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New York Mets signed free agent Eric Gunderson on May 5, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Lagares on May 5, 2006.

New York Mets released Ben Johnson on May 5, 2008.

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Mets Put Miracle on Flagpole!
New York Daily News, October 2, 1973
After an improbable late-season surge from the N.L. East cellar, the Mets have clinched their second division title.


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Willie Mays
Born: May 6, 1931
at Westfield, Ala.
Died: June 18, 2024 at Paolo Alto, Cal.
Mays
Years with Mets: 1972, 1973

135 games. 14 hr, 44 rbi, 0.238
51 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
2016 Game Results
04/29 Mets 13, Giants 1 Matz (W, 3-1)
04/30 Mets 6, Giants 5 deGrom (W, 3-0)
05/01 Giants 6, Mets 1 Syndergaard (L, 2-1)
08/18 Giants 10, Mets 7 deGrom (L, 7-6)
08/19 Giants 8, Mets 1 Lugo (L, 0-2)
08/20 Mets 9, Giants 5 Colon (W, 11-7)
08/21 Mets 2, Giants 0 Syndergaard (W, 11-7)
2016 totals: 4 wins, 3 losses



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