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Texas Rangers claimed Darren O'Day of the New York Mets on waivers on April 22, 2009.

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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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Cal Koonce
Born: November 18, 1940
at Fayetteville, N.C.
Died: October 28, 1993 at Winston-Salem, N.C.
Koonce
Years with Mets: 1967 - 1970

119 games. 15 - 12, 3.43
132 strikeouts, 7 saves


Mets vs. Colorado Rockies
1996 Game Results
04/11 Rockies 7, Mets 3 Mlicki (L, 0-2)
04/12 Rockies 6, Mets 5 Clark (L, 0-2)
04/14 Mets 10, Rockies 4 Harnisch (W, 1-0)
04/19 Rockies 5, Mets 3 Harnisch (L, 1-1)
04/20 Mets 4, Rockies 3 Franco (W, 2-0)
04/21 Rockies 6, Mets 4 Franco (L, 2-1)
06/24 Mets 2, Rockies 1 Isringhausen (W, 4-9)
06/25 Mets 3, Rockies 2 Jones (W, 7-4)
06/26 Mets 9, Rockies 5 Mlicki (W, 4-3)
07/23 Rockies 10, Mets 7 Henry (L, 2-3)
07/23 Rockies 11, Mets 10 Henry (L, 2-4)
07/24 Rockies 7, Mets 6 Byrd (L, 1-2)
1996 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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