VETERAN JOHNSON WINS OUT OF PEN FOR CUBS, CLENDENON HOMERS IN 10TH AS METS KEEP PACE
Saturday, August 30, 1969
The Cubs held on to take a second game of a weekend series in Atlanta. Handed a 3-0 lead, Chicago starter Dick Selma got just two outs and gave up two runs before Leo Durocher pulled him in favor of Ken Johnson. The veteran Johnson earned his first win of the season by going 5 1/3 before handing things over to Phil Regan. Don Kessinger and Billy Williams had two hits, one run, and one RBI apiece, and Ernie Banks struck a two-run homer, his 21st of the season.
Cubs 5, Braves 4. W: Johnson (1-2) L: Reed (13-9) SV: Regan (15)
Don Clendenon hit a 10th-inning home run off Gaylord Perry and Tug McGraw finished off the game with two scoreless frames to put the Mets over the Giants. Ken Boswell had three hits and scored twice for New York, who got 7 1/3 strong innings from starter Don Cardwell.
Mets 3, Giants 2. W: McGraw (7-2) L: Perry (16-11)
NL EAST W L T PCT GB
Chicago Cubs 81 52 1 .609 -
New York Mets 75 53 0 .586 3.5
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