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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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Alfonzo Does it 3 and Easy
New York Daily News, August 31, 1999
Account of Edgardo Alfonzo's big day in Houston: Six-for-six with three home runs.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Junior Ortiz
Born: October 24, 1959
at Humacao, P.R.
Ortiz
Years with Mets: 1983, 1984

108 games. 0 hr, 23 rbi, 0.236
16 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1974 Game Results
04/26 Mets 6, Giants 0 Seaver (W, 1-2)
04/27 Giants 11, Mets 3 Swan (L, 0-2)
04/28 Mets 6, Giants 0 Matlack (W, 2-1)
04/28 Mets 6, Giants 4 Parker (W, 1-0)
05/07 Giants 4, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 1-3)
05/07 Giants 3, Mets 0 Stone (L, 0-3)
05/08 Mets 4, Giants 2 Matlack (W, 4-1)
07/05 Mets 3, Giants 2 Koosman (W, 9-5)
07/06 Giants 5, Mets 2 Stone (L, 2-7)
07/07 Mets 6, Giants 0 Seaver (W, 6-6)
07/16 Giants 9, Mets 4 Koosman (L, 9-7)
07/17 Giants 6, Mets 2 Apodaca (L, 2-5)
1974 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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