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BUCS’ BLASS COOLS OFF METS, GIBSON’S 10 IP AND BROCK HR BEAT CUBS
Sunday, September 14, 1969
Steve Blass pitched his way around 11 hits and broke the Mets’ 10-game winning streak.
New York battled back to tie the game after trailing 3-0, but Blass himself singled in the go-ahead run for Pittsburgh and then made the lead hold up. Starter Nolan Ryan took just his second loss of the season.
Bud Harrelson tallied three hits in the leadoff spot for the Mets, while Ed Charles and Jerry Grote had two hits apiece and all three men scored once.
Pirates 5, Mets 3. W: Blass (15-9) L: Ryan (6-2)
Chicago’s Ken Holtzman and St. Louis’s Bob Gibson both carried a pitcher’s duel into the 10th inning, when Lou Brock won it for the home team with a walk-off home run. Gibson held the Cubs to just seven hits, two by Holtzman and two by recently acquired centerfielder Jimmie Hall.
Despite pitching well, Holtzman fell to 0-3 in the month of September.
Cardinals 2, Cubs 1 (10 inn.). W: Gibson (18-11) L: Holtzman (16-11)
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NL EAST W L T PCT GB
New York Mets 88 58 0 .603 -
Chicago Cubs 85 62 1 .578 3.5