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May 1973 HR: 9 PA: 952 AB: 845 HR/PA 0.95% HR/AB: 1.07% Sluggers: Staub (3), Garrett (3), Milner (1), Boswell (1), Seaver (1) Each of the nine home runs was the only home run hit in its respective game. Four were struck at Shea, five on the road. Boswell's shot was a pinch-homer off Don Sutton in the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium on May 27 that wound up the winning blow (2-1) three days after the Mets and Dodgers played 19 innings and the Mets didn't homer at all. Seaver's HR came off Jim Barr in the fifth inning of an eventual 5-2 complete game at Candelstick on May 29 in which Boswell played a curious role. Trailing 2-1 in the ninth, Yogi sent Ken up to pinch-hit for Duffy Dyer. He walked. Harrelson singled. Seaver was allowed to stay in to bunt, which he did successfully (of course) and reached first. The Mets went on to score four runs and bat around...which brought the pinch-hitting Boswell up again as something of a de facto DH not for the pitcher (as has happened a handful of times in Mets history with pinch-hitters in big innings) but for the catcher. Boswell grounded out to end the inning. With Dyer having been taken out, Seaver had to throw to a new catcher in the ninth. Strapped by injuries, Berra sent in the newly acquired Jerry May, who caught a 1-2-3 ninth. It was May's second Met appearance in May 1973, the only Met who played in a month with the same name as his. In neither May game did May homer. Here's hoping we see Lucas May up here before June 1.

Regarding the partial months: year month hrs 1994 08 4: 10 Games Played (Strike) 1981 06 4: 9 Games Played (Strike) 1995 04 7: 5 Games Played (Strike) 1981 04 8: 15 Games Played (Rain) 1966 04 8: 11 Games Played (Rain) 1972 04 8: 12 Games Played (Strike)

I can't seem to figure out how to do tables, but I can tell you this: September 1980 HR: 6 PA: 1,056 AB: 933 HR/PA 0.57% HR/AB: 0.64% Sluggers: Youngblood (2), Mazzilli (2), Norman (2), Henderson Although there was a Steve Henderson home run, the closest thing to "the Steve Henderson home run" was a two-run job that came flying off the bat of Joel Youngblood in the bottom of the tenth to beat the Pirates, 5-4, in front of 1,787 matinee-goers, on September 29. That attendance figure is not a typo. Blood had his blood flowing, having homered the day before at Shea as well. All told, the Mets socked four of their six at Shea, the other two in Montreal and Pittsburgh (the latter was Dan Norman's first MLB HR; he and Stevie Wonder were really making that trade look sharp).

Wright 3.0 Davis 0.5 Rottino 0.5 Hairston 0.5 Ramirez 0.5

The Race for the Selig Card, 5/24 St. Loo -- METS 1 Miami 1 Giants 1

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 5/24/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. DAVID WRIGHT 1,308 COUNTDOWN: Krane Minus One Hundred Ten

June '81, August '94 and April '95 should be discounted for strike purposes. And all Aprils are a little shaky considering seasons used to start a good bit later. (Plus the '72 season lost six April games to labor stoppage). April '81 was a rainy mess as well. April '66, too, if I recall correctly. But you play when you play, I guess.

If Disney was making a baseball movie in which they paid David Wright to appear with a bunch of fictional players, this is what the scorecard would look like: Cedeno-6 Murphy-4 Wright-5 Hairston-7 Duda-9 Rottino-3 Torres-8 Johnson-2 Hefner-1 Coincidentally, the manager will be played by Terry Collins and it will be filmed tonight at Citi Field starting at 7:10.

The Race for the Selig Card, 5/23 Cincy -- METS 0.5 Miami 0.5 Giants 1.5

Niese 5.0 Parnell 1.0 Francisco 1.0 Nieuwenhuis 1.0 Wright 0.5 Davis 0.5 Duda 0.5 Johnson 0.5

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 5/23/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. DAVID WRIGHT 1,305 COUNTDOWN: Krane Minus One Hundred Thirteen

The Race for the Selig Card, 5/22 Miami -- Cincy 0.5 METS 1.0 Giants 1.0

Dickey 4.5 Duda 1.5 Nickeas 1.0 Francisco 1.0 Byrdak 0.5 Cedeno 0.5 Nieuwenhuis 0.5 Baxter 0.5

The Ike Davis Mets have fallen one game out of the second Wild Card, currently held by the Miami Mercenaries; tied for third in the mythical race with San Francisco, each team a half-game behind Cincinnati, whose two wins over the MFYs were worth it anyway.

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 5/21/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. DAVID WRIGHT 1,304 COUNTDOWN: Krane Minus One Hundred Fourteen

Wright 2.0 Santana 1.5 Cedeno 1.0 Turner 1.0 Rottino 0.5 Parnell 0.5 Byrdak 0.5 Duda 0.5

The Giants-A's game will determine whether there's a two- or three-team tie for the final Wild Card spot in the National League, but rest assured that the Baxter Mike and the Mysterians are one of the teams involved at the completion of the 41-game season.

Baxter 3.5 Wright 2.0 Gee 1.0 Francisco 1.0 Cedeno 1.0 Murphy 0.5 Byrdak 0.5 Johnson 0.5

METS ALL-TIME HIT LEADERS Through Games of 5/20/2012 1. Ed Kranepool 1,418 2. DAVID WRIGHT 1,302 3. Jose Reyes 1,300 4. Cleon Jones 1,188 5. Edgardo Alfonzo 1,136 6. Mookie Wilson, 1,112 7. Bud Harrelson 1,029 8. Mike Piazza 1,028 9. Darryl Strawberry 1,025 10. Howard Johnson 997 Adios, Jose, from the Top Two. Watch your back, Eddie.

With the Phillies losing to Boston, the Hefnerian Mets maintain their place in a three-way tie for the last Wild Card spot, with Miami and San Francisco, in the 40-game season. Take a tiny little felt pennant out of petty cash, fellas.

Hefner 2.5 Baxter 0.5

Mets tickle NHL's fancy.

Eighth-inning specialist Rob Johnson's Mets tied for the 39-game second Wild Card with Miami Marlins, who defeated Cleveland tonight, fooling their 1997 World Series foils who were obviously expecting to see the Florida Marlins.

You call this a box? Johnson 2.0 Wright 1.5 Hairston 1.5 Carson 1.0 Murphy 0.5

What a revoltin' way to reach Tom Seaver status.