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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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Dick Selma
Born: November 4, 1943
at Santa Ana, Cal.
Died: August 29, 2001 at Clovis, Cal.
Selma
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1968

105 games. 17 - 21, 3.16
253 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1971 Game Results
04/10 Mets 3, Reds 2 Frisella (W, 1-0)
04/11 Mets 1, Reds 0 McGraw (W, 1-0)
04/20 Reds 3, Mets 2 Frisella (L, 1-1)
04/21 Mets 5, Reds 2 Seaver (W, 3-0)
07/09 Reds 6, Mets 4 Seaver (L, 10-5)
07/10 Reds 4, Mets 2 Gentry (L, 7-7)
07/11 Reds 7, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 8-6)
07/11 Reds 5, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 10-6)
08/02 Reds 4, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 0-3)
08/03 Reds 5, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 8-9)
08/03 Mets 9, Reds 4 Williams (W, 4-5)
08/04 Reds 1, Mets 0 Gentry (L, 9-9)
1971 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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