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Previous Game:
May 3, 1971
Mets 3, Cubs 2 1971 Regular Season Game 23
May 4, 1971
Mets 2, Cubs 1 Next Game:
May 5, 1971
Cubs 5, Mets 4

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE MAY 4, 1971 GAME:

Scoey
March 28, 2022
This game had one crazy bottom of the seventh inning! Don Hahn thought he was hit by a pitch and went to first base. It was called a foul ball instead and Gil Hodges argued over it. Hahn was then ruled to have been hit and the Cubs voiced their displeasure about the change in decision. The original ruling was restored and upset Hodges, who played the game under protest. The umpires then quarreled amongst themselves about what really happened before bringing Hahn back to the plate. The entire dispute took fourteen minutes.

Later in the inning, Cubs' pitcher Milt Pappas got angry with catcher Danny Breeden over a mistake that let Jerry Grote escape a rundown. Pappas blew his cool and went ballistic on Breeden right in front of everybody. Leo Durocher then took Pappas out of the game.

These guys seemed to give the seventh inning stretch a new meaning. The inning was extended much longer than it should have been.

Dave VW
November 5, 2024
A fantastic post by Scoey! What are the odds that, in the same inning, you'd not only see the umpires argue amongst themselves, but also see a pitcher completely lose his mind on his own catcher? I thought it was quite fitting that, after all the back-and-forth during the Hahn at-bat, Hahn wound up reaching first on a single anyway. After Al Weis' bunt attempt that resulted in Hahn being forced at second, Bud Harrelson came through with a single to score Grote and put the Mets in front for good.

The Cubs wound up leaving 12 runners on base in the game, and stranded the bases loaded without scoring in both the 4th and 8th inning. Nolan Ryan was his usual wild self but only allowed 3 hits to limit the damage. Ray Sadecki relieved him in the 8th, but a walk, a single and an error loaded the bases with 1 out. Danny Frisella came in and put out the fire, getting a pop out and a ground out before tossing a 1-2-3 9th for the save.

The Mets' other run scored on Bob Aspromonte's first homer with the team. It would be one of only a few bright spots he'd have in his one season with New York.

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