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Today is May 5

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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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Billy Murphy
Born: May 7, 1944
at Pineville, La.
Died: May 13, 2024 at Tacoma, Wash.
Murphy
Years with Mets: 1966

84 games. 3 hr, 13 rbi, 0.230
15 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Washington Nationals
2008 Game Results
04/15 Mets 6, Nationals 0 Pelfrey (W, 2-0)
04/16 Mets 5, Nationals 2 Maine (W, 1-1)
04/17 Mets 3, Nationals 2 Sosa (W, 2-1)
04/23 Mets 7, Nationals 2 Santana (W, 3-2)
04/24 Nationals 10, Mets 5 Perez (L, 2-1)
05/12 Nationals 10, Mets 4 Figueroa (L, 2-3)
05/13 Mets 6, Nationals 3 Maine (W, 5-2)
05/14 Nationals 5, Mets 3 Vargas (L, 0-1)
05/15 Nationals 1, Mets 0 Pelfrey (L, 2-4)
08/12 Mets 4, Nationals 3 Santana (W, 10-7)
08/13 Mets 12, Nationals 0 Maine (W, 10-7)
08/14 Mets 9, Nationals 3 Perez (W, 9-7)
09/09 Mets 10, Nationals 8 Smith (W, 4-3)
09/10 Mets 13, Nationals 10 Smith (W, 5-3)
09/15 Nationals 7, Mets 2 Martinez (L, 5-5)
09/16 Nationals 1, Mets 0 Pelfrey (L, 13-10)
09/17 Mets 9, Nationals 7 Knight (W, 1-0)
09/18 Mets 7, Nationals 2 Santana (W, 14-7)
2008 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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