The Mets, meanwhile, scored two in the eighth and two in the ninth to earn the victory for Cornejo in his Major League debut.

Despite respectable numbers (4-2, 2.45 earned run average), Cornejo was back in Tidewater by the end of the season.

Prior to the start of the 1979 season, he was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Ed Glynn.

After one season with the Tigers' triple-A affiliate, the Evansville Triplets, Cornejo retired from baseball.

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