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New York Mets released Ray Sadecki on May 2, 1977.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Castillo on May 2, 1988.

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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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Ken MacKenzie
Born: March 10, 1934
at Gore Bay, Ont., Canada
Died: December 14, 2023 at Guilford, Conn.
MacKenzie
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

76 games. 8 - 5, 4.96
92 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies
1986 Game Results
04/11 Mets 9, Phillies 7 Ojeda (W, 1-0)
04/12 Phillies 9, Mets 8 Niemann (L, 0-1)
04/13 Phillies 4, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 0-1)
04/18 Mets 5, Phillies 2 Darling (W, 1-0)
04/19 Mets 3, Phillies 2 Gooden (W, 2-0)
04/20 Mets 8, Phillies 0 Fernandez (W, 1-0)
06/09 Phillies 3, Mets 2 Sisk (L, 0-1)
06/10 Mets 8, Phillies 4 McDowell (W, 6-0)
06/11 Mets 5, Phillies 3 Darling (W, 7-2)
08/11 Mets 8, Phillies 4 Gooden (W, 12-4)
08/12 Phillies 3, Mets 1 Aguilera (L, 6-4)
08/13 Phillies 8, Mets 4 Ojeda (L, 12-4)
09/12 Phillies 6, Mets 3 Gooden (L, 14-6)
09/13 Phillies 6, Mets 5 McDowell (L, 13-8)
09/14 Phillies 6, Mets 0 Fernandez (L, 15-5)
09/19 Phillies 4, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 15-6)
09/20 Mets 9, Phillies 5 Darling (W, 14-5)
09/21 Phillies 7, Mets 1 Mitchell (L, 0-1)
1986 totals: 8 wins, 10 losses



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