About Bob Myrick
Robert Howard Myrick was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was the great-nephew of longtime Washington Senators second baseman Buddy Myer. Entering the game with the Mets trailing 1–0 in the fourth inning, Myrick stepped up to the plate for his first career at bat in the fifth inning. Then, Myrick grounded out to third baseman Mike Schmidt, bringing Bud Harrelson home with the go-ahead run of his first career win. In his final start of the season against the Atlanta Braves on September 4, Myrick allowed four runs in the first inning without retiring a batter before being removed from the game. Shortly afterwards, Myrick returned to Economy Supply, the building supply business his grandfather founded in 1941 that he had been working part-time with since he was thirteen.
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