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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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Tampa Tribune, September 15, 1983
Dwight Gooden's hometown paper provides an update on the young phenom as he's promoted to Tidewater at the end of the 1983 minor league season.
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Skip Lockwood
Born: August 17, 1946
at Boston, Mass.
Lockwood
Years with Mets: 1975 - 1979

227 games. 24 - 36, 2.80
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Mets vs. Houston Astros
1986 Game Results
05/06 Mets 4, Astros 0 Gooden (W, 5-0)
05/07 Mets 3, Astros 2 Fernandez (W, 4-0)
05/14 Astros 6, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 5-1)
05/15 Mets 6, Astros 2 Darling (W, 4-0)
07/03 Mets 6, Astros 5 Orosco (W, 4-4)
07/04 Mets 2, Astros 1 Gooden (W, 10-3)
07/05 Astros 2, Mets 1 McDowell (L, 7-1)
07/06 Mets 5, Astros 3 Fernandez (W, 11-2)
07/17 Mets 13, Astros 2 Ojeda (W, 11-2)
07/18 Astros 3, Mets 0 Darling (L, 9-3)
07/19 Astros 5, Mets 4 McDowell (L, 7-3)
07/20 Astros 9, Mets 8 McDowell (L, 7-4)
1986 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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