Tom Seaver Fan Club

June 23, 1986 at Shea Stadium

Expos 5, Mets 4  (46-20)

It took until late June, but the Mets finally lost their 20th game.  The Expos jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the top of the third, but the Mets tied the game up in the bottom of the fifth with three runs.  The inning was capped off by Howard Johnson’s second homerun of the game.

Neither team scored in the final four innings.  Jesse Orosco came in to pitch the tenth and ended up yielding the go ahead run.  In the bottom half of the inning, the Mets went down one-two-three and the game was over.

Dwight Gooden went six innings and gave up four runs (two earned) on eight hits and two walks.  Roger McDowell threw three innings of shutout relief.  Orosco dropped to 3-4.