Nolan Ryan: The Mets Years (Part Two: 1970- 1972 & The Trade)
After the Championship-1970: Nolan Ryan's first start after being a World Series Champion, came on Saturday April 18th at Shea Stadium, in a match up against the Philadelphia Phillies. It was one of his best regular season performances in a Met uniform. After allowing a leadoff single to infielder Denny Doyle, Ryan never gave up another hit. He did walk six batters, but threw a one hit shutout, striking out fifteen batters in a 7-0 win. In his next start he was almost as good, but allowed one run, on just two hits in eight innings, but took a 1-0 loss at Dodger Stadium, to Claude Osteen. The only run came on Maury Wills 3rd inning RBI single. On April 30th in San Francisco, he pitched a three-hitter complete game, allowing just one run to beat the Giants & Mike McCormick in another 2-1 squeaker. Joe Foy's two run 1st inning single was the difference. In his first three games of 1970 he was 2-1, had only allowed two earned runs (0.69 ERA) & struck out twent