I’m Down was recorded on June 14, 1965. That night, in Cincinnati, Ed Kranepool drew a leadoff walk in the second inning… Charley Smith reached first base on a strikeout and wild pitch in the fourth (and was erased on a Kranepool double play ball)… and those were the only baserunners that the Mets got in 10 innings against Jim Maloney, while striking out 17 times in those 10 innings.
Thing is, Frank Lary kept the Reds off the scoreboard, if not the bases, for eight innings, and Larry Bearnarth kept the double shutout going until Johnny Lewis homered off Maloney to lead off the 11th. The Mets got a second hit from Roy McMillan in the inning, but Jesse Gonder bounced into another DP. Bearnarth worked around a Frank Robinson single in the bottom of the 11th to close it out, and the Mets had themselves an absolutely bizarre win in front of a crowd of less than 6,000 people at Crosley Field.
Later that year, Maloney threw another 10-inning no-hitter at Wrigley Field, only that time, the Reds managed to get him a run in extras.
We Can Pod It Out 52: I'm Down