Amazin’ Look Back, June 3, 1973: Seaver Leads Mets Past Padres

The Amazin’ offense erupted and Tom Seaver proved to be quite the stopper as the Mets stopped a three-game losing streak, beating the Padres 9-2 in front of nearly 10,000 San Diegans. Seaver was the winning pitcher for the visitors, while Mike Caldwell ended up on the short side for the home team.

June 18, 2012; Flushing, NY, USA; New York Mets former pitcher Tom Seaver in the dugout before the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-USA TODAY Sports

Rusty Staub was the big man at the plate for New York, smashing two doubles and driving in a run in the top of the third inning. That run proved to be the difference, adding on to John Milner’s two-run single in the top of the first. Other offensive highlights included Bud Harrelson’s double in the fourth and Jim Gosger’s two RBIs after pinch-hitting in the 7^th.

All those runs were more than enough for Tom Seaver, who tossed his second straight complete game and allowed just two runs on six hits, walking two and striking out seven. As good as he was, his ERA even increased from 1.71 to 1.74. Needless to say, the man is good.

The starting lineups for the afternoon’s game were as follows:

New York Mets

San Diego Padres

3B1

SS2

2B2

CF3

LF3

LF4

RF4

RF5

1B5

CF6

1B7

3B8

SS8

2B9

The Mets head back east to Cincinnati tomorrow for a short series with the Big Red Machine.

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