National League Standings, September 17, 1966
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE SEPTEMBER 17, 1966 GAME:
Flitgun Frankie
December 9, 2020
Larry Miller had the type of game that ends careers, and this one ended his. His last game for the Mets and last game in the Major Leagues. He takes a one run lead into the 9th inning, gets the first two guys out, then the Giants send up Jim Ray Hart as a pinch hitter. Hart had worn out the Mets' pitching that year, with 8 HR's against them up to then. Well, he hit #9 and tied up the game, sending it into extra innings.
Maybe Wes Westrum should have taken a hint, but he didn't. He kept Miller in for the tenth. Mays got on first with a single and then McCovey hit a HR. Giants win 6-4. Listening to the broadcast first time, I didn't know the result before hand, but I guessed what was going to happen. When McCovey got up, I said, "here it comes". It was McCovey's 3rd HR of the game. This game was like one of their 1962 losses, and, sadly for him, it spelled the end of Larry Miller.
Also, it was probably Al Luplow's best day in the majors. He hit two HR's himself, but all for nought. The Mets had 3 HR's, because Ken Boyer also hit one. The wind must have been blowing out in Candlestick that day. Also, future Met Ken Henderson played in this game. I didn't realize he was playing this early on. He must have been a teenager. He didn't do (or play) much for the Mets, but was a pretty good player for the White Sox for a few years. He's one of those guys you think could have been really good, like all-star quality, if he didn't spend half his career on the DL.
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