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Remembering Mets History (2024) Mets Turn Season Around with a Seven Game Win Streak

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By mid-June, the Mets were looking bad & the season seemed it would end in a wash. They had finished April at 15-14 but after a horrid May where they lost 19 of 28 games, they found themselves at 28-37deep in fourth place, already 16.5 games out of first. This seven game win streak was the turning point of the season. They started to get quality pitching from their starters & better outings from the relievers. Offensively they put together long innings with each player making contributions to keep rallies going & hitting the occasional long ball HR. The comradery played a big part too, as they all got along well, picked each other up when someone needed it & they started to believe they could win, no matter how far down they were. Manager Carlos Mendoza led his team to what was to be an exciting season. Wednesday June 12th: Tonight, the Mets hosted the Marlins, the second game of the three-game set. The series opened on Tuesday just after arriving back from the weekend ...
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Remembering Mets History (1979) Mets Set Franchise Record at the Time Scoring Ten Runs in an Inning

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June 12th, 1979: The Met's fans in 1979 didn't have much to cheer about during this sad era of Mets history. But there were a few bright spots in the season & on this night they had a historic ten run 6th inning. Tonight, Joe Torre's last place Mets (23-32) hosted John McNamara's second place Cincinnati Reds (33-28) in front of a small crowd of 9,805 fans.  Reds Trivia: Although the Reds won the Western Division that season, they were past the hey day of the Big Red Machine Days, where they had won back-to-back World Series titles in 1975-1976.  In the 1970's the Reds won six divisional titles, getting to four World Series winning two Championships.  In 1979 they lost the NLCS to the eventual World Champion Pirates.  The Reds would not get to another NLCS until their 1990 Championship season. Tonight, the Mets sent Brooklyn native, Pete Falcone (0-5) who joined the club that season & was still looking for his first Mets win. He went up against the Reds B...
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Remembering Mets History (1980) Mike Jorgensen Hits the Third Walk Off Grand Slam in Franchise History

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Wednesday, June 11th , 1980 :   The 1980 season, may have not been a great one for the Mets, but this June series with the Dodgers was memorable. First off the Mets swept the Dodgers on homestand where they took eight of ten games. The previous night's win featured the bench clearing brawl starring Mets pitcher Pat Zachry & Dodger All Star Ron Cey. On this Wednesday evening, a Shea Stadium crowd of 23,500 came out to see Joe Torre's Mets (25-27) who were six games behind a good Montreal Expo team, as they hosed Tommy Lasorda's second place Dodgers (32-23) who were just 1.5 games behind the first place Houston Astros.  The starting pitchers were Craig Swan (4-4) for New York & Jerry Reuss (7-1) for the  Dodgers. Reuss began the season as a reliever going 6-1 with three saves & a 2.85 ERA thru May. He would go 18-6 with a 2.51 ERA & six shut outs as one of the NL's top pitchers that year. Craig Swan Trivia: Craig Swan entered the game at 4-4 with a 2.27 E...
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Remembering Mets History (1986) Tim Teufel's Walk Off Grand Slam

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Tuesday June 10th, 1986: A solid weeknight crowd of 27,472 came out to Shea Stadium to see Davey Johnson's first place Mets (38-16) take on John Felske's third place Phillies (26-28.) Prior to this series the Mets had won five of six games, taking an eight game lead in NL East. The previous night, the Phillies had won the series opener with a 10th inning RBI single from Glenn Wilson off pitcher Doug Sisk. Tonight's  starters were Bobby Ojeda for the Mets, who came in at 7-2 with a 2.29 ERA against Philadelphia's Charlie Hudson (4-3). In the top of the 1st, Bob Ojeda escaped trouble after walking the leadoff man, giving up a single to Juan Samuel & getting the bases loaded after Rafael Santana's error at short. Ojeda then got Von Hayes to pop up & then struck out John Russell to end the inning.  In the top of the 3rd, the Phillies Jeff Stone & Ron Roenicke led off with base hits. Juan Samuel grounded out to second base, but Jeff Stone was able to s...
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