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| 1964 | After spending the first two years of their existence at the Polo Grounds, the Mets play their first game at Shea Stadium in front of 50,312 fans in Queens. The Amazins drop the stadium opener to Pittsburgh, 4-3, with Willie Stargell hitting the first homer in the Flushing facility. |
| 1969 | In only the ninth game of the franchise's history, Expos hurler Bill Stoneman, who had never thrown a complete game in the major leagues, tosses a no-hitter, defeating the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium, 7-0. The 25-year-old right-hander, the future GM of the Angels, will throw another no-hit game in 1972 against the Mets. |
| 2006 | In front of 36,867 Shea Stadium patrons, Pedro Martinez becomes the 103rd pitcher in major league history to win 200 games when the Mets beat the Braves, 4-3. The Dominican ace has lost only 84 contests at the time of reaching the milestone, putting him behind only Bob Caruthers (74), Whitey Ford (79), and Lefty Grove (83). |
| 2009 |
At Citi Field, Gary Sheffield becomes the 25th player to hit 500 career home runs, his first as a Met, tying the game in the seventh inning against the Brewers, 4-4. Joining Ty Cobb and Rusty Staub as the only major leaguers to homer as a teenager and a forty-year-old, the recently released Tiger DH becomes the first to reach the milestone as a pinch-hitter and the first to accomplish the feat in a Mets uniform.
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| 2010 | In a nationally televised afternoon game at Busch Stadium, the Mets need 20 innings to beat the Cardinals, 2-1. The 6-hour-53-minute contest ends when Jose Reyes plates the eventual winning run with a sac fly off outfielder-turned-hurler Joe Mather and Mike Pelfrey, usually a starting pitcher, gets the final three outs to record his first career save. |
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