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New York Mets traded Chris DeWitt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Franco on April 8, 1996.

Cleveland Indians claimed Jason Anderson of the New York Mets on waivers on April 8, 2004.

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Redmen Steal No-Hitter From Yale
Newsday, May 22, 1981
Some have called it the greatest pitching duel in the history of college baseball, and both pitches were future Mets: Frank Viola for St. John's and Ron Darling for Yale.
Tags: Ron Darling, Frank Viola.


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Jerry Buchek
Born: May 9, 1942
at St. Louis, Mo.
Died: January 2, 2019 at Springfield, Mo.
Buchek
Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

197 games. 15 hr, 52 rbi, 0.219
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Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1994 Game Results
05/05 Mets 8, Cardinals 1 Saberhagen (W, 4-1)
05/06 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Franco (L, 0-2)
05/07 Mets 1, Cardinals 0 Jones (W, 4-2)
05/08 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Gozzo (W, 1-0)
06/27 Cardinals 9, Mets 8 Franco (L, 1-4)
06/28 Cardinals 8, Mets 6 Remlinger (L, 0-2)
07/25 Mets 7, Cardinals 1 Saberhagen (W, 12-4)
07/26 Mets 10, Cardinals 9 Maddux (W, 2-1)
07/27 Mets 7, Cardinals 4 Jacome (W, 4-1)
1994 totals: 6 wins, 3 losses



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