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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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Anthony Swarzak
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Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
2000 Game Results
05/19 Mets 4, Diamondbacks 3 Jones (W, 1-1)
05/20 Mets 8, Diamondbacks 7 Hampton (W, 5-4)
05/21 Mets 7, Diamondbacks 6 Wendell (W, 3-2)
08/04 Mets 6, Diamondbacks 1 Reed (W, 6-2)
08/05 Mets 6, Diamondbacks 2 Jones (W, 6-5)
08/06 Diamondbacks 9, Mets 5 Rusch (L, 7-9)
08/25 Mets 13, Diamondbacks 3 Reed (W, 8-4)
08/26 Diamondbacks 5, Mets 1 White (L, 2-1)
08/27 Mets 2, Diamondbacks 1 Hampton (W, 13-7)
2000 totals: 7 wins, 2 losses



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