Game 25: May 12, 1964 (Milwaukee at Mets)

FINALLY! Mets Win, and At Home, 6-3


Flushing, NY-- It looked like another typical Mets game, at the beginning---especially when it comes to any played at new Shea Stadium.

The visiting Milwaukee Braves jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first, and were leading 3-1 in the second inning.

But from that point on, the game turned very atypical.

The Mets finally won a baseball game after 11 straight losses, and registered their first win at home this season, coming from behind to beat the Braves, 6-3.

"I thought the fellas were gonna have to pick me up off the dugout floor," manager Casey Stengel said of his feelings after the final out was made. "I almost forgot what it felt like to win a dadgum game."

Starter Al Jackson picked up his first win, scattering nine hits in six innings and getting the Braves to pound the ball into the ground time and again.

The Mets turned four double plays in Jackson's six innings, which didn't hurt.

"The guys played great behind me," Jackson said. "It gave me confidence to not be afraid to let (the Braves) hit the ball."

The Mets tied the game at 3-3 in the fifth, with the help of an error by Braves shortstop Denis Menke and an RBI single by Ron Hunt with two outs.

The Mets added the go-ahead run in the sixth on a strange play that normally happens to them, not for them

After walking with one out, Larry Elliot moved to second on a passed ball by catcher Joe Torre. But Torre thought he could throw Elliot out at second, which backfired when Torre's arm betrayed him and the ball sailed into centerfield.

Elliot barely beat Felipe Alou's throw at home, and the Mets had the lead.

Then the Mets added single runs in the seventh and eighth, the latter on a solo homer by Elliot.



Larry Elliot hit a homer and scored twice to help lead the Mets



Bill Wakefield chipped in with two scoreless innings of relief, and Larry Bearnarth finished the Braves off with a 1-2-3 ninth for the save.

The Mets are still a ghastly 3-22, but for one night at least, there were smiles and open beers in the team's clubhouse.

"We needed that," Hunt said, in what may be the understatement of the year, so far.


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Mets record: 3-22, .120 (Last 10: 1-9; streak: W-1); Actual: 6-19


Home: 1-10; Away: 2-12


Runs scored: 66


Runs against: 144