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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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Bobby Valentine
Born: May 13, 1950
at Stamford, Conn.
Valentine
Years with Mets: 1977, 1978

111 games. 2 hr, 21 rbi, 0.222
25 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1964 Game Results
04/17 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Bauta (L, 0-1)
04/18 Pirates 9, Mets 5 Bearnarth (L, 0-1)
04/19 Mets 6, Pirates 0 Jackson (W, 1-1)
04/24 Pirates 9, Mets 4 Jackson (L, 1-2)
04/25 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Fisher (L, 0-1)
04/26 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Bearnarth (L, 0-2)
04/26 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Stallard (W, 1-2)
06/16 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 4-5)
06/17 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Stallard (L, 4-8)
06/18 Pirates 10, Mets 0 Jackson (L, 3-10)
06/23 Pirates 5, Mets 1 Willey (L, 0-1)
06/24 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Cisco (L, 3-9)
06/25 Pirates 8, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 5-6)
08/11 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Fisher (W, 8-14)
08/12 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Ribant (L, 0-1)
08/17 Mets 5, Pirates 0 Ribant (W, 1-1)
08/18 Mets 7, Pirates 3 Jackson (W, 7-12)
08/19 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Stallard (W, 7-16)
1964 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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