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...eccentricity, and they reached the Series with strong pitching and tight defense. Oddsmakers favored the A's because of their better hitting, but the minimal expectation was for crisply played baseball. Some of the man-to-man match-ups had the potential for classic tests: Superpitchers Tom Seaver of the Mets and Jim Hunter of the A's, superior Shortstops Bud Harrelson and Bert Campaneris, Bullpen Stars Tug McGraw and Rollie Fingers, and, finally, two dramatically different managers and strategies. Yogi Berra had won the National League pennant by patiently waiting for the return of injured regulars...
...When the dust settled at Shea Stadium last week-literally settled, for maniacal fans made a fair attempt to atomize the ballpark -the Mets had stolen the series three games to two. Miracle II was worthy of a week at Lourdes. The Mets pitching, led by sore-shouldered Tom Seaver, held the Midwestern maulers to only eight runs in the five games. The asthenic Met batters, none of whom finished the regular season above .300, banged out a hearty 23 runs. Met Shortstop Bud Harrelson (155 Ibs.) miraculously escaped maiming when his scuffle with Cincinnati's Pete Rose...
...looked as though Mets starter Tom Seaver would breeze through the nine innings as the Mets staked him to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Wayne Garret led off with a home run against A's starter Catfish Hunter. Felix Millan followed with a single and Rusty Staub drove him in with a sharp blast to left...
...Seaver Lifted...
...Oakland got to Seaver, who had 12 strikeouts in eight innings, in the sixth as back-to-back doubles by Sal Bando and Gene Tenace closed the gap to 2-1 Seaver was lifted in the Mets eighth for a pinch hitter, after the A's had tied the score Campanaris singled and stole second. Joe Rudi delivered the game tying single with none out, but Seaver got out of further trouble...