National League Standings, May 6, 1988
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE MAY 6, 1988 GAME:
Michael
August 18, 2011
Shocked no one has commented on this one yet. Straw hit the game winning homer in the 10th off our future friend John Franco (the 2nd game ending homer Straw hit off him, the other was in 1985) as the Mets won yet another early season game in 88, starting off the season red hot.
Tony
June 13, 2013
I remember this game for a few reasons. First, it was a Friday night game. Second, it was my first time ever seeing Doc pitch live. Third, We had field level seats down the right field line..pretty much front row if I remember correctly. Sounds like the makings of a great night..right?
Well the first 3 reasons made for a pretty good night, but what makes this game FOREVER stick out in my mind was the fact that with the Mets trailing 3-2 going into the bottom of the 10th inning, my father decides, "Ok, time to go home." He wanted to beat the traffic. And despite me PLEADING with him, saying, "Dad, c'mon, ONE guy gets on, Straw has a chance to win it with one swing of the bat." My dad was like, "Tony, he's a BUM. He'll strike out at a pitch in the dirt, out of the strike zone," which as we all remember, Darryl was prone to do. "Besides," my Dad said, "We can listen to it when we get in the car."
Well, as we were walking through the Shea parking lot to the car all of the sudden we hear the crowd absolutely erupt. I looked at my dad, shook my head and we get in the car just in time to hear Gary Cohen screaming that, of course, Straw had hit the game winning walk off home run. To this day, I have never seen that home run, and I have never forgiven my dad for it!
NYB Buff
February 3, 2024
This was a great night for Darryl Strawberry. He drove in all four Mets runs and capped things off with a walk-off homer against John Franco in the tenth inning. The winning pitcher for the Mets was Randy Myers, who would eventually be dealt to the Reds in exchange for Franco.
An interesting thing about this game is that it came on the fifth anniversary of Strawberry's major league debut. That game from '83 was also played on a Friday night at Shea Stadium against Cincinnati. George Foster homered in extra innings for a Mets win over the Reds that night, just like Darryl did here. A wild case of history repeating itself!
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