Who was the first Mets pitcher with 19 strikeouts in a game?

Tom Seaver ties the then MLB record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game when he whiffs 19 Padres, including the last 10 he faced.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first Mets pitcher with 19 or more strikeouts in a game?
NAME DATE TM OPP DEC SO GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
1 Tom Seaver
Tom Seaver
4/22/1970
NYM NYM
vs. SDP vs. SDP
W
19
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
2
31
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
2 David Cone
David Cone
10/6/1991
NYM NYM
@ PHI @ PHI
W
19
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
3
31
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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