 If Landrith touched third base before Kanehl, Rod would have been called out and the Braves would have gained a win on a walk-off home run by the opposing team.After Landrith's game-winning blast, he had raised his average all the way to .421, including a one-month stint between April 21 and May 19 where he hit .391 with a 1.169 OPS, but even with his excellent hitting, the New York Mets were compounding one of the worst seasons in the history of Major League Baseball.On June 7, 1962, after the Mets just lost their 16th and 17th straight ballgames, Stengel broke the news to Landrith that he had been sold to the Baltimore Orioles.