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Dave VW
August 14, 2023
Though far from overpowering, Pedro Martinez nonetheless improves his career record against the Mets to 9-0 by tossing a complete game in the Expos 7-3 victory, snapping the Mets' 4-game win streak.

Pete Harnisch started on just 3 days rest, thanks to the Mets playing a doubleheader a few days back. He was chosen over other capable candidates such as Robert Person, Paul Byrd or Dave Mlicki, all of whom were in the bullpen at this point in time. It looked like Harnisch was in for a short night, too, as he gave up a 3-run bomb to Henry Rodriguez in the 1st inning, pretty much giving Pedro all the run support he'd need. But Harnisch put up all zeroes after that, bending but not breaking in a very gritty performance. He wasn't helped out by his outfield defense, as both Bernard Gilkey and Alex Ochoa dropped flyballs for errors, and Ochoa and Lance Johnson both lost a ball in the lights on the same play that allowed Shane Andrews (who had the only 4-hit game of his career) to get a cheap double. But thankfully none of those errors came back to bite Harnisch.

Todd Hundley (who later stole his only base of the season) responded in the bottom of the 1st with a 2-run dinger, but that would be all the Mets would muster until Johnson scored on a groundout after he tripled in the 8th. By then the combination of Byrd and Doug Henry had allowed Montreal to score 3 more times, all but putting the game out of reach. It sure didn't help that the Mets went 1-for-10 with runners on base.

Pedro also set a personal record by laying down 3 sacrifice bunts. He actually led the league with 16 sacrifices in 1996.



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