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Flitgun Frankie
August 21, 2020
Not old enough to remember this game when it was played, but just listened to a recording of the original broadcast, and it must have been Canada Day at the Polo Grounds. How many games in the 60's had three different Canadian pitchers on the mound during the game: Ken MacKenzie, Claude Raymond and Rain Piché? And two of them getting the decisions: MacKenzie (W) and Raymond (L). Neither Murphy, Kiner or Nelson made mention of this during the game or the wrap up. I kept waiting to see how the Mets would lose this one, but they didn't! I remember Claude Raymond later on when he pitched for the Expos.

NYB Buff
September 21, 2023
Jim Hickman hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to win this one for the Mets. It was the opening game of doubleheader at the Polo Grounds. The Mets would be victorious in the second game as well to complete a four-game series sweep over the Braves.

As Flitgun Frankie points out, three Canadian pitchers took the mound in the game. Tim Harkness, also from Canada, was walked intentionally as a pinch-hitter for Ken MacKenzie (his countryman) just before Hickman's slam. Like Milwaukee relievers Ron Piche and Claude Raymond, Harkness was a native of Quebec.



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