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1906 At Brooklyn's Washington Park, Philadelphia southpaw John Lush strikes out 11 batters en route to throwing a 6-0 no-hitter against the Superbas, a team known as the Dodgers beginning in 1911. There will not be another no-hitter by a Phillies pitcher until Jim Bunning's perfect game against the Mets in 1964.
1965 Yogi Berra, appearing in his first game since 1963, grounds out to first base unassisted when he pinch-hits in the eighth inning of the Mets' 9-2 loss to the Reds at Crosley Field. The former Yankees icon, who became a player-coach for the crosstown rivals after being fired as the Bronx Bombers' manager last fall, will play in four National League contests, collecting two hits in nine at-bats before retiring as a player.
1980 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn fines the Mets due to disparaging remarks made against the Yankees by Jerry Della Femina, the president of the team's advertising agency. The high-powered ad man's campaign, in which the club paid $400,000 to bolster the sagging attendance at Shea Stadium, included sarcastic comments concerning Reggie Jackson and Bucky Dent and was quoted as saying their Bronx ballpark was in an unsafe neighborhood.
1980 Mets starter Pete Falcone sets a franchise record when he strikes out the first six batters he faces, including Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt among the half dozen batters, in the team's 2-1 loss to the Phillies at Shea Stadium. The southpaw's mark remains intact for 34 years until Jacob DeGrom, who will become the National League's Rookie of the Year, fans eight Miami batters from the start of a 2014 game to tie Jim Deshaies' major league record.
1984 Dwight Gooden becomes the first teenager to strike out at least ten players since Bert Blyleven accomplished the feat in 1970. The Mets' 19-year-old phenom, who will break Herb Score's rookie record with 276 Ks this season, will have 15 double-digit strikeout games this year.
2000 San Francisco's left fielder Barry Bonds becomes the first player to hit a ball into San Francisco Bay, aka McCovey's Cove. The first 'splashdown' home run at Pacific Bell Park helps the Giants to beat the Mets, 10-3.

2011 The Phillies fans attending the ESPN Sunday Night Game against the Mets start chanting "USA, USA" when word spreads of the death of Osama Bin Laden. The sellout crowd's reaction surprises the players on the field, unaware of the historic event.

2021 The Mets credit Donnie Stevenson, the team's hitting/approach coach, for their 5-4 victory against the Phillies thanks to Michael Conforto's go-ahead ninth-inning home run. In a pregame meeting, New York's mysterious new guru, actually slugging first baseman Pete Alonso in disguise, encouraged the slumping club to stop overthinking things and let it rip.

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