Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 30, 1969

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Previous Game:
July 27, 1969
Reds 6, Mets 3 1969 Regular Season Game 97
July 30, 1969
Astros 16, Mets 3 Next Game:
July 30, 1969
Astros 11, Mets 5

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JULY 30, 1969 GAME:

Emmett
July 31, 2002
In the glory year of '69, this is one of the days my father decides to take me to Shea. An absolute disaster. Two embarrassing losses to Houston. Two grand slams in ONE inning by the Astros (Menke and Wynn, I think). It's the day that Gil Hodges made the long walk to retrieve Cleon from left field. But what really compelled me to write is this: when the Mets got spanked last night -- July 30, 2002 --- the score was 16- 3. I thought, the score, the opponent, the date, they sound familiar. Sure enough, the Astros beat the Mets 16-3 in the first game of this doubleheader disaster on the same exact date in 1969. 16-3! Then a repeat performance against the same team exactly 33 years later. Can't make this stuff up. Let's Go Mets!

NYB Buff
December 10, 2021
In addition to the walloping the Mets took from their biggest '69 nemesis, there is one noteworthy thing about Jim Wynn's grand slam (the Astros' second of the ninth inning after one by Denis Menke.) The runner on third was Houston relief pitcher Fred Gladding, who got on base with a single that drove home Curt Blefary. This was Gladding's only hit of his 63 at-bats (an average of .016) over thirteen major league seasons. It was also the only run Gladding ever scored in his career.

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