Ultimate Mets Database: Game of May 13, 1966

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May 11, 1966
Astros 6, Mets 4 1966 Regular Season Game 21
May 13, 1966
Giants 5, Mets 4 Next Game:
May 14, 1966
Mets 11, Giants 4

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE MAY 13, 1966 GAME:

Bob Schwarz
June 13, 2001
My first baseball game ever. I was 9 years old and will never forget walking up the tunnel to the seats and seeing how bright the lights were. The game went 17 innings - if memory serves me correctly Jim Davenport hit a homer in the 17th to win it for the Giants (although I was back in the bus sleeping by then). Been to Shea many times since then but you always remember the first. Great website.

Bob P
January 23, 2004
It was a Jim Davenport homer in the 17th inning that gave the Giants a 5-4 win. The Giants improved to 22-7 and this win was their twelfth in a row.

Raymond Malcuit Jr.
January 2, 2019
My father was at this game. He remembers it was a packed house at Shea. I was not into baseball then.

O. B. White
July 18, 2020
Ray Sadecki's appearance in this game was interesting. He was making his debut as a member of the Giants after his trade from St. Louis a few days earlier. Sadecki's final game as a Cardinal before the deal was one in which he suffered defeat to the Mets and got the only hit off Jack Hamilton. For the second consecutive time, but with a different team, Ray was pitching against the Mets with Hamilton as his mound opponent.

Neither Sadecki nor Hamilton would be around long enough for a decision. The game lasted 17 innings and ended with a San Francisco victory on a home run by Jim Davenport off reliever Dave Eilers. It also featured Billy Murphy's first major league homer - a three-run blast against Sadecki in the bottom of the fourth.

Michael Johnstone
February 18, 2021
Packed house. First night game attended 8 years old. Walking under stands towards box seats as #3 batter is announced. Crowd explodes in standing ovation as Willie Mays steps in batters box. Jim Hickman broke finger diving for foul ball in first inning and left game. I was charged up and awake even though game went past midnight.

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