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Miley BB CD 1969 Cardinals-Mets 9/23
Called by Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson

The Mets beat Bob Gibson to clinch a tie for the NL East Division Championship.  Two singles and a sacrifice tie the game in the 8th, and three singles push across the winning run in the 11th.

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New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 23, 1969 (N) at Shea Stadium

STL N    0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   2 12  0
NY N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 10 1
BATTING
St. Louis Cardinals          AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Brock lf 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 0
Flood cf 6 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
Pinson rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Torre 1b 5 0 2 1 0 1 10 2
McCarver c 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
Shannon 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Javier 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 3
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2
Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DaVanon ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 0
Totals 45 2 12 1 2 5 31 11
BATTING - 
2B: Pinson (22,off McAndrew); Torre (29,off McAndrew); Javier (28,off McAndrew);
McCarver (24,off McGraw).
GDP: Flood (14,off McAndrew).
IBB: Javier (11,by McGraw).
Team LOB: 12.
New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Agee cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 0
Garrett 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 3
Shamsky lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Otis pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Martin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gaspar lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Kranepool 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
Swoboda rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0
Grote c 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Harrelson ss 3 1 2 1 2 0 3 3
McAndrew p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Gosger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McGraw p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 40 3 10 3 3 5 33 12
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Harrelson-Boswell-Kranepool.
E: Boswell (18).
BATTING - 
SH: Garrett (6,off Gibson).
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Agee (12,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).
PITCHING
St. Louis Cardinals          IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Gibson L(18-13) 10.1 10 3 3 3 5 0 44
New York Mets                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
McAndrew 7 9 2 0 0 3 0 30
McGraw W(9-3) 4 3 0 0 2 2 0 17
Totals 11 12 2 0 2 5 0 47
IBB: McGraw (6,Javier).
Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Al Barlick, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - John Kibler