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Texas Rangers claimed Darren O'Day of the New York Mets on waivers on April 22, 2009.

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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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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1979 Game Results
05/15 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Swan (W, 4-3)
05/16 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Lockwood (L, 0-5)
05/17 Pirates 6, Mets 5 Orosco (L, 1-2)
05/25 Mets 3, Pirates 3
05/26 Mets 10, Pirates 8 Lockwood (W, 1-5)
05/27 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Murray (L, 2-5)
05/28 Pirates 6, Mets 1 Falcone (L, 0-5)
06/25 Pirates 8, Mets 1 Swan (L, 7-6)
06/25 Mets 4, Pirates 0 Falcone (W, 1-5)
06/26 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Hausman (L, 0-3)
06/27 Mets 12, Pirates 9 Twitchell (W, 2-0)
06/28 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Allen (W, 2-5)
07/30 Pirates 8, Mets 5 Bernard (L, 0-2)
07/31 Mets 2, Pirates 1 Twitchell (W, 5-2)
09/07 Pirates 6, Mets 4 Allen (L, 4-9)
09/08 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Ellis (W, 3-7)
09/09 Pirates 6, Mets 5 Glynn (L, 1-3)
09/15 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Glynn (L, 1-4)
09/16 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Falcone (W, 6-13)
1979 totals: 8 wins, 10 losses, 1 tie



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