OCT 9 Game 1 pitted NYM Jerry Koosman(13-3) verus Fritz Peterson(18-14). Lead by the arm of Koosman and the bat of Donn Clendenon the Mets took game 1 9-0. Clendenon went 5-5 with 3 doubles and a homerun and Koosman pitched 7 shutout innings. Mets scored 2 runs in the first inning and never looked back rbi groundout play Cleon Jones and a rbi single by Ken Singleton started the rout.Mets scored 1 in the fourth on a rbi single by Jerry Grote then the Mets scored 3 in the 5th aided by an error by Gene"stick "Michaels. Clendenon, Aspromonte and Grote delivered rbi hits. Clenedenon hit his 13th hr in the 7th a solo shot and Ken Singleton hit his 20th a two run shot in the 9th to cap off the scoring. Kossman picked up his 14th win and Peterson took the lose his 15th.OCT 11 Game 2 pitted the Mets Gary Gentry against the Yanks Mel Stottlemyre. Tommie Agee led off the game with
his 20th hr of the season which was more than enough for starter Gary Gentry who went the distance yielding only 2 hits. The Mets broke it open in the sixth when Ed Kranepool hit a 3 run hr his 15th of the season followed by Ken Singleton hitting his 21st hr of the season.The mets capped off the scoring with 3 more runs in the 9th, n a rbi single by Buddy Harrelson, a sf by Cleon Jones and a rbi double by Kranepool. Gentry picked up the win his 15th and Mel Stottlemyre took the lose his 8th of the season.
his 20th hr of the season which was more than enough for starter Gary Gentry who went the distance yielding only 2 hits. The Mets broke it open in the sixth when Ed Kranepool hit a 3 run hr his 15th of the season followed by Ken Singleton hitting his 21st hr of the season.The mets capped off the scoring with 3 more runs in the 9th, n a rbi single by Buddy Harrelson, a sf by Cleon Jones and a rbi double by Kranepool. Gentry picked up the win his 15th and Mel Stottlemyre took the lose his 8th of the season.
Oct 12 Game 3 pitted Mets Tom Seaver verus Yanks Stan Bahnsen. Mets Took the lead in the second inning on a rbi single by Tommie Agee. The Yankees would tied the game with their first run of the series when Hanson and michaels both singled and hanson came home on an error by Bob Aspromonte in the top of the 5th. The mets Struck for 2 in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead. Tom Seaver who the has not gotten much run support lately took it upon himself and had a 2 run single to give the mets a 3-1 Lead. Seaver held the 2 run until the top of the 8th when Yankees catcher Thurman Munson hit his 6th hr of the season to cut the Mets lead to 1. After giving up a lead off single in the 9th and a stolen base Seaver got ex-mets Ron Swoboda to strikeout to en the game, giving the Mets a 3-0 lead in the series.Oct 13 Game 4 pitted the Mets Ray Sadecki against the Yanks Steve Kline. It was a pitchers duel for the first 3 
innings of the game. The Yanks struck for 3 runs in the the top of the 4th giving them their first lead of the series. Rbi single by Roy White and John Ellis, then an rbi groundout by Phil Hanson gave the Yanks a 3-0 lead. The Mets would respond in the bottom of the 4th on a rbi single by Jerry Grote. That was all Steve Kline would give up for the rest of the game. The Yankees put the game away when Roy White hit his 21st hr a 2-run shot in the top of the 9th. Kline got the win and Sadecki took the loss. The Mets still lead the series 3-1.
innings of the game. The Yanks struck for 3 runs in the the top of the 4th giving them their first lead of the series. Rbi single by Roy White and John Ellis, then an rbi groundout by Phil Hanson gave the Yanks a 3-0 lead. The Mets would respond in the bottom of the 4th on a rbi single by Jerry Grote. That was all Steve Kline would give up for the rest of the game. The Yankees put the game away when Roy White hit his 21st hr a 2-run shot in the top of the 9th. Kline got the win and Sadecki took the loss. The Mets still lead the series 3-1.
Oct 14 Game 5 was a rematch of game 1 starters Jerry Koosman and Fritz Peterson. It was a wet damp day at Shea. Mets took the early lead when Ken Singleton hit his 22nd hr off Peterson in the bottom of the second. that was more than enough for the Mets pitchers on that day. After a 35 minute rain delay in the 4th which hurt both starters. The Mets scord again in the 5th on a rbi suicide squeeze by Buddy Harrelson to give the Mets and 2-0 lead. the rain delay force Koosman out after six inings only giving up 1 hit to the Yankees. Tug Mcgraw came on and went the final 3 innings giving up 1 hit over them for the save. In the bottom of the 8th for good measures Ken Singleton hit his 2nd hr of the game his 23rd of the season to cap the scoring. Koosman got the win and peterson took the loss.
The pitching MVP for the series was Jerry Koosman who was 2-0 with an ERA of 
0.00 in 13 innings of pitching and the hitting MVP was Ken Singleton who slugged 4 hrs in the series.--submitted by Howie Fortel--
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