The Mets rallied for two runs in the ninth inning on a bases-loaded single by Tommie Agee to edge the Phillies, 7-6, and pull within three games of the Pirates in the hot East division race. The Phillies had a 2-0 lead behind the one-hit pitching of Jim Bunning going into the sixth inning when Bud Harrelson walked and scored on a two-out double by Wayne Garrett. Cleon Jones was walked and Bunning, in disgust over the call, let his glove fly off his hand and was ejected from the game by umpire Stan Landes. After Woodie Fryman took over, Art Shamsky walked and Donn Clendenon and Ken Boswell followed with two-run singles to put the Mets ahead, 5-2.

The Phillies came back to regain the lead with four runs in the eighth. Hits by Oscar Gamble and Willie Montanez, around a walk to Larry Hisle, loaded the bases. Tony Taylor cleared the sacks with a triple and scored himself on a sacrifice fly by Ron Stone. In the ninth, Boswell and Ed Kranepool singled and Harrelson walked to load the bases. Ron Swoboda struck out, but with the infield playing in, Agee dribbled his hit past first baseman Montanez to drive in the Mets' tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 7, Philadelphia Phillies 6
Game Played on Tuesday, September 22, 1970 (Night game) at Connie Mack Stadium
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  5    0  0  2  -   7  8  0
Phillies     0  0  2    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   6  9  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Agee cf               5   0   2   2     0   2   .280      Bowa ss               3   0   2   1     0   0   .252
Garrett 3b            5   1   1   1     0   1   .251        Harmon ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .248
Jones lf              3   1   0   0     2   2   .284      Taylor 2b             4   1   2   3     0   1   .292
Shamsky rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .298      Stone lf              3   0   0   1     0   1   .267
  Gaspar rf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .254
Clendenon 1b          4   1   1   2     0   1   .291        Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Boswell 2b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .255      McCarver c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .244
Grote c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .251        G. Jackson pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .093
  Kranepool ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .140      Money 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .301
  Weis pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .210      Gamble rf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .263
  Dyer c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Hisle cf              3   2   1   1     1   0   .200
Harrelson ss          1   1   0   0     3   0   .239      Bunning p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .129
McAndrew p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .135        Fryman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .128
  Marshall ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .257        Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .308        Montanez ph,1b      1   1   1   0     0   0   .300
  Ryan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .186
  Swoboda ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .230
  Chance p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7   8   7     6   9             Totals               32   6   9   6     2   7

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance:  5,064
Left on Base: Mets 6, Phillies 2
DP: Mets 2, Phillies 1
Doubles: Garrett (17)
Triples: Gamble (4), Hisle (3), Taylor (9)
Stolen Bases: Harrelson (23), Agee 2 (30)
Caught Stealing: Taylor (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Frisella (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Stone (4)
GIDP: Stone (5), Hisle (9)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McAndrew                5     4   2   2   0   5   0  18   3.48
Frisella                2.1   4   4   4   1   2   0  11   3.38
Ryan W(7-10)            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.49
Chance SV(1)            1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.31
Totals                  9     9   6   6   2   7   0  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bunning                 5.2   2   3   3   2   4   0  21   4.09
Fryman                  0     2   2   2   1   0   0   3   4.09
Wilson                  2.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   8   4.95
Selma L(7-8)            1     3   2   2   2   3   0   8   2.68
Totals                  9     8   7   7   6   9   0  40

Wild Pitches: McAndrew (6)

Umpires: HP - Stan Landes, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Augie Donatelli


METS 1ST: Agee flied out to left; Garrett popped to second;
Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa popped to pitcher; Taylor singled to left;
Taylor was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Stone
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

METS 2ND: Shamsky singled to right; Clendenon popped to catcher;
Boswell popped to catcher in foul territory; Grote flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson struck out; McCarver flied out to center;
Money flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies
0.

METS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (second to first); McAndrew
struck out; Agee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Gamble tripled to left; Hisle tripled to left
[Gamble scored]; Bunning struck out; Bowa singled to right
[Hisle scored]; McAndrew threw a wild pitch [Bowa to second];
Taylor struck out; Stone lined to pitcher; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Mets 0, Phillies 2.

METS 4TH: Garrett flied out to right; Jones grounded out
(shortstop to first); Shamsky flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
McCarver flied out to center; Money struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 2.

METS 5TH: Clendenon grounded out (second to first); Boswell
popped to shortstop; Grote flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Gamble grounded out (second to first); Hisle flied
out to center; Bunning grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Phillies 2.

METS 6TH: Harrelson walked; MARSHALL BATTED FOR MCANDREW;
Harrelson stole second; Marshall flied to left in foul
territory; Agee was called out on strikes; Garrett doubled to
right [Harrelson scored]; Jones walked; Jim Bunning and
Phillies Manager Frank Lucchesi ejected by HP umpire Stan
Landes; FRYMAN REPLACED BUNNING (PITCHING); Shamsky walked
[Garrett to third, Jones to second]; Clendenon singled to left
[Garrett scored, Jones scored, Shamsky to third, Clendenon to
second (on throw)]; Boswell singled to right [Shamsky scored,
Clendenon scored]; WILSON REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Grote
forced Boswell (shortstop to second); 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: FRISELLA REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Bowa
singled to left; Taylor flied to right in foul territory; Stone
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher)
[Bowa out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Phillies 2.

METS 7TH: Harrelson walked; Frisella hit into a double play
(pitcher to second) [Harrelson out at third (pitcher to second
to third)]; Agee singled to first; Agee stole second; Larry
Bowa ejected by 2B umpire Satch Davidson; HARMON REPLACED
BOWA (PLAYING SS); Garrett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Johnson struck out; McCarver popped to third;
Money grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 5, Phillies 2.

METS 8TH: Jones struck out; Shamsky grounded out (first
unassisted); Clendenon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
5, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 8TH: GASPAR REPLACED SHAMSKY (PLAYING RF); Gamble
singled to shortstop; Hisle walked [Gamble to second]; MONTANEZ
BATTED FOR WILSON; Montanez singled to center [Gamble to third,
Hisle to second]; Harmon was called out on strikes; Taylor
tripled to right [Gamble scored, Hisle scored, Montanez scored];
RYAN REPLACED FRISELLA (PITCHING); Stone hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Taylor scored]; Johnson flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Phillies 6.

METS 9TH: MONTANEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SELMA REPLACED
JOHNSON (PITCHING); Boswell singled to left; KRANEPOOL BATTED
FOR GROTE; Kranepool singled to right [Boswell to second]; WEIS
RAN FOR KRANEPOOL; Harrelson walked [Boswell to third, Weis to
second]; SWOBODA BATTED FOR RYAN; Swoboda struck out; Agee
singled to right [Boswell scored, Weis scored, Harrelson to
third]; Agee stole second; Garrett was called out on strikes;
Jones walked; Gaspar was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Mets 7, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: DYER REPLACED WEIS (PLAYING C ); CHANCE REPLACED
SWOBODA (PITCHING); McCarver walked; G. JACKSON RAN FOR
MCCARVER; Money singled to left [G. Jackson to second]; Gamble
forced G. Jackson (catcher to third) [Money to second]; Hisle
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Gamble out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 7, Phillies
6.