On June 17, 1976 — At Shea Stadium, Dave Kingman hits a walk-off homer to give the Mets a 1-0 victory over the Dodgers. Sky King’s game-ending blast comes off Charlie Hough in the 14th inning.

“I’m still swinging at bad pitches I’m still in a slump” Kingman insisted despite a 14th inning home run that led the New York Mets to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers Kingman’s homer was his 23rd of the season but only his first at home since May 28 He prefers hitting on the road obviously “I feel less pressure on the road” said Kingman who hit his last seven shots away from Shea Stadium “These last few days I ve been wishing we d been on the road ” Despite leading the major leagues in home runs and despite a healthy RBI figure of 50 Kingman is not happy with his season He had hoped for more consistency than just a 240 batting average as well as fewer strikeouts “I have a good day and then I have a bad dav” Kingman said “I would rather be mediocre I have been having some rather bad days lately ” Los Angeles reliever Charlie Hough will remember Thursday night s blast for a while “ft was a bad pitch right in the zone where he wanted it ” said the knuckleballer “It had no spin on it and it was straight It was a knuck-ler ”