July 3, 1996: 43,000 came to Veterans Stadium to see the visiting Mets take on the Phils. Mets right fielder Alex Ochoa had a career day, hitting for the cycle with five hits, three RBIs & three runs scored. Ochoa started out with a single in the 2nd, then an RBI triple in the 4th, putting the Mets up 4-2. In the 6th he doubled and scored on a Butch Huskey HR. In the 8th he hit a solo HR, (his 6th of the year) off Ken Ryan. In the 9th he doubled off the center field wall scoring Jeff Kent & completing the cycle. The Mets won the game 10-6 and Alex Ochoa left the game batting .390.
Ochoa spent three seasons with the Mets, in 1996 he hit .294, with 4 HRs & 33 RBIs in 82 games. He dropped to .244 the next season and was traded to Minnesota. He later hit .300 in Milwaukee & Cincinnati retiring in 2002.
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Can we get some sort of concerted fan effort to get the Mets to go back to their pinstriped uniforms with the blue hats, at the very least, once every homestand?
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