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New York Mets claimed Greg Goossen on waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 9, 1965.

New York Mets sold Michael Tonkin to the Minnesota Twins on April 9, 2024.

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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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Lou Thornton
Born: April 26, 1963
at Montgomery, Ala.
Thornton
Years with Mets: 1989, 1990

16 games. 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0.308
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Mets vs. Houston Astros
1987 Game Results
04/27 Astros 11, Mets 1 Cone (L, 0-2)
04/29 Mets 2, Astros 1 Fernandez (W, 4-1)
05/13 Astros 2, Mets 1 Walter (L, 1-1)
05/14 Astros 5, Mets 4 Walter (L, 1-2)
07/09 Astros 4, Mets 3 Myers (L, 1-4)
07/10 Mets 7, Astros 3 Gooden (W, 6-2)
07/11 Mets 9, Astros 6 Myers (W, 2-4)
07/12 Mets 5, Astros 2 Darling (W, 4-6)
07/24 Mets 5, Astros 2 Fernandez (W, 10-6)
07/24 Mets 7, Astros 4 Mitchell (W, 2-2)
07/25 Astros 7, Mets 5 Schulze (L, 1-1)
07/26 Astros 5, Mets 2 Orosco (L, 2-7)
1987 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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