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Previous Game:
May 7, 1970
Dodgers 7, Mets 4 1970 Regular Season Game 27
May 8, 1970
Giants 7, Mets 1 Next Game:
May 9, 1970
Mets 14, Giants 5

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE MAY 8, 1970 GAME:

Fred Sprague
January 16, 2002
My first Met game! My Dad and Mom got me tickets for my birthday. We sat in the loge section on the first base side.

I remember bobby bonds hitting an inside-the-park homer, and Willie Mays hitting 1 or 2 HRs.

Other tidbits: There was an anti-war protest in the first inning near where Gentry was pitching. The two protesters were removed from the field pretty quickly. Also, the Knicks won the NBA championship that night, which got a big hand when it was flashed on the scoreboard.

Bob P
June 22, 2004
Bobby Bonds had an inside-the-park homer leading off the eighth inning off Don Cardwell. Willie Mays hit two outside-the-park homers off starter Gary Gentry, who suffered his first loss of the 1970 season.

Giants RHP Miguel Puente picked up the first--and only--win of his major league career. It was also his first--and only--complete game. Puente lost his shutout on an eighth inning homer by Ken Boswell. Puente finished his career with a record of 1-3 and an ERA of 8.20 in 18.2 innings.

karmine1969
March 28, 2013
Biggest highlight of this game was when the scoreboard flashed that NY Knicks had defeated the LA Lakers for NBA Championship.

Raymond Malcuit Jr.
March 19, 2016
I remember watching this game on TV. My father was at this game. He was going to take me to the game, but he took my sister instead. That was ok with me.

Ed V
September 10, 2024
I remember going to City Island to eat seafood and coming home to watch this on TV with the sound off. My father's rules that night. Stay off the radio and DON'T tell him the Knicks game 7 score. All of his cop friends came over to watch the NYK LAL game 7 that night at 1130 on tape delay on ABC channel 7 with Chris Schenkel and Jack Twyman.These cops were degenerate gamblers but to a man they did not spill the beans and watched the game as if it was live. Incredible. The Mets did show the score on the scoreboard and I knew already but kept my mouth shut. Even though it was a Friday my mother would have sent me to bed at the age of 8 instead of hang out with the adults. Geez...

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