2000 Mets take 2 of 3 from '62 Giants

Game 1 at Candlestick Park

Mets 5 Giants 3  11 innings

Todd Zeile hit a three run HR in the top of the 11^th to win it for the Mets. The HR came off reliever Don Larsen. Mets took 2-0 lead only to see the Jints tie it in the 6^th on a 2 RBI triple by Jim Davenport. The Giants took the lead in the 7^th on a Jose Pagan single. In the 9^th, the Mets tied it when Darryl Hamilton pinch hit a triple with 2 outs to score Jay Payton with the tying run.

 

John Franco won it in relief. Armando Benitez pitched a 1-2-3 11^th for his second save

 

Game 2 at Shea Stadium

Mets 7 Giants 4 10 innings

The Mets win in extra innings as Todd Zeile does it again! This time, the Mets first sacker hits a 3 run walk off HR in the bottom of the 10^th – winning the game with an extra inning HR for the second day in a row. Once again Don Larsen, doing his best Byung-jun Kim imitation, was victimized and took the loss.

 

Giants took a 1-0 lead on a second inning HR by Felipe Alou. The Mets tied it in the third on an RBI double by Derek Bill and took the lead on a 2 run HR by Melvin Mora. The Giants came right back to tie it, in the 5^th, on back to back HRs by Davenport and Tom Haller. In the 9^th, Davenport hit his second HR of the game to put SF ahead 4-3 but the resilient Mets tied it once again, in the bottom of the 9^th, as pinch hitter Timo Perez comes through with a 2 out single to drive in Lenny Harris and tie the score. That set the stage for Zeile's 10^th inning heroics.

 

Rick White was the winner in relief.

Game 3

Giants 6 Mets 3  at Shea Stadium

 

The Giants salvage the final game of the series, beating up on Mets starter Bobby Jones for 5 runs in 6 innings. Trailing 2-1 in the 5^th, the Giants took the lead for good on a 2 run HR by Willie Mays, his 5^th of the year. SF extended the lead in the 6^th on an RBI double by Harvey Kuenn and added another run in the 7^th on a solo blast by Felipe Alou (5). Mike Piazza hit a solo HR in the 9^th but it was too little too late for the Mets

 

Kuenn was 3-4 with a double and 2 RBIs. Piazza was 4-5 with a HR and 3 RBIs. Billy O' Dell started and got the win. Stu Miller pitched 2 1/3 hitless innings in relief to pick up his first save of the season

 

The Mets are now 7-10 as they try to get out of the NL East cellar. The Giants are 5-12, also fighting to get out of the cellar in the NL West.

 

Next up: the 2000 Mets play the 2009 Phillies in a four game set, while the 62 Giants take on the 1939 Reds in a four game series of their own

--submitted by A.Raylesberg--