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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. Cincinnati Reds
1963 Game Results
04/16 Reds 7, Mets 4 Hook (L, 0-2)
04/17 Reds 5, Mets 0 Willey (L, 0-1)
05/10 Mets 3, Reds 2 Willey (W, 3-1)
05/11 Reds 4, Mets 2 Jackson (L, 3-3)
05/12 Reds 3, Mets 0 Cisco (L, 1-3)
05/12 Mets 13, Reds 12 Bearnarth (W, 1-0)
06/10 Mets 3, Reds 2 Stallard (W, 1-3)
06/11 Reds 8, Mets 3 Jackson (L, 5-6)
06/14 Mets 10, Reds 3 Willey (W, 5-5)
06/15 Mets 4, Reds 1 Stallard (W, 2-3)
06/16 Reds 11, Mets 5 Jackson (L, 5-7)
06/16 Reds 10, Mets 3 Craig (L, 2-10)
09/02 Mets 5, Reds 3 Jackson (W, 9-16)
09/02 Reds 1, Mets 0 Hook (L, 3-12)
09/03 Reds 5, Mets 0 Stallard (L, 6-13)
09/06 Mets 5, Reds 4 Jackson (W, 10-16)
09/07 Reds 4, Mets 2 Stallard (L, 6-14)
09/08 Mets 3, Reds 2 Hook (W, 4-12)
1963 totals: 8 wins, 10 losses



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