Ultimate Mets Database: Game of June 4, 1988

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June 3, 1988
Cubs 5, Mets 0 1988 Regular Season Game 53
June 4, 1988
Mets 6, Cubs 5 Next Game:
June 5, 1988
Mets 11, Cubs 3

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JUNE 4, 1988 GAME:

Jeff In Florida
January 2, 2005
This was a very exciting game in which Kevin McReynolds hit the game winning home run. I was excited that Jeff Innis got his first major league win this day!

Mets2Moon
May 3, 2005
I remember being at this game on Beach Towel day, which came in handy when there was a fairly lengthy rain delay early on. It was a 3:20 start on a nationally televised Saturday afternoon game. The Mets led 3-0 and Darling had a 1-hitter going into the 8th. But he fell apart, and the Cubs eventually took a 4-3 lead off of Myers in the 9th. But the Mets tied it on a Goose Gossage wild pitch in the last of the 9th.

My mother got fed up and, despite my protests, took me home after the 10th inning. Which is when the game started to get really interesting. Carter ended up playing 3B, the Cubs took a lead in the top of the 11th, only to see the Mets tie it, and then McReynolds hit the winning HR in the 13th.

I remember being on the subway and hearing a number of fans listening on the radio and cheering when the ball went out. Wish my mother would have stuck it out. She was never much for those long, cold afternoons at Shea.

Ed K
April 12, 2012
One of two games in which Gary Carter played at 3B for the Mets and they won both in extra innings. The other game was the infamous 1986 game against the Reds when the Mets had to have Jesse Orosco and Roger McDowell play the outfield. Carter also played at 3B once for the Expos.

Rocky
August 11, 2015
We were in the left field bleachers. Those towels came in handy, it was cold out there!

Michael
April 24, 2020
One of the real memorable games from the 1988 season. The Mets won it on a homer by Kevin McReynolds in the 13th on the NBC game of the week.

A note, this meant that the last 3 Mets victories had come on game-ending homers....as both Elster and HoJo had done it earlier in the week. Most likely the only time in team history that has occurred.

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