 On Tuesday April 8, with 44,541 fans in attendance at Shea Stadium, the Mets and the Expos played the first international baseball game in major league baseball history.The Mets had lost seven straight opening day games since joining the national league in 1962.That dubious record reached eight when the Expos prevailed in a 11-10 slugfest, despite the Mets' scoring four runs with two down in the bottom of the ninth, highlighted by a pinch hit three-run homer by Duffy Dyer.