National League Standings, June 29, 1990
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JUNE 29, 1990 GAME:
Michael
February 4, 2022
The Mets win their 11th game in a row, tying a team record. Strawberry homers again, and is joined by Mackey Sasser. The entire Mets lineup was red hot at this point in the season, as along with Strawberry....guys like Jefferies, Sasser, McReynolds, Boston and Magadan were all in the middle of hot streaks. The Mets averaged over 7 runs a game from about early June till mid July. Arguably the most dominant stretch of baseball in team history.
Dave VW
August 9, 2022
Those 11 straight wins Michael mentioned are still tied for the club record; it's been matched only once more since then, in 2015. It was a solid win all the way around, as they did it without Boston or McReynolds in the lineup, and Ojeda pretty much silenced a Cincinnati lineup that seemed to feature .300 hitters from top to bottom. His 8.1 innings pitched, 126 pitches and 8 strikeouts were all season highs. He wore down late in the game, though, allowing five of the last eight batters he faced to reach base. Harrelson seemed intent to get Ojeda the complete game but eventually had to pull the plug in the ninth.
With Franco unavailable due to pitching an inning and two thirds the previous game, Buddy went with Jeff Innis for the save instead, a daring move considering the Reds countered with the lefty-hitting Ken Griffey Sr. and Paul O'Neill as his first two batters. With one out and one on, Griffey one-handed a pitch to the wall in RF but Strawberry caught it with his back up against the fence. O'Neill then singled, and Keith Miller booted the ball to move the runners to 2nd and 3rd. With Billy Hatcher batting next, Innis uncorked a wild pitch that scored Mariano Duncan. Edging ever closer to disaster, Innis then induced Hatcher to hit a nubber in front of the plate that Sasser pounced on and threw to first for the final out. After a sigh of relief, Innis could celebrate notching his first big league save.
Strawberry's homer extended his hitting streak to a career-best 18 games, which would get snapped the next game. I was surprised to learn that Moises Alou actually holds the record for longest hitting streak in Mets history. He hit safely in 30 straight games in 2007. I can't believe he stayed healthy long enough to achieve such a feat.
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