As we watch the roller-coaster ride that the 2022 Yankees are providing us for what seems like baseball's strange new twist on post-postmodern entertainment, we find ourselves wondering if two teams in a pennant race who each won 100+ times (or the WPCT equivalent for seasons with < 162 games) ever dropped both games of a doubleheader on the same day.
We leave it as an open question, since it is really beyond our scope of coverage here. But we'd love it if someone provided us with the answer...as we remain transfixed at what might occur with this year's edition of the Bronx Bombers ("the Bronx bomb-outs"?).
At the Polo Grounds, the Mets surprised Jack Sanford with a couple runs in the first when left fielder Matty Alou misjudged "Marvelous" Marv Throneberry fly ball , allowing it to fall in for a double. (Marv made up for such a transgression, however, by doing what he often did: run the bases badly--he rounded second too recklessly and was thrown out.)
The Mets built a 4-1 lead on Sanford and held it until the eighth, when Bob Miller (the righty Bob, still looking for his first win) weakened. Bob wasn't helped by reliever Ken McKenzie, who allowed both inherited runners to score, tying up the game--and then got credit for the increasingly rare Met victory when Chuck Hiller's error set up the winning run, victimizing Don Larsen. Final score: Mets 5, Giants 4.
DOWN in Philadelphia, Pete Richert had electric-but-erratic stuff for the Dodgers (allowing just three hits in seven innings, six walks, five strikeouts), but the Phillies' Chris Short was on fire (three hits allowed in nine innings) and LA went quietly in the so-called City of Brotherly Love. Larry Sherry was most generous to his brothers on the opposition during his relief stint, allowing homers to Johnny Callison and Don Demeter. Final score: Phillies 5, Dodgers 1.
SEASON RECORDS: LAD 82-45, SFG 78-48, CIN 78-49
