EXPOS SAVE FACE
Thursday, May 1, 1969
Montreal salvaged the final game of its series with the Mets.
Expos third baseman Coco Laboy hit a sacrifice fly with one out in the bottom of the ninth to beat Don Cardwell and the Mets 3-2. Montreal’s Roy Face got the win in relief after starter Bill Stoneman allowed 12 Mets to reach base but yielded just 2 runs through 6 2/3 innings.
Cleon Jones continued his torrid hitting for the Mets, going 3 for 3 to raise his average to .432. He also accounted for New York’s only 2 runs. He led off the 2nd with a single and later scored on Jerry Grote’s bases-loaded walk, and Jones followed in the next inning with a home run.
Cardwell pitched decently but gave up home runs to Donn Clendenon and Mack Jones before surrendered the game-winning run in the ninth. The luckless pitcher is now winless in four starts for New York.
Expos 3, Mets 2 W: Face (1-0) L: Cardwell (0-4)
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The Cubs were off on Thursday.
NL EAST STANDINGS AFTER MAY 1
Team Name W L PCT GB Chicago Cubs 16 7 .696 - Pittsburgh Pirates 13 9 .591 2.5 St. Louis Cardinals 10 12 .455 5.5
New York Mets 9 12 .429 6.0 Philadelphia Phillies 8 11 .421 6.0 Montreal Expos 8 13 .381 7.0
RECREATING THE MIRACLE SEASON is a look back at the storied division race between the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets in 1969. Keep checking back throughout the 2009 season to get the game stories from 40 years ago to the day. This on-going feature is brought to you by the book 1969: The Year Everything Changed, available now from Skyhorse Publishing.
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