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Dave VW
July 15, 2022
Big-time playoff feel to this game, with pretty much a full house on hand to watch the Pirates pull off a DH sweep of the Mets and increase their NL East lead to 2.5 games. It just so happened Pittsburgh swept all five of their doubleheaders during the 1990 season. Meanwhile, the Mets just couldn't score runs during this stretch, and were outscored 16-3 during this five-game losing streak.

This marked Ojeda's final of 109 career starts for the Mets. He pitched three more times in relief, then was traded to the Dodgers during the offseason along with Greg Hansell for Hubie Brooks. Brooks was supposed to be the RF replacement for the departed Darryl Strawberry, but that didn't turn out well at all.

Jeff King had his first career two-homer game in this one, and I recollect him being a particular nuisance against the Mets, though he was just a career .272 hitter with 8 dingers vs. New York.

One last piece of trivia: Lee Mazzilli's son, LJ, was born the next day. LJ was drafted by the Mets in the 4th round in 2013 but never really panned out. He played in the Mets' system until 2018 when he was traded to the Yankees. As of 2022, he's still playing on the independent circuit for the Long Island Ducks.



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