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New York Mets signed free agent Eric Gunderson on May 5, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Lagares on May 5, 2006.

New York Mets released Ben Johnson on May 5, 2008.

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The Yale Man Passes Toughest Test of Career
Newsday, October 2, 1985
Newsday's Steve Jacobson salutes Ron Darling after he came through for the Mets in the first of three do-or-die games that the Mets would play in St. Louis as they battled the Cardinals for the division title in October 1985. Plus: Dwight Gooden says he had wanted to start that game.
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Bill Latham
Born: August 29, 1960
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
2001 Game Results
04/06 Expos 10, Mets 6 Rose (L, 0-1)
04/07 Expos 10, Mets 0 Trachsel (L, 0-1)
04/08 Expos 5, Mets 2 Leiter (L, 0-1)
04/16 Mets 4, Expos 3 Reed (W, 2-1)
04/17 Mets 4, Expos 0 Rusch (W, 1-0)
04/18 Expos 7, Mets 1 Trachsel (L, 0-3)
05/21 Mets 6, Expos 3 Rusch (W, 3-3)
05/22 Expos 3, Mets 0 Gonzalez (L, 1-2)
05/23 Mets 4, Expos 2 Leiter (W, 2-3)
06/18 Mets 2, Expos 1 Wendell (W, 3-2)
06/19 Mets 4, Expos 1 White (W, 1-0)
06/20 Mets 4, Expos 3 Leiter (W, 4-5)
06/21 Expos 10, Mets 3 Appier (L, 4-7)
09/25 Mets 2, Expos 0 Appier (W, 9-10)
09/26 Mets 5, Expos 2 Rusch (W, 8-10)
09/27 Mets 12, Expos 6 White (W, 4-5)
10/05 Expos 8, Mets 6 Leiter (L, 11-11)
10/06 Mets 4, Expos 0 Appier (W, 11-10)
10/07 Expos 5, Mets 0 Rusch (L, 8-12)
2001 totals: 11 wins, 8 losses



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