On This Date in Mets History – 5/16: Strawberry hits his first

Gem Tablak

In the top half of the fifth inning, 21-year-old outfielder Darryl Strawberry hit his first Major League home run off Pittsburgh Pirates’ RHP Lee Tunnel to left-center.

That would be the first of his franchise best 252 homers.

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Published by Gem Tablak

Mets fan currently living in Vegas

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