Sponsored by Shea Stadium Remembered
I took the month of June off, but so did the Mets. When it takes the current Mets more than a week to win once, the idea of winning twice in one day is too appetizing to turn away from. But in 1984 the Mets did that to inch a game out of first place after years as the laughingstock of New York. Joe Torre, who’d managed the Mets for many of those forgettable years, had his Braves in second place in the NL West. Darryl Strawberry knocked in a pair with a two-out, two-run single in the eighth against Atlanta and the Mets won the opener of the makeup twinbill, 2-1. Jesse Orosco picked up his 14th save for rookie Ron Darling.
In the nightcap, George Foster tied the game with his 300th career home run. The go-ahead run scored on a wild pitch in the seventh. Tim Leary went five innings in relief and Doug Sisk retired Chris Chambliss with the tying run on base for his 11th save. And people used to give Doug Sisk crap! Imagine having two relievers combine for 25 saves by the first of July?