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New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.

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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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Matt Lawton
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Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1999 Game Results
04/27 Padres 6, Mets 2 Yoshii (L, 1-3)
04/28 Mets 4, Padres 3 Wendell (W, 1-0)
04/29 Mets 8, Padres 5 Cook (W, 4-0)
08/10 Mets 4, Padres 3 Wendell (W, 3-1)
08/11 Mets 12, Padres 5 Mahomes (W, 6-0)
08/12 Mets 9, Padres 3 Leiter (W, 10-7)
08/16 Mets 4, Padres 3 Cook (W, 10-2)
08/17 Padres 3, Mets 2 Leiter (L, 10-8)
08/18 Mets 9, Padres 1 Yoshii (W, 8-8)
1999 totals: 7 wins, 2 losses



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