A big paid crowd of 48,414 came to Shea for the big game.
Starting Lineups
San Francisco Giants | New York Mets | |||||
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1 | Bobby Bonds | RF | 1 | Tommie Agee | CF | |
2 | Don Mason | 2B | 2 | Bobby Pfeil | 3B | |
3 | Willie Mays | CF | 3 | Cleon Jones | LF | |
4 | Willie McCovey | 1B | 4 | Art Shamsky | RF | |
5 | Ken Henderson | LF | 5 | Wayne Garrett | 2B | |
6 | Bobby Etheridge | 3B | 6 | Ed Kranepool | 1B | |
7 | Dick Dietz | C | 7 | Bud Harrelson | SS | |
8 | Hal Lanier | SS | 8 | Duffy Dyer | C | |
9 | Gaylord Perry | P | 9 | Jim McAndrew |
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He struck out six Giants & walked three, on his way to the 6-0 shut out. Don Mason a .217 hitter at the time, had the two hits as the bats of Willie Mays, Willie McCovey & Bobby Bonds all went a combined 0-9.
The Mets scored off Gaylord Perry as early as the 1st inning, back to back doubles from Bobby Pfeil & Art Shamsky made it 1-0. In the 2nd, Bud Harrelson singled, then catcher Duffy Dyer reached on an error. Next, Tommie Agee singled, scoring Harrelson, making it 2-0. Dyer was thrown out at third & Agee advanced on the throw.
In the home 5th, Art Shamsky blasted a three run HR, knocking Perry out of the game. It was Shamsky's 10th of the year. Wayne Garrett doubled & Harrelson tripled (his 5th of the year) off Ray Sadecki to cap off the 6-0 Mets win.
McAndrew struck out six on the night, walking three in the two hit shut out. He
would be part of both the 1969 World Champion Mets team & the 1973 Pennant winner. He pitched an overall six seasons with the Mets going 36-49 with four saves & a 3.54 ERA.
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