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New York Mets traded Gary Bennett to the Colorado Rockies for Ender Chavez on August 23, 2001.

New York Mets released Brian Dozier on August 23, 2020.

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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Brent Strom
Born: October 14, 1948
at San Diego, Cal.
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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1993 Game Results
05/17 Pirates 9, Mets 4 Gooden (L, 4-4)
05/18 Pirates 10, Mets 8 Schourek (L, 2-4)
05/19 Mets 6, Pirates 4 Franco (W, 1-0)
06/17 Pirates 6, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 7-6)
06/18 Pirates 5, Mets 2 Young (L, 0-8)
06/19 Pirates 8, Mets 3 Tanana (L, 4-6)
06/20 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Saberhagen (L, 3-6)
08/07 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 11-11)
08/07 Mets 10, Pirates 8 Maddux (W, 1-6)
08/08 Pirates 3, Mets 2 Tanana (L, 5-12)
09/20 Pirates 6, Mets 2 Hillman (L, 1-8)
09/21 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Telgheder (W, 4-2)
09/22 Mets 6, Pirates 5 Franco (W, 4-3)
1993 totals: 4 wins, 9 losses



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