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June 2, 1972
Braves 6, Mets 1 1972 Regular Season Game 43
June 3, 1972
Mets 5, Braves 2 Next Game:
June 4, 1972
Braves 9, Mets 3

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JUNE 3, 1972 GAME:

Bob P
February 4, 2004
The Mets are 31-12 and have the best record in baseball after this win. But during the game with the Mets up 4-1 Rusty Staub is hit in the hand by a George Stone pitch. Rusty's hand is broken, and he will miss three months of the season.

After Staub's injury the Mets go 52-61 the rest of the way and finish the year 13.5 games out of first place.

johnrd
October 28, 2006
I'm pretty sure that this was the first Met game I ever went to. At least it is the first one I can remember. I was 8 years old at the time. I distinctly remember the Mets beating the Braves and Tom Seaver hitting a ground double. I remember him hitting it down one of the foul lines but I can't remember which one. I don't remember Rusty Staub breaking his hand though.

Bob P
August 5, 2007
Johnrd, yes...Seaver grounded a double just inside the first base bag in the fourth inning.

Jim Mohan
March 19, 2016
My second Mets game. Went with my brother. Remember Duffy Dyer hitting a home run to left. Loved Tommie Agee but he was having some issues in center field. Definitely remember my favorite player (Rusty Staub) getting hit by George Stone.

Joe Santoro
June 29, 2021
This is the game where Rusty Staub was hit by a pitch from future teammate George Stone. He fractured his his hand. What a damn shame. Rusty was hitting .317 up to this point and the Mets were in first place. The injury woes began and the Mets slipped in the standings. Rusty played through the pain but would later on have surgery and would go on the DL not returning till September. His numbers in '72 and '73 were very misleading as he would eventually get hit again on the other hand, this time by the Pirate's Ramon Hernandez in '73.

Ed V
March 27, 2022
I was at this, and it was the beginning of the end after Staub got hit. I remember Dyer really filling in well for Grote that summer at the plate. His blast was so unexpected and was long gone.

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