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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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Bob Aspromonte
Born: June 19, 1938
at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Aspromonte
Years with Mets: 1971

104 games. 5 hr, 33 rbi, 0.225
21 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1971 Game Results
05/29 Mets 5, Padres 1 Seaver (W, 6-2)
05/29 Mets 2, Padres 1 Ryan (W, 6-1)
05/30 Padres 4, Mets 2 Sadecki (L, 2-1)
06/08 Mets 6, Padres 4 Gentry (W, 5-4)
06/09 Mets 4, Padres 2 Seaver (W, 8-2)
06/10 Padres 4, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 6-3)
08/10 Mets 6, Padres 4 McGraw (W, 8-3)
08/11 Padres 1, Mets 0 Frisella (L, 5-3)
08/12 Padres 3, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 9-10)
08/20 Padres 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 4-8)
08/21 Mets 2, Padres 1 Seaver (W, 14-8)
08/22 Mets 4, Padres 2 Gentry (W, 10-9)
1971 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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