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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JULY 6, 1996 GAME:

DaKid2484
February 23, 2011
I remember being on the beach at the Jersey Shore listening to this game on the radio and hearing the call from Gary on Lance Johnson's bases-loaded 3-run triple. Don't know why I remember that.

Dave VW
August 7, 2023
Love me some Jersey Shore, DaKid! Johnson's big triple was his 13th in the first half, a total that has been topped only twice since 1996: by Curtis Granderson in 2007, and Jose Reyes in 2011 (both had 15). It also happened to be Johnson's 33rd birthday on this date!

The Mets were starting to play some very good baseball at this point, despite missing Rico Brogna and Bernard Gilkey from the lineup. In fact, this win was their fourth in a row, tying their season high thus far. Alex Ochoa had recently been called up to take over RF and he hit a 3-run homer. Todd Hundley also homered, which was his 22nd of the season. That was the most by a Met before the All-Star break since Howard Johnson also had 22 in 1989. Hundley would hit another longball the next day, and his 23 HRs were (at the time) the 2nd most during the 1st half by a Met, after Dave Kingman's 30 in 1976. Bobby Jones was solid, and Dave Mlicki get a great job in relief, stranding runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out in the 7th inning. It was his 8th straight appearance without allowing a run.

All in all, things were really starting to look up in Mets land.



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