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Tampa Bay Devil Rays claimed Brian Rose of the New York Mets on waivers on April 24, 2001.

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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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Keith Hernandez
Born: October 20, 1953
at San Francisco, Cal.
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Years with Mets: 1983 - 1989

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Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1985 Game Results
05/17 Mets 3, Giants 2 McDowell (W, 4-1)
05/18 Giants 8, Mets 2 Gardner (L, 0-1)
05/19 Mets 3, Giants 2 Gorman (W, 3-1)
05/29 Mets 4, Giants 3 Lynch (W, 3-3)
05/30 Mets 2, Giants 1 Gooden (W, 7-3)
08/20 Mets 3, Giants 0 Gooden (W, 19-3)
08/21 Giants 3, Mets 2 McDowell (L, 6-5)
08/22 Mets 7, Giants 0 Leach (W, 2-1)
08/29 Giants 6, Mets 3 Leach (L, 2-2)
08/30 Mets 2, Giants 1 Darling (W, 13-5)
08/31 Giants 3, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 20-4)
09/01 Mets 4, Giants 3 Sisk (W, 3-5)
1985 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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