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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' Hodges Dies of Heart Attack
New York Daily News, April 3, 1972
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Ed Lynch
Born: February 25, 1956
at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lynch
Years with Mets: 1980 - 1986

167 games. 38 - 40, 3.82
259 strikeouts, 4 saves


Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
2000 Game Results
05/19 Mets 4, Diamondbacks 3 Jones (W, 1-1)
05/20 Mets 8, Diamondbacks 7 Hampton (W, 5-4)
05/21 Mets 7, Diamondbacks 6 Wendell (W, 3-2)
08/04 Mets 6, Diamondbacks 1 Reed (W, 6-2)
08/05 Mets 6, Diamondbacks 2 Jones (W, 6-5)
08/06 Diamondbacks 9, Mets 5 Rusch (L, 7-9)
08/25 Mets 13, Diamondbacks 3 Reed (W, 8-4)
08/26 Diamondbacks 5, Mets 1 White (L, 2-1)
08/27 Mets 2, Diamondbacks 1 Hampton (W, 13-7)
2000 totals: 7 wins, 2 losses



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