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New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.

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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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Mackey Sasser
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Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
2007 Game Results
05/14 Mets 5, Cubs 4 Heilman (W, 4-2)
05/15 Cubs 10, Mets 1 Maine (L, 5-1)
05/16 Mets 8, Cubs 1 Sosa (W, 3-0)
05/17 Mets 6, Cubs 5 Burgos (W, 1-0)
08/03 Mets 6, Cubs 2 Mota (W, 1-0)
08/04 Cubs 6, Mets 2 Maine (L, 12-6)
08/05 Mets 8, Cubs 3 Glavine (W, 10-6)
2007 totals: 5 wins, 2 losses



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