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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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Al Leiter
Born: October 23, 1965
at Toms River, N.J.
Leiter
Years with Mets: 1998 - 2004

213 games. 95 - 67, 3.42
1106 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
2009 Game Results
04/21 Cardinals 6, Mets 4 Putz (L, 1-1)
04/22 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Maine (L, 0-2)
04/23 Cardinals 12, Mets 8 Hernandez (L, 1-1)
06/22 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Redding (W, 1-2)
06/23 Cardinals 3, Mets 0 Hernandez (L, 5-2)
06/24 Mets 11, Cardinals 0 Nieve (W, 3-0)
06/25 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Santana (W, 9-5)
08/04 Cardinals 12, Mets 7 Feliciano (L, 4-4)
08/05 Mets 9, Cardinals 0 Figueroa (W, 1-2)
2009 totals: 4 wins, 5 losses



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