4/17 NL Scores/Stats/Mets Tracker/White Tracker

 "Bring the kiddies, bring the wife": NYM 5-10-1 SFG 4-12-1(13 innings) WP-Lary (1-0) LP-Bolin (0-1) Ed Kranepool's 2nd homer of the game in the 13th extends the Mets red-hot streak to 4-0. Ron Swoboda forced extra innings with a solo homer off Juan Marichal with 1 out in the 9th. Yes, I said the Mets are 4-0.

Meanwhile, in St. Louis: STL 3-7-0 CIN 2-6-1 WP-Gibson (1-1) LP-O'Toole (0-2) Bill White hit his 4th and 5th home runs accounting for all 3 Redbird runs, while Bob Gibson struck out 11 Redlegs and sweated out a one-out throw home from Lou Brock to tag out Chico Ruiz with 2 out in the 9th. White is currently batting .632(12/19) with 5 home runs and 10 RBI. 

Astros Wynn in 10: HOU 4-11-1 PIT 3-11-1(10 innings WP-Woodeshick (1-0) LP-McBean (0-2) SV-Raymond (1) Jimmy Wynn's go-ahead single scores John Bateman with go-ahead/winning run in the top of the 10th.

Denis, anyone? MIL 7-10-3 CHC 4-8-0 WP-Cloninger (2-0) LP-Jackson (1-1) Braves shortstop Menke slugged his 2nd and 3rd home runs to pace the Braves against the Cubbies. Henry Aaron hit his 3rd to break a scoreless tie in the 4th.

The Phumbling Phillies: LAD 6-13-0 PHI 0-5-5 WP-Drysdale (1-1) LP-Short (0-1) The Phils were all Phlumbs, committing 5 errors as the Dodgers took advantage of all that Phlopping around and 10 Don Drysdale K's for their 1st win of the season. John Roseboro homered for the Dodgers, while Willie Davis and Ron Fairly each collected 3 hits. Oh yes, Dr. Strangeglove made 2 of those errors.

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