Remembering Mets History (1970) Tom Seaver Ties MLB Record With 19 Strike Outs In A Game
That same afternoon he took the mound in front of 14,197 fans, facing Preston Gomez's San Diego Padres with their bright yellow early seventies road uniforms. The Friars sent pitcher Mike Corkins to the mound to face Seaver.
Trivia: There were many school kids in attendance on class trips at this historic Shea matinee, it was also the first Earth Day to be recognized in the United States.
Seaver started the day with two strike outs in the 1st inning. The Met offense provided a run in the bottom of the 1st, as Bud Harrelson singled & scored on a Ken Boswell double.
In the top of the 2nd, Seaver gave up one of the two hits he would surrender on the day; a solo HR to Al Ferrara. Ferrara a former L.A. Dodger who had some small acting roles on Batman & Gilligan's Islands TV series'.

Starting Lineups
1 | Jose Arcia | SS |
2 | Van Kelly | 3B |
3 | Cito Gaston | CF |
4 | Al Ferrara | LF |
5 | Nate Colbert | 1B |
6 | Dave Campbell | 2B |
7 | Jerry Morales | RF |
8 | Bob Barton | C |
9 | Mike Corkins | P |
1 | Tommie Agee | CF |
2 | Bud Harrelson | SS |
3 | Ken Boswell | 2B |
4 | Cleon Jones | LF |
5 | Art Shamsky | RF |
6 | Joe Foy | 3B |
7 | Ed Kranepool | 1B |
8 | Jerry Grote | C |
9 | Tom Seaver | P |

In the top of the 2nd, Seaver gave up one of the two hits he would surrender on the day; a solo HR to Al Ferrara. Ferrara a former L.A. Dodger who had some small acting roles on Batman & Gilligan's Islands TV series'.
In the 3rd inning, Seaver got Corkins & third baseman; Van Kelly to strike out, numbers four & five. In the bottom half of the 3rd, the Mets Tommy Agee led off with a base hit & then quickly scored on a Bud Harrelson triple.
Seaver rolled along, in the 4th although he gave up his second hit, a single to Al Ferrara, he struck out Cito Gaston & Jerry Morales, strike out numbers six & seven.
Seaver would get better as the game went on, from the last out of the 6th inning to then last out of the 9th, he struck out everybody. He struck out the last ten batters of the game, setting a record that still stands today. Four of those batters went down looking.

On this historic day he would need one more strike out to tie Steve Carlton for the single game strikeout record of nineteen. With two outs the last batter was none other than; Al Ferrara, the only guy who had hit Seaver all day. Seaver threw two sliders and two fastballs past him to tie the MLB single game strike out record.
In addition to the last ten batters striking out, Seaver had retired the last 16 batters of the game as well. Seaver threw 136 pitches in the game, 81 fastballs, 34 sliders, 19 curve balls, & only two change ups.
The win was his 13th regular season win in a row, dating back tho the 1969 regular season, he was 3-0 at that point for 1970.
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