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1963 On Friday the 13th, hard-luck hurler Roger Craig, en route to his 21st loss of the season, allows the game's lone run to score after getting the first two outs in the ninth inning of the Mets' 1-0 loss to Houston at the Polo Grounds. The defeat marks the fifth time the New York right-hander has dropped a 1-0 decision this season.
1968 Jerry Koosman ties the National League rookie record when he hurls his seventh shutout, blanking Pittsburgh on three singles. The left-hander's 2-0 victory, the Mets' 67th win of the season - a franchise high, equals the mark shared by Irving Young (Braves, 1905) and Grover Cleveland Alexander (Phillies, 1911).
1983 Mike Fitzgerald becomes the 48th major leaguer to hit a home run in his first big-league at-bat. The Mets rookie backstop's second-inning homer of Tony Ghelfi contributes to a 5-1 victory over Philadelphia at Veterans Stadium.
1996 Dante Bichette joins his teammate Ellis Burks as a member of the 30/30 club when he homers in the sixth inning of Colorado's 6-3 victory over Houston at Coors Field. The Rockies join the 1987 New York Mets as the only teams to have two 30-30 players (Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry) during the same season.
1997 Trailing 6-0 and down to their last strike, the Mets rally to tie the Expos, sending the game into extra innings when Carl Everett knots the score with a grand slam. In the 11th frame, Bernard Gilkey ends the contest with a three-run home run, wasting Montreal starter Dustin Hermanson's one-hit, eight-inning performance at Shea Stadium.

2006 In the Padres' 10-0 rout of Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park, Mike Piazza hits his last home run as a catcher to extend his record to 396, the most ever hit by a major league backstop. The 37-year-old receiver surpassed Carlton Fisk in 2004 to establish the big-league mark with his 352nd round-tripper while playing behind the plate for the Mets.
2015 The Braves extend their franchise-record home-game losing streak, dropping a heartbreaking 10-7 decision to the Mets in ten innings for their 12th consecutive loss at Turner Field. Atlanta was leading 7-4 before Daniel Murphy's three-run tied the game after the first two batters were retired in the top of the ninth.
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