The Mets feature firepower as Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver combine to strike out 26‚ tying the Mets’ own major league record set on September 9‚ 1970, in a doubleheader sweep of the Padres. Seaver wins the opener‚ 5 – 1‚ with 10 K’s and Ryan cops the nitecap‚ 2 – 1. Mets batters strike out 15 times: the 41 strikeouts ties the major league record.

On May 29, 1971 — The Mets feature firepower as Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver combine to strike out 26‚ tying the Mets’ own major league record set on September 9‚ 1970, in a doubleheader sweep of the Padres. Seaver wins the opener‚ 5 – 1‚ with 10 K’s and Ryan cops the nitecap‚ 2 – 1. Mets batters strike out 15 times: the 41 strikeouts ties the major league record.

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Baseball Reference May 29

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