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New York Mets purchased Mike Phillips from the San Francisco Giants on May 3, 1975.

New York Mets released Travis d'Arnaud on May 3, 2019.

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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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Frank Lary
Born: April 10, 1930
at Northport, Ala.
Died: December 14, 2017 at Northport, Ala.
Lary
Years with Mets: 1964, 1965

27 games. 3 - 6, 3.77
50 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1977 Game Results
05/02 Dodgers 3, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 1-3)
05/03 Dodgers 4, Mets 1 Espinosa (L, 2-1)
05/04 Dodgers 3, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 1-3)
05/05 Dodgers 7, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 4-1)
05/13 Mets 3, Dodgers 0 Matlack (W, 2-4)
05/14 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Espinosa (L, 2-3)
05/15 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Apodaca (L, 0-1)
07/24 Dodgers 5, Mets 3 Apodaca (L, 3-4)
07/25 Mets 1, Dodgers 0 Swan (W, 6-6)
08/01 Mets 8, Dodgers 7 Lockwood (W, 2-6)
08/02 Dodgers 7, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 8-12)
08/03 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 Siebert (W, 2-0)
1977 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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