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Remembering Mets History (1988) Keith Hernandez Drives In Seven Runs - Hits Seventh Career Grand Slam & Reaches 1000 Career RBIs

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T uesday, April 26, 1988: On this night, Davey Johnson's second place Mets (12-6) visited Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, to face Chuck Tanner's last place Atlanta Braves (3-14).  The 1988 Mets would win 100 games, taking the NL Eastern Division by 15 games over the Pirates. But a team that suppose to win it all again, as they had done two years ago fell short. They lost a heart breaking NLCS to the eventual World Champion Dodgers in seven games. The pitchers for tonight's game were the Mets All-Star Dwight Gooden facing a young Braves pitcher named Tom Glavine.  Trivia:  In 1988 Glavine was just 22 years old pitching in his first full season. The previous year he had been brought up in August, going 2-4 in  nine appearances.  In 1988 he would lead the league with 17 losses for the fifth place Braves who finished 69-92, twenty games behind the Giants. But Glavine's Hall of Fame  career  was just beginning. By 1991 Glavine would win twenty games or more...
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Remembering Mets History (2012) David Wright Becomes Mets All Time RBI Leader

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Wednesday April 25th, 2012: A crowd of 20,683 came out to Citi Field tonight to see Terry Collins Mets (10-8) take on Ozzie Guillen's Miami Marlins (7-10).  Tonight's game would be highlighted by a Mets franchise milestone, as David Wright would pass Darryl Strawberry for most RBIs in Team history. Strawberry had held the record since leaving the Mets in 1990. The starting pitchers for tonight's game, were the Mets R.A. Dickey (2-1) & the Marlins veteran, Mark Buehrle. In the bottom of the 1st, R.A. Dickey retired the Marlins in order. In the bottom of the 1st, Mark Buehrle struck out the first two Mets then retired Daniel Murphy who was batting .329, for an easy inning. In the bottom of the 2nd, David Wright led off the inning & flew out to right field. He would do the same in his second at bat in the 4th inning. Both pitchers held their opponent down scoreless to just one hit through the first four innings. In the top of the 5th, R.A. Dickey gave up a HR to Omar ...
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Remembering Mets History (2015) The Mets Win Eleventh Straight Tying a Franchise Record

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Sunday April 12th, 2015:  On this night Terry Collins New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 at Turner Field. The win put them at .500 (3-3) on the new season. It was a good night, and no one knew it at the time, but it was the start of some good things that would take the Mets all the way to the World Series. Bart- Big Sexy: The legend of Folk Hero Bartolo Colon also known as "Big Sexy" began to grow. Bartolo Colon won his second game of the season to get to 2-0 with a 2.77 ERA, on his way to another 14-game winning season.  Also, at bat Bartolo collected a 4th inning RBI base hit off Alex Wood scoring Wilmer Flores, breaking the 2-2 tie.  Bart Trivia: It was Colon's first RBI in ten years, his last coming in 2005 while with the  L.A. Angels. On this night, Jeurys Familia notched his first save of the season. It was the start Familia becoming one of the league's top closers that year as saved 43 games tying a then Mets record. This victory wa...
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