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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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Gibson Evens It Up
Newsday, October 10, 1988
One of the more brutal losses in Mets history, Game 4 of the 1988 NLCS against the Dodgers. Kirk Gibson's home run gets the headline on this day, but it's Mike Scioscia's home run that is remembered with more infamy.


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Jay Payton
Born: November 22, 1972
at Zanesville, O.
Payton
Years with Mets: 1998 - 2002

368 games. 33 hr, 128 rbi, 0.278
143 runs, 14 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1991 Game Results
06/04 Mets 4, Reds 2 Cone (W, 6-3)
06/05 Reds 11, Mets 10 Gooden (L, 5-5)
06/06 Reds 5, Mets 3 Viola (L, 6-3)
06/17 Mets 10, Reds 6 Darling (W, 3-4)
06/18 Mets 7, Reds 5 Pena (W, 3-0)
06/19 Reds 7, Mets 6 Cone (L, 6-5)
08/23 Reds 6, Mets 1 Viola (L, 12-11)
08/24 Reds 7, Mets 0 Whitehurst (L, 5-9)
08/25 Mets 2, Reds 1 Cone (W, 11-10)
08/30 Mets 3, Reds 2 Cone (W, 12-10)
08/31 Mets 8, Reds 7 Franco (W, 4-7)
09/01 Mets 9, Reds 4 Whitehurst (W, 6-10)
1991 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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