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Fading Late in the Game: Mets 1970
Date: May 8, 1970
Gil Hodges skippered the Mets in a close match against the San Francisco Giants, but the visitors scored 4 in the 9th to put the game away, 7-1. Willie Mays’s home run for the Giants that day was the 606th of his career.
From the collection of Andy Fogel (photo by Heritage Werks)
