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September 11, 1984
Cardinals 9, Mets 5 1984 Regular Season Game 146
September 12, 1984
Mets 2, Pirates 0 Next Game:
September 13, 1984
Pirates 14, Mets 4

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE SEPTEMBER 12, 1984 GAME:

ricky
August 26, 2002
about 12 of us sat in upperdeck box at Shea with some girls still in love with lee mazzilli who was on pirates watched dwight break rookie strike out record cant remember what inning he broke record but we stood and cheered too much to soon for doc what might have been

rich
April 16, 2003
I remember going to this game with my father and high school friend Willie and watching Doc break the rookie strikeout record. At the time I remember me and my friends thought he'd be the next Bob Gibson.

Rick Crane
October 25, 2004
Wow, I can't believe it's been 20 years! I gave one of the ticket agents an extra $10 and he put my dad and me 5 rows behind the Pirate dugout. Doc was throwing gas that night. This was before radar guns were showing fans just how fast, but Doc was on. I remember after he struck out Tony Pena for the third time, Pena started barking at the ump. The guy next to us stood up and yelled, "It sounded high, huh Tony!" Only in New York.

Mike
April 5, 2006
We thought we were going to see history this night. Gooden had 15k's thru 7 innings and was as dominant as any pitcher ever was. He finished with 16k's and no walks. This was a great experience for a high school kid even though I was and am a Yankees fan. Seeing my ticket stub last night made me think of this masterpiece pitched by Doc.

Kevin R.
March 29, 2008
I was 16 and won these tickets on the back of a Coke cap. I sent in the Coke cap and they sent me two fairly nice seating tickets. I went with my dad and we watched Gooden make history by breaking the rookie K record. He was unhittable that night. I remember the last batter fouled off quite a few pitches before Gooden got him out to complete the shutout.

Willie
March 13, 2008
If my memory serves, this may have been the best game he has ever thrown. Didn't he have a no hitter going into the 8th??

NYB Buff
January 15, 2024
Dwight Gooden broke Herb Score's record for strikeouts by a rookie pitcher on this night. Gooden fanned Marvell Wynne in the sixth inning for his 246th to pass Score's total from 1955. Dwight, who wore uniform number 16, ended up with 16 Ks and a shutout for his 16th win of the year. Also, the Mets' only two runs came on Hubie Brooks' 16th homer of the season.

A movie called "Sixteen Candles" was released during the summer of 1984. This would've been an appropriate title to describe this game.

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