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| 1962 | Craig Anderson, who will not win another major league game, dropping his next 19 decisions, including 16 this season, gets credit for the victory for both ends of a twin bill when the 5-17 Mets beat the Braves at the Polo Grounds, 3-2 and 8-7. The victories account for the first doubleheader sweep in franchise history and mark the first time a major league team has accomplished the feat with two walk-off homers, thanks to the ninth-inning heroics of Hobie Landrith and Gil Hodges. |
| 1968 | The Mets play their 1000th game in franchise history, losing to Chicago at Wrigley Field in the first game of a doubleheader, 4-3. The Amazins compiled a 332-664 record with four contests ending in a tie but will start their next 1000 matchups with a resounding 10-0 rout of the Cubs in the nightcap. |
| 1974 | In a 4-3 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Bronx native Ed Kranepool collects his 1000th major league hit. The James Monroe High School graduate will play his 18-year career with the Mets, retiring as the all-time franchise leader with 1,418 hits. |
| 1979 | An anchorman on Saturday Night Live Weekend Update, Bill Murray, reports that 42-year-old Chico Escuela (a fictional baseball player portrayed by Garrett Morris) has informed the Mets that he is quitting baseball. Although "baizabol be berry berry good to him," a crushing blow off the bat of Dodgers' first baseman Steve Garvey into the Dominican infielder's crotch ends an inspiring comeback. |
| 1990 | Blanking the Dodgers at Shea Stadium, 7-0, Frank Viola gets his seventh consecutive win from the start of the season. The Mets southpaw sets a franchise record of nine straight victories, dating back to his past two decisions last season. |
| 1998 | The Padres' home game streak, which started in April 1983 without a rainout, ends in a scheduled contest against the Mets, a team washed out eight times already this season. A game in San Diego hadn't been rained out in the previous 15 years, covering 1,184 games. |
| 2014 |
Yankee right fielder Alfonso Soriano becomes only the seventh player to collect a thousand hits in both leagues when he singles off Mets starter Bartolo Colon in the bottom of the second inning of the team's 9-7 loss at the Bronx ballpark. The 38-year-old Dominican outfielder, the first major leaguer to record 100 HRs, 500 RBIs, 500 runs, and 100 RBIs in each circuit, joins Frank Robinson, Dave Winfield, Vladimir Guerrero, Fred McGriff, Orlando Cabrera, and Carlos Lee in reaching the milestone.
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