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April 26, 1992
Phillies 5, Mets 4 1992 Regular Season Game 20
April 28, 1992
Mets 4, Astros 0 Next Game:
April 29, 1992
Mets 1, Astros 0

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE APRIL 28, 1992 GAME:

Andy from Rego Park
August 14, 2000
A gem from David Cone who took a no-hitter into the 7th inning before Benny DiStefano beat out a 17-foot full-swing bunt for an infield hit. Ken Caminiti later lined a shot off the 3rd base bag for another scratch hit in the 9th, and that was all the offense for the Astros all night.

Bob P
May 26, 2004
Benny DiStefano's pinch single came with one out in the top of the eighth inning for the first hit of the game off David Cone.

Jeff Bagwell led off the ninth with a single and Coney had to settle for a two-hit shutout. He walked four and struck out eleven.

Eddie Murray had a single and a double and drove in all four Mets runs.

Michael
April 28, 2020
While Cone was still working on his no-hit bid in the late innings, Bobby Bonilla made a fantastic catch in right field. Laying out to catch a line drive and preserve it, for the time. He got a huge standing ovation, as the fans knew he was not known as a defensive presence.

Dave VW
October 23, 2022
Bob P gets a hat tip from me for cleaning up Andy's post. Bob is correct: the no-hitter came to an end in the top of the 8th, not 7th, and it was Bagwell, not Caminiti (who was on the DL at the time) who had the other hit off the 3B bag in the 9th. And I concur with Michael -- Bonilla's catch in the 7th to preserve the no-no was quite spectacular (considering the defender) and likely spared him additional boos when he popped out in the bottom of the frame.

Bonilla hit just .214 with 5 HRs at Shea in 1992, opposed to .277 with 14 HRs on the road. No wonder he always heard it from the crowd. He was also apparently battling the flu in this game was sleeping up until 45 minutes before game start. I guess if not for Murray this might have been another 0-0 tie headed for extras. Thankfully, Cone got enough run support for the win. This was his 4th and final performance with the Mets in which he threw a shutout and allowed 2 hits or less. He also collected the 1,000th strikeout of his career when he fanned Ed Taubensee looking to end the 2nd inning. Little did he know at the time he'd end the year winning a World Series with the Blue Jays.

Astros starter Butch Henry was making just his 4th career start in this game. He had actually just shutout the Padres over 9 innings his last time out, and in July would fair much better against the Mets in a 3-1 Houston win.

I also enjoyed how McCarver and Kiner were so astounded by a guy in the crowd talking on what they called a "portable phone." They couldn't believe that type of technology existed. In my mind, 1992 really wasn't that long ago, but look how far we've come since then.

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