Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 11, 1971

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June 10, 1971
Padres 4, Mets 2 1971 Regular Season Game 54
June 11, 1971
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June 12, 1971
Giants 5, Mets 1

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JUNE 11, 1971 GAME:

Hank M
January 17, 2006
I remember watching this game on TV as a kid. The Mets were trailing the whole night before Dave Marshall tied it up with a 2-run homer. What sticks in my mind most, though, is how they lost it in the tenth. Tug McGraw threw a pitch that bounced right over Jerry Grote's head! Jerry ran back to get the ball, but he couldn't find it. Tug went back to help, but had no luck. Meanwhile, the runner on second base came all the way around to score. A tough-luck loss!

Steve Cohen
October 7, 2020
I was at this game with my dad and we were rooting for the Giants. In the bottom of the ninth several fans were headed to the exit and my father asked them where are you going? They replied that the game was lost and they were going to beat the traffic, to which my dad said: “Don’t leave yet, Dave Marshall is going to tie it up with a 2-run homer” they continued to walk past us and on the next pitch Dave Marshall tied it up with a 2-run homer. Those fans scrambled back to their seats in jubilation and looked at my dad as if he was some mystic. I had mixed emotions. I was amazed that he called it, but crushed to see the game get tied up. The Giants won it in the tenth on one of the most memorable plays I’ve ever witnessed. Tug McGraw was on in relief and Hal Lanier was taking a short lead off of 2b. McGraw threw a wild pitch and Lanier scored all the way from second to give the Giants the go ahead run. And the Giants ending up winning it in 10 innings. I became a Mets fan the following year when my hero Willie Mays was traded from the Giants to the Mets. But this was a game that will never be forgotten because if the dramatic game trying 2-run homer by Dave Marshall (a former Giant!) and the incredible base running of Hal Lanier scoring from second base on a wild pitch.

Ed V
August 7, 2024
I remember how ecstatic I was when Marshall tied this up watching on tv. He had gone hitless in 28 at bats according to the NY Times site map. Grote had called for screwball but instead got Tug's fastball which sailed over his glove while Lanier scored from 2nd. Hodges got bounced arguing that a fan interfered to no avail.

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