National League Standings, May 10, 1970
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE MAY 10, 1970 GAME:
Bob P
May 13, 2006
It's Mother's Day at Shea and the 36,000-plus in attendance are treated to a pitching matchup between two future Hall of Famers, Juan Marichal and Nolan Ryan.
Of course, the final score is 11-7!
The Giants bang out 14 hits, and Ryan leaves with one out in the fourth, allowing seven runs and seven hits plus two walks.
The Mets also knock Marichal around for six runs and seven hits in the first three innings, including homers by Shamsky, Garrett, and Clendenon. But Marichal settles down and allows just one run and three hits the rest of the way for a complete game victory---his first win of the season---despite allowing seven runs, ten hits, and the three homers.
Willie McCovey had a two-run homer in the third off Ryan, then had a fourth inning grand slam off Tug McGraw.
Victor
February 6, 2013
I can still picture Clendenon's soaring homer. But what made the game memorable for us was that it was Mother's Day: as I remember, the Mets gave women, at the gate, batting helmets with plastic flowers on the top. I don't know how we got my step-mother there, but her resentment about it lasted until Labor Day. Until finding this excellent site, I remembered her scowl and all the homers but not the starting pitchers, or that the McCovey grand slam was off McGraw.
Rob R
February 22, 2022
My mom was supposed to take me to the game the day before but we had unexpected company and couldn't go. Seeing how disappointed I was she promised to take me the next day (this game) which was Mother's Day!
The two things that stand out to me in this game were a screaming line drive grand slam over the right field auxiliary scoreboard hit by Willie McCovey. To this day I think it was the hardest hit ball I ever saw!
The second thing is Nolan Ryan started the game. At the time who knew what future greatness we were looking at!
Also looking back I realize the sacrifice my mom made taking me to Shea on Mother's Day as she wasn't really a baseball fan. She did receive a straw Mets hat as the Mother's Day giveaway which was promptly chewed up by our dog Sandy!
Ed V
August 7, 2024
Went to grandma's for Mothers Day and had a tough time watching this since my cousin kept putting on Bobby Orr and the Bruins Cup win. By the time I got the TV my aunts were watching the Yanks out West. Puerto Rican household but at the age of 8 I can recall looking at the sky and saying Oy Vey.
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