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Mike Piazza: The 2000 Mets NL Pennant Season

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2 000 NL Pennant season:    The Mets began the season with a two-game series in Tokyo, Japan against the Chicago Cubs.  In the season opener Piazza collected two hits with his first HR of the season, a two-run shot in the 8th inning off Brian Williams, but the Mets still took a 5-3 loss. On April 7th his RBI double in the 1st inning was one of just two runs scored in the Mets 2-1 win over the Dodgers at Shea Stadium. Player of the Week Award: After a bit of slow start, from April 7th -April 18th, he went on a seven-game hit streak where he gathered 16 hits with two HRs & nine RBIs batting .571. Over 12 games thru April 23rd he would drive in 14 runs. For the Week of April 16th, he won his 11th career Player of the Week Award, Five Hit Day:  On April 14th in an 8-5 win at Pittsburgh, Piazza had a career high multi-five hit game, including his first multi-HR game of the season. Mike had previously had 18 muti-four hit games. In the top of the 7...
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Mike Piazza: The 1999 Mets Wild Card Season

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1999 Mets Wild Card Season:  Piazza began the 1999 season with an Opening Day double in the Mets 6-2 loss in Florida to the Marlins. The next day he hit his first HR of the year, driving in two runs in the Mets 12-3 win.  Multi- Five RBI Game : On April 9th, in 10-3 win at Montreal, Mike drove in a season high five runs, collecting three hits & hitting a three run HR off Mike Thurman. In the top of the 5th , he collected a two-run single as well. In the top of the 9th inning, he sprained his knee sliding into third base. He was sidelined with the injury through the April 25th. On April 25th, in his return he had an RBI single in the Mets 8-4 loss to the Cubs.  Walk Off HR:  On April 28th, the Mets went into the 8th inning with a 2-1 lead over the Padres. But Armando Benitez, allowed two walks, along with RBI doubles to Tony Gwynn & Phil Nevin putting the Mets behind 3-2. In the bottom of the 9th John Olerud singled then Piazza hit a walk off two run HR S...
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