National League Standings, June 10, 1994
METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JUNE 10, 1994 GAME:
Dave VW
March 22, 2023
They say if the strike never happened in 1994, the Expos had as good a chance as anyone of winning it all. And it's easy to see why. Ken Hill, despite working a season-low 78 pitches, was fantastic, at one point retiring 18 in a row. Mel Rojas and John Wetteland were a stellar 1-2 punch in the late innings. And the offense was so dynamic, with guys like Marquis Grissom, Moises Alou, and Larry Walker all about to hit their prime, along with a young Cliff Floyd manning first base. Alou seemed impossible to get out at the time, collecting an RBI single in the first, a 2-run homer in the second, and walks in the fifth and ninth. Even his one out of the game was a laserbeam lineout to left field.
The biggest play of the game came in the bottom of the 7th. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and 2 out, Ryan Thompson hit a hard grounder that looked targeted for the outfield. But 3B Sean Berry -- only playing because Mike Lansing had been lifted from the game after getting plunked on the hand by Bobby Jones -- dove, gloved the ball and fired to first for the out, where Thompson idiotically dove headfirst into first. That probably saved 2 runs from scoring, which would have tied the game at 4-4. Instead, the Expos tacked on 2 more runs in the top of the 8th, negating a 2-run Mets rally in the bottom of the 8th. Kelly Stinnett, Thompson and John Cangelosi then all struck out in the 9th against Wetteland to end the game.
The contest also featured 2 Mets ejections: Todd Hundley for arguing with home plate ump Jeff Kellogg in the top of the 7th, and batting coach Tom McCraw for yelling from the dugout in protest of a bad check-swing call against Joe Orsulak in the bottom of the 8th. In addition, Jose Vizcaino had a 16-game hit streak snapped in the game, which is tied for the longest of his career and was the longest by a Met since Darryl Strawberry had a streak of 18 games in 1990.
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