Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 44

Sandy 1959 The Dodger lefty struck them out even faster than Feller and he matched FelleFs record twice Kou-fax did it to San Francisco Aug 31 1959 and to Chicago April 24 1962 And then came Don Wilson of the Astros Wilson not yet the ivinner Feller and Koufax were fanned 18 members of the Cincinnati Reds on July 141968 Bob 1938 They say there were days illicit Cleveland's Feller threw so hard it ivas almost impossible to see the ball Oct 2 1938 was one of those days Feller struck out 18 Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doublcheader In previous seasons the big righthander struck out 16 and 17 in a game He icon those but ironically he ivas beaten by the Tigers Steve 1969 Not even the best pitcher on the Cardinal staff Carlton ivas a newcomer to the strikeout business Seven National League pitchers had more strikeouts than Carlton last season but on Sept 15 the southpaw outdid them all He struck out 19 Mets for an all-time major league record But he lost the game 4-3 to Ron tivo home runs Tom Seaver 1970 If a pitcher is to strike out a great number of hitters he usually gets them in the early and middle innings Not Seaver He received his 1969 Cy Young Award before going out against San Diego and then pitched well but not spectacidarly in the early innings Through three Seaver had six strikeouts and he had nine of his 19 after five innings But in the seventh beginning with Al Ferrara whose second-inning homer proved to be the Padres9 only score Seaver had lightning in his arm He got Ferrara to end the seventh and then struck out the next nine batters Were You Throwing Good Today Seaver? Ferrara recalled when Seaver got it It was Ferrara who struck out as the final batter in the sixth and nine more strikeouts were to follow including Ferrara again when it ooimted most got into a Ferrara said "He waitto get that ball and throw it at us The guy deserved all the credit in the world because he was rushing it up there He was about as fast as ever seen him at the The shadows around home plate helped Of course Ferrara said bo and Gaston agreed Not that they were seeking excuses mind you "The last time Ferrara said was his best shot against my best homer had come off a Seaver fastball "He challenged Ferrara said "and he won watched was an amazing exhibition Seaver threw 81 fastballa 65 for strikes Seaver threw 19 curves 11 for strikes Seaver threw two changeups both for strikes Seaver threw 34 sliders 18 for strikes In all Seaver threw 136 pitches 96 for strikes And Seaver became the first major leaguer to strike out 19 batten in the daytime the first major leaguer to strike out more than eight batten in succession the first major leaguer to pitch a two-hitter on Earth Day and the first Met pitcher to beat the Padres this season The score for those interested was 2-1 Seaver who had received his Cy Young Award prior to the game started slowly which is to say the lead-off batter Jose Arcia hit the ball The next two batten struck out but Ferrara led off the second with a towering home run over the le ield fence It did not seem like vintage Seaver "I get it until he said Johnny Pod res the minor-league pitching instructor who had a nice seat by the dugout the same Johnny Pod res wo once struck out eight batters in succession for the Los Angeles Dodgers and who shared the old record with Max Surkont Jim Maloney and Don Wilson was no doubt in my mind break that Pod res said "He had perfect rhythm and I think ever throw that hard again amazing as hard as he was throwing he was still hitting the spots If you swing it was still a Seaver was absolutely unhitable at the end Only three batters made any contact over the last five innings and he required only 10 pitches to strike out the side in the ninth "I might as well have played without a said Harrelson who have a single chance at shortstop Yet Seaver appeared curiously unexcited by the achieve went There was little drama in his voice unlike the night of July 9 last year when he pitched 8 Vi innings of perfect ball against the Cubs "The commotion wasn't as he said "You have to remember this was an expansion club and the Cubs were leading the league and there were 59000 people here for that Yes yes But 19 strikeouts is 19 strikeouts is 19 strikeouts "Tin not he said very happy about it But 19 strikeouts exhilarate me as much as a perfect The other Mets managed to take it in stride as well Tommie Agee stood on the other side of the clubhouse facing Seaver after the commotion had ended after the crowd had departed after Seaver had finally dim bed out of his uniform "Were you throwing good today Agee inquired He won the battle and he won the war and he even managed to win foe game was fantastic said By Joe Gergen Flushing The pitching chart In Jerry Koos man's lap awaited only the final notation There already were 95 strikes and 18'Strikcouta recorded on the large white sheet and Koos-man silting in the Mets dugout was prepared to consign the document to the baseball archives One more strike by Tom Seaver would do it The only obstacle remaining was Al Ferrara the Padres' concert pianist from Brooklyn and second-inning home-run hitter Ferrara was down to the end Ho was protecting a count of one hall two strikes and he knew the fastball was coming knew lie was going to give me his Ferrara said "because he was really bringing Seaver had knocked off a modem major-league record by fanning tlio previous batter Clarence Gaston It was his ninth consecutive strikeout and now he had one last chance to become the second pitcher in history to strike out 19 men in a nine-inning game I got the 16th Seaver said "I thought about Steve Carlton striking out 19 against us last year and losing Uks game 4-3 We only had a one-run lead and I knew I hnd to pitch to Ferrara in the ninth I kept that thought until I got two strikes on Ferrara Then I thought What the heck I may never come this close again I might as well go for it So Seaver went for it with his best pitch the fastball "I decided to challenge Ferrara instead of throwing a slider on the outside he said The pitch arrived at knee level Ferrara swung and missed shortstop Bud llarrelson leaped high in the air and all the Mets on lxich got to their feet with the exception of Koosman He sat in the comer wielding a pencil marked every he said that last one I didn't miss one It was the kind of game rattier watch than Wliat Koosman charted and what 21694 fans (14197 paid) It Just Had to End By Steve Jacobson Kewsday Staff Correspondents Washington The game had to get over sometime they all do Last night this morning or even tonight if it had to be Sooner or later one of the runners who got to third base had to score Somebody had to win 16 innings 17 innings 18 innings "It was a long John Cumberland of the Yankees observed "Somebody had to The Senators outlived the Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings two splendid baseball games all on one string It took four hours and 40 minutes and it ended at 12:14 this morning Just 46 minutes to the curfew and if it still complete the very same people would have had to resume the very same game tonight For the longest while it looked as if that was precisely what was going to happen Washington pitchers threw 240 pitches and Yankees pitchers 237 and that last Yankee pitch by Cumberland produced a sacrifice fly by Mike Epstein that got Ed Stroud home with the winning run Ron Klimkowski the fifth Yankee pitcher walked Stroud leading off the 18th and with one out Hank Allen singled him to third Then Cumberland made his first appearance since being recalled from Syracuse Ralph Houk had walked Epstein intentionally with none on and two out in the 16th but this time chose to have his left-handed pitcher pitch to the left-handed hitter Epstein hit a two-and-two pitch in the air to medium left-center With the ball to his left Roy White had no chance for a play at the plate how it ended Getting there was much more fun It started out as a crisp pitching duel between Joe Coleman and the Senators and Fritz Peterson of the Yankees Coleman had a one-hitter into the ninth inning and had nursed one run since the sixth Big Frank Howard had scored from second base on single With one out in the ninth Murcer who had the only other Yankee hit to that time hit a home run and it was a whole new ball game They played all of it Well the Yankees had runners on first and third with none out in the lith and second with none out in the 12th second with one out in the 14th and the 15th They do much in the 16th 17th or 18th The Washingtons had first and third with one out in the 14th bases full and none out in the 15th and left two on in the 16th But the play that kept so many ball players sitting around in their street clothes in the clubhouse was a prize-winner in the Senators half of the early in the game With two out Eddie Brinkman advanced to third when all Horace Clarke could do with roller was scoop a throw too late to first The second ball Jack Aker pitdied to Epstein went off glove and rolled between the legs of umpire Nestor Chylak Munson and Chylak find the ball underneath them and when the umpire turned he kicked the ball 20-fcct to the left Then Brinkman broke for the plate Munson scrambled dove and from the dirt made a back-hand toss to Aker at the plate Aker an athlete in addition to being a pitcher held his ground and put the tag on Brinkman He never penetrated within two feet of the plate A fine play The one that left the Yankees wincing was in the 12th when Munson led off with a triple and score on Gene single to center fearing the ball would be caught Acwsday The 19 Victims inning by inning breakdown First inning Van Kelly and Clarenco Gaston Smiiul Jerry Morales Third Mike Corkins and Kelly Gaston and Morales Fifth Bob Barton and Corkins Six tli Al Ferrara ScvcnUi Nil to Colbert Davo Campbell and Morales Barton Ramon Webster and Ivan Murrell Nintli Kelly Gaston and Ferrara UPI Tricvtiola AP Wlrmhoto Tom Seaver Fires One of His 96 Strikes Yesterday and Later Poses With Wife Nancy for the Photographers it 4.