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2012
No 21st Win For Dickey, 4-3 Loss To The Fish In Extras
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The Mets (73-87) lost to the Marlins (68-92) by the score of 4-3 on Tuesday evening in Miami.
I want you to think hard about something, just for a second… We might have seen the last of RA Dickey in a Mets uniform. And tomorrow…you might see the last of David Wright in a New York Mets uniform. Keep in mind that last year, we likely saw the last of Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran with the Mets style New York emblazoned on their chest. RA Dickey, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, and David Wright…
So the aforementioned RA Dickey went out there for his last start of this season tonight, against the Marlins, whom he had previously dominated with ease. He was not completely on his game, but he finished up his CY Young contending season with a bang. He fought through six quality innings while striking out eight and allowing three earned runs. A quality start by most standards, including the actual stat. He was victimized by two HRs and for a while, it looked like the Mets were facing an insurmountable lead, as they did not score until the eighth.
Acosta followed Dickey with a scoreless seventh, and Parnell was sharp for the subsequent two innings. Elvin Ramirez, Rauch, and Hampson each picked up an out in the tenth before Colin McHugh came on for the eleventh. He allowed a triple to Jose Reyes to open up the inning, and after walking the bases loaded intentionally, it was too much for him to overcome. He picked up a strikeout, but then allowed the GW winning hit.
I was ready to rip the Mets offense to shreds for not showing any life for RA Dickey, especially tonight, but at the very least, they got him off the hook for the lost with three runs in the eighth. An RBI single by Wright, a wild pitch, and an infield RBI single for Hairston scratched out the three runs for the Mets, but that would be all for them on offense.
So sadly, no 21 for RA…
Notes
Adam Greenberg struck out in his only AB. Grab some pine, buddy. Kudos to your story.
The New York Mets front office can basically start counting their chickens… The Mets are basically guaranteed the 11th or 12th pick in the MLB Draft next year if I am thinking correctly here. Seattle and New York had the same record going into tonight, so if the Mets finish a game ahead of them, they will get the lower pick – and a tie would also give the Mets the lower pick.
It really sucks we could not rally for Dickey today.
Doubles for Valdespin and Davis – a 3B for Torres, who was hung out to dry late game.
That’s all, folks…
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RA Dickey revealing after the game tonight that he’s having surgery on the 18th for a torn abdominal muscle. Said it happened pretty early on in the season. He credits the trainers, doctors, coaches for working their magic which allowed him to take the mound every 5th day with that tear.
Said in the 2nd inning tonight after one particular pitch he really aggravated it. Pain almost took his breath away. Told TC he’d give it all he had left and he did pitch on until he couldn’t pitch anymore.
Told the media tonight if that didn’t happen in the 2nd inning tonight, likely he’s not having that conversation with them right now.
Yikes! I’d say the magic is RA Dickey for pitching a good part of the season with that tear, putting up the numbers he put up. Add that in the plus column for him on the CY race.
I was happy the Mets put up a three spot and got Dickey off the hook for a loss.
They said after the game that Dickey is in the top two in every major pitching category. I hope he gets the Cy Young. When do we find out does anyone know?
If I remember correctly JTG, mid-November.
Satish, how you feeling about the new Lupe album. This is me getting ready for the offseason of probably discontent.
I lost all respect for Rolling Stone Music review after they gave Lupe 3 stars out of 5, but awarded the 2 Chainz album 3.5 … It was trash compared to Lupe’s.
It’s still not completely Old Lupe, but I enjoyed the album none the less.
Around My Way samples my favorite Jazz beat ever, and it is pretty good. Lamborghini Angels is a lot deeper than people realize, and it has a pretty good flow.
B*tch Bad is a damn good piece of storytelling. There are some annoying mainstream style hooks and such but overall… I did enjoy the album. He’s a thoughtful rapper and one of the few that allows me to believe that the industry isn’t dead.
Mets have options on both RA and DW that they can exercise if need be, right? So don’t give me that pessimistic BS about seeing the last of these guys in an NYM uniform. If they don’t want an angry mob marching to the Mets offices with pitchforks and torches, they better re-sign these guys and build around them for the future.
Uncharacteristic performance from RA last night, though. Gave up 2 jacks and was lucky to get bailed out by the offense for the no decision. I still think he’s a shoo-in for the Cy Young Award this year, though.
I think that uncharacteristic performance as you put it can be attributed to the pain he felt from the abdominal tear he’s been pitching with since April. He said after one pitch he made, it really flared up to the point that it made it a little difficult to catch his breath. The fact that he pitched several more innings is just a testament to the type of pitcher RA is.