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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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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Toby Borland
Born: May 29, 1969
at Ruston, La.
Borland
Years with Mets: 1997

13 games. 0 - 1, 6.08
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Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1965 Game Results
04/17 Giants 4, Mets 0 Parsons (L, 0-1)
04/18 Giants 4, Mets 1 Jackson (L, 0-2)
04/18 Mets 7, Giants 1 Kroll (W, 1-0)
04/23 Mets 9, Giants 8 Ribant (W, 1-0)
04/24 Mets 7, Giants 6 Kroll (W, 2-0)
04/25 Giants 5, Mets 0 Jackson (L, 0-3)
04/25 Mets 4, Giants 3 Spahn (W, 2-0)
06/08 Giants 2, Mets 1 Cisco (L, 1-3)
06/09 Giants 4, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 5-5)
06/10 Giants 3, Mets 0 Kroll (L, 3-4)
06/18 Giants 3, Mets 0 Cisco (L, 1-4)
06/19 Giants 2, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 5-7)
08/16 Giants 3, Mets 2 Moorhead (L, 0-1)
08/17 Giants 3, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 7-16)
08/18 Giants 5, Mets 0 Miller (L, 1-2)
08/27 Giants 9, Mets 2 Sutherland (L, 1-1)
08/28 Mets 3, Giants 0 Cisco (W, 4-8)
08/29 Giants 8, Mets 3 Fisher (L, 8-17)
1965 totals: 5 wins, 13 losses



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