Ultimate Mets Database: Game of April 8, 1991

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October 3, 1990
Mets 6, Pirates 3 1991 Regular Season Game 1
April 8, 1991
Mets 2, Phillies 1 Next Game:
April 9, 1991
Mets 2, Phillies 1

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National League Standings, April 8, 1991

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE APRIL 8, 1991 GAME:

Pete from Nassau
June 9, 2004
I remember the Doc had it going this game. The only run he gave up was a solo homer to Kruk over the right field fence. Things were looking up after this one.

Joe From Jersey
November 29, 2005
The first home opener I ever attended and instead of spring (or winter) like conditions; It was 90 degrees at game time. Nails and Wally were in the lineup for the Phils and Hubie Brooks played at RF. The place was rocking after this game and it shoulda been a harbinger of things to come but it was NOT to be.

Marlboro Man
September 22, 2007
I don't have any memories of this game, but I did find a scorecard from this game that I apparently went to a day before I turned 13. Looks like it was a good one, better than the previous years opening day loss to the Pirates.

Dave VW
October 11, 2022
Gooden's 4th straight Opening Day start is a success as he and Franco combine to all but shut down Philly, aside from Kruk's 5th-inning bomb of a homer. Doc made 8 Opening Day starts for the Mets, second-most among pitchers to Tom Seaver's 11. Coleman and Jefferies began the season banging back-to-back doubles off the wall to give the Mets a quick 1-0 lead in the first, and then Herr and Brooks pull off a double steal of second and home in the 4th. Terry Mulholland also stole second for the Phillies, making him the first pitcher to steal a base on Opening Day since Joaquin Andujar in 1985 ... who also did it against the Mets.

Some rare good defense also helped preserve the win. With 2 runners on, Carreon made a nice catch on a ball hit over his head to end the 6th, and then Coleman caught a Daulton drive right at the wall to end the 8th. Carreon had actually just replaced McReynolds in LF. Kevin jammed his knee on the first-base bag trying to beat out a grounder in the 4th, and he'd miss the next 7 games. That was likely the source of his poor start to the season.

To date, this is the sixth-fastest Opening Day game in Mets history, clocking in at 2 hours 13 minutes. The win improved the Mets record on Opening Day to 19-3 since 1970!

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