Remembering Mets History (1988) Mets Hit Record Six Opening Day HRs
Monday April 4th, Opening Day 1988: An exciting Opening Day in Montreal brought 55,413 Canadians out to Olympic Stadium (Stade Olympique) to see Buck Rogers' Expos host Davey Johnson's New York Mets. The previous year the Expos had won 91 games (91-71) finishing in third place four games behind the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets (92-70) had finished second just one game ahead of Montreal. Todays starting pitchers were Dwight Gooden for the Mets & Dennis Martinez for the Expos, Gooden had started the 1987 season in rehab which was the only year he missed being the teams Opening Day starter from 1985-1991 seasons. In the Mets 1988 NL Eastern Champion season, Gooden would be an 18-game winner going 18-9 with a 3.19 ERA & 175 strike outs. Montreal's Dennis Martinez would go on to win 15 games that year, then & win 14 games or more in six of the next seven seasons. After a scoreless top of the 1st inning, ...