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2012
Dominant Dickey Picks Up Win Number 19 In 4-3 Victory Over Marlins
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The Mets (68-83) defeated the Marlins (66-86) by the score of 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.
It would not be the Mets if they did not make everything dramatic, right? Dickey was able to pitch masterfully through most of the game and nearly pitched a shutout.
Dickey was excellent through eight innings, not allowing a single run and dancing out of any danger he put himself in. However, starting the ninth, he allowed a walk and a double and he was promptly pulled by Terry Collins after 110 pitches. Those two inherited runners scored under Jon Rauch, which left Dickey’s final line at six hits, two walks and two earned runs allowed. He picked up four strikeouts, which gave him the NL lead in K’s at 209 – while his ERA actually dropped .01 to 2.66. After Rauch came in and instantly allowed a three-run HR, he managed to pick up two more strikeouts to finish out the game to pick up a shaky save number 4.
The offense definitely did enough for Dickey today – and guess who sparked it? Jason Bay. A two-run HR off Mark Buerhle put the Mets ahead 2-0 early, while Scott Hairston added his 19th HR for insurance to make it 3-0. Some bad fielding in the fifth culminated in an RBI for Daniel Murphy, which left the Mets at 4-0 – lucky for that, huh?
The energy was really electric at the ballpark today, which is saying something. There was a great moment in the sixth, where RA Dickey drilled a shot into deep left that nearly left the yard for a grand slam – but he was robbed on a spectacular defensive play. This was dubbed the NEW Mazda Play Of The Game, after Tejada had achieved the honor earlier…it was a fun moment on air.
Duda made an error early in the game, but it turned out all okay for the Metsies.
Notes
19 Wins For RA Dickey! Do you know there is a chance that he could actually finish with the lead in strikeouts, wins, and ERA…?
The 19 wins are the most by a Mets pitcher since 1990, when Frank Viola won 20 and Dwight Gooden finished with 19. In addition, Dickey won his 12th day game this season, tying Johnny Cueto for the most in the Major Leagues.
Rauch picks up a shaky save because Francisco was not available. Blessing in disguise, guys.
The Mets scored the four runs while being 0 6 with RISP….bad habit.
Thole was the only one with multiple hits, one of them being a double.
RA DIckey’s pitching schedule was changed at his request so he pitched today and will get to pitch again on Thursday at home. He dominated the Marlins to win for the fifth straight time against them, and previously to the fiasco in the ninth, he had held the Marlins scoreless for 22 straight innings.
Wright went hitless, so his pursuit of the Mets Hit Record stands still.
Up Next
Consistent Chris Young takes on the Marlins’ Ricky Nolasco at 1:10 tomorrow – his last win was against the Marlins on September 2nd.
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Can’t say enough good things about R.A. Dickey.
Rauch….he sure made it interesting, to put it mildly.
Considering all the hype for the team as they came into the season. How bad are the Marlins that they can come in and look worse than the Mets? Wow
On a particular note just want to say Great play by Tejada in that one inning going way out in the outfield to catch a flyball.
Now that I am reduced to rooting for personal accomplishments It be nice to see Dickey reach 20 wins to sort of cap what has been just a incredible season for him.
Just goes to show that throwing money out there doesn’t guarantee anything.
Then again, Miami pulled the plug pretty early on that team they assembled for 2012.
That and the Marlins offense might be worse than ours right now with no Stanton in the line-up.
Too bad Gio was cruising today.
Gio could have been cruising for us. Rizzo > Alderson
You think Oakland was drooling for Thole? Because they got a highly touted catcher and 2 pitching prospects for Gio.
Bowden > Minaya is a more accurate statement.
Bet you they are drooling to have Gio back right now!
They might have clinched thier division by now if they had kept him.
If they don’t make the WS a lot of folks there are going to start questioning make a tade for the future when such a good NOW was within thier grasp.
Not what we are talking about. take your lithium and keep up.
Of course you don’t want to talk about it because it was a move you touted and has cost them yet another championship!
Is it a coincidence? Maybe not. Terry’s scolding is turning into wins for our guys!!!
Was it the scolding that changed the m or the facthe went to each and everyone one of them individually and apologized for throwing them under a bus and them responding by saying Hey this guy has NOT given up on us like management has so maybe we should play for HIM if nothing else?
Or its a small sample size fluke.
Thats always a possibility too Matt!
But two games in a row they have hit…Maybe it’s coincidence and maybe not…
or maybe because the Marlins came to town?
Great for Dickey! He wins despite this garbage that surrounds him.
Given what Dickey’s accomplished with this crapola team, he should have been given the CY already!!!
See CY formula as updated with R.A.’s 19th win Google
ESPN Cy Young Predictor
Note formula on bottom of rankings. There is a 12 point VB or victory bonus for winning the division which they say is prorated. If the Nats win the division does Gio get 12 points more or is it already factored in the rankings?
At most, he could get 2 more, as he is already receiving ten in the VB Section.
However, that would still leave him at .9 behind Dickey.
Thanks for the heads up.
R.A. Dickey is AMAZIN’. If the Mets win 72 games and RA wins 20 it means that R.A. Dickey will have won 27 percent of all the wins. Think about that!