20
2012
Despite A Stellar Effort From Dickey, Mets Fall 3-1 To Rockies
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At this stage of the game, all the Mets have left are moral victories. One of those moral victories would be finishing the season at .500, another would be to finish above the Phillies and Marlins. Both of those goals took a hit with tonight’s 3-1 loss to the Rockies at Citi Field. With the defeat, the Mets are now tied with the Phillies for 4th place, 18.5 games behind the first place Nationals.
R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and for the thirteenth time this season he allowed one run or less and didn’t earn a win. Dickey made one bad pitch all night, but it was a costly one – a solo homer to Tyler Colvin. The knuckleballer tossed seven innings allowing just the one run on three hits and two walks while fanning six. His quest for 20 wins seemed like a cinch a month ago, but after going 13-1 in his first 19 starts, Dickey is 2-3 in his last seven.
Offensively. the Mets were flat. The Mets blew a chance to break the game open when they loaded the bases in the eighth on a Mike Baxter double and walks to David Wright (intentional) and Daniel Murphy. But pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin was called out on a bang-bang play sliding into first to make the third out. Spin went nuts, but he was out and the ump made the right call.
The Mets had just six hits in the game including a pair by Mike Baxter including a double. Scott Hairston got a rare start against a righty and went 0-3 with a walk.
Jon Rauch pitched a shaky inning of relief allowing a run on two hits and walk.
The Mets play the Rockies again tomorrow as Chris Young (3-6, 4.50 ERA) takes on Jhoulys Chacin (0-3, 7.30 ERA) at 7:10 pm.
About the Author: Joe DeCaro
I'm a lifelong Mets fan who loves writing and talking about the Amazins' 24/7. From the Miracle in 1969 to the magic of 1986, and even the near misses in '73 and '00, I've experienced it all - the highs and the lows. I started Mets Merized Online in 2005 to feed my addiction. Follow me on Twitter @metsmerized.
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Rockies who come in with the worst ERA in the NL and still we are only able to score 1 run.
Dickey deserved a better fate. He pitched a good game and has nothing to show for it.
Ditton MNU. Nuff said!
Really, really, really, where is the energy from these young kids?
I say send down the young kids not performing and bring up some other who might be grateful to be here and will fight every at bat, dive for balls, take proper leads and extra bases on hits cause the current version seem complacent!
It’s a simple formula that has gone on too long: NO TALENT, NO GUTS, AND NO WINS!!!
Yes, people ARE tired of hearing it but the embodiment of this MLB franchise IS defined by a called third strike in the 2006 NLCS and the ineptitude of the two years afterward!
SELL THE TEAM, FRED WILPON!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE A FIRST CLASS BALL PARK AND A LOW CLASS PRODUCT!!!
This team is in such a desperate need of a young energetic player. Spin’s luster has worn off and his swing is showing the holes that the pitchers have figured out.
The elephant in the room revolves around Bay and his contract, but that is a HUGE roster spot right now. At the very least they could bring back Duda .. maybe we could see Lutz again or Satin platooning with Ike. No can do, they gotta have Bay just sitting there so they can get their money’s worth (????) .. occasionally getting a pinch hit and looking soooo LOST.
And the Johan decision … why not just pull the plug? Get another Buffalo stud like Mejia or McHugh.
September seems like months away.
Talking to my mom last night, and she can’t understand why Wilpons won’t sell “if they don’t care about winning.” Sigh. We all feel the same way mom, but we’re stuck with this ownership. Man, I could just scream!
The Rox suck so bad. I foolishly thought we could win seven in a row starting last night. How could you not score runs off of a staff like theirs?!
Some days it just sucks so bad to be a Mets fan.
Lifeless.. I was watching the game and somehow i was falling asleep.. that’s how boring this team is. no excitment, no joy, nothing. thank you wilpons and SA.
I feel sorry for Dickey. R A is a reason to watch this mess and they can’t
manage to win. They haven’t been able to beat the worst teams all year.
Pathetic. I turned the game off after not scoring for Dickey to win.
It never ceases to amaze me how stupid a base runner Torres is (Okay, that sentence needs editing, but you get my point)!
Russell, the guy is a POS, only one idiot in here somehow thought that him being a good guy will translate to him performing good on the field… Anything he does bad does not surprise me. he SUCKS. Problem is, we might bring that POS back next year due to lack of “fundings”.
Well, Alex, the only thing I’ll give Torres is decent fielding ability, but that’s hardly enough to bring this guy back for any reason other than the most marginal utility.
He sucks, but it’s just such a lineup of losers on most days.
I know T.C. tries, but he’s been dealt a crappy hand, and he just isn’t a star-quality manager. Frankly, I don’t imagine there’d be much difference if a Randolph or Manuel were running the team now.
Sure, a guy like Valdy didn’t need to slide last night, but he might have thought the play to 1B was going to come down to a tag. At least I see that kid giving his all.