Tommie Agee

The batting order is now first for New York.

Tommy Agee leading off playing center field.

Wayne Garrett at third base.

Don Clendenin at first base.

Dodgers and the Mets with a lot of work to do.

And, of course, all eyes on the ballpark awaiting the individual performance from Willie Davis.

But right now, the Mets come up with Tommy Agee to start it off.

He'll be followed by Wayne Garrett and then Don Clendenin.

Very quickly and briefly, the lineups for the New York Mets.

Leading off and playing center field, Tommy Agee.

Bud Harrelson, the shortstop, bats second.

Cleon Jones is in left and batting third.

And it was his play in the seventh inning on pinch hitter Rod Gasper on a slowly hit ground ball where he barehanded the ball and threw to first base for the out that ended the inning that kept the Mets from possibly having a rally that would get them back in the ball game.

At that point, there were runners at first and second base.

If Gasper had gotten on and the play not been made, it would have been bases loaded and Tommy Agee, the Mets' key hitter throughout the season, coming up.

So the fine defensive play of the Baltimore Orioles certainly a very key factor in this ball game.

Hunt is backpedaling, but he's called off by right fielder Ken Henderson, who puts it away.

[audience cheering] Two men out, and Tommy Agee will be coming up now.

Pfeil, by the way, has a batting average of 236 with eight runs batted in.

Agee is hitting 278, 22 homers and 64 runs batted in, dropped down to the number three spot in the batting order by the Mets against the left-hander, Mike McCormick.

Here's Seaver's pitch, outside for a ball.

Right fielder Ron Swoboda moves over toward the corner in right and deep.

Tommy Agee moves over in right and deep, and Cleon Jones stays in left but plays it deep.

Here's a changeup, and it is low.

Millan had 185 base hits during the course of the year to set a new Mets record for base hits in a season.

Tommie Agee had 182 in 1970.

Here's the one-O pitch to Millan.

Swing, and a ground ball to second.

Grote is hitting .235.

[crowd cheering] On deck batting, Tommie Agee.

Jones at third, Kranepool at second, Collins at first.

One away.

The eleventh man in World Series history to lead off a game with a home run.

The last man to do it was Tommy Agee of the Mets three years ago.

Down low and out of the strike zone, blown away, and that's five straight pitches as Ridley's Pedro Borbon, the sinking fastball pitcher, starts to warm up.

A lot of people have the reputation of being the quickest hook in the upper Midwest, the quickest hook in the South.

Cleon Jones.

Tommy Agee.

Go on and on.

They grew up together there.

And a change in the outfield.

Tommy Agee, who went into pinch runs for Francona last inning, is now going to play right field.

Tony Stevens on an hour.

40th appearance this year.

Excuse me.

Foul ball, strike two, one and two.

Tommy Agee tags up to go to second.

Mike Egan threw to Richardson.