This Day in Mets History

1969- Giants starter Juan Marichal gives up a game-ending homer to the Mets Tommy Agee in the 14th inning as the Mets win‚ 1-0, Tug McGraw is the winner in relief.(baseballlibrary.com)

1979- The Mets sold Wayne Twitchell to the Seattle Mariners.

1981- The Mets sign free agent Mike Marshall.

1985- The Mets move into 1st place in the NL East with a 1-0 win over the Expos. Ron Darling with relief help from McDowell‚ is the winner.

Mets Birthdays-

• Mike Phillips- 59
• Ron Darling- 49
• Matt Franco- 40
• Jeff Tam- 39