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New York Mets signed free agent Eric Gunderson on May 5, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Lagares on May 5, 2006.

New York Mets released Ben Johnson on May 5, 2008.

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Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1990 Game Results
06/19 Mets 6, Cardinals 0 Cone (W, 3-4)
06/20 Mets 6, Cardinals 3 Fernandez (W, 5-5)
06/25 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Cone (W, 4-4)
06/26 Mets 8, Cardinals 6 Pena (W, 2-2)
06/27 Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Viola (W, 11-3)
07/26 Mets 6, Cardinals 1 Darling (W, 4-5)
07/26 Cardinals 3, Mets 1 Ojeda (L, 4-5)
07/27 Mets 10, Cardinals 1 Viola (W, 14-5)
07/28 Cardinals 1, Mets 0 Cone (L, 7-5)
07/29 Mets 6, Cardinals 0 Gooden (W, 11-5)
08/03 Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Machado (W, 4-1)
08/04 Cardinals 7, Mets 5 Gooden (L, 11-6)
08/05 Cardinals 8, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 7-8)
08/06 Cardinals 5, Mets 1 Darling (L, 4-6)
09/03 Mets 9, Cardinals 3 Gooden (W, 15-6)
09/04 Cardinals 1, Mets 0 Fernandez (L, 9-11)
09/10 Mets 10, Cardinals 1 Viola (W, 18-9)
09/11 Mets 10, Cardinals 8 Franco (W, 5-1)
1990 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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