With Sunday’s win against Arizona, R.A. Dickey improved his season record to 14-2. He threw seven strong innings, striking out eight and allowing one unearned run, which dropped his ERA on the year to 2.83. Clearly, Dickey has been phenomenal this year. But Dickey has been outstanding throughout his entire Mets career. In fact, he ranks right up there with the best pitchers in...
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How the mighty have fallen. Johan Santana, whose bounceback campaign hit an unexpected high on June 1 when he threw the franchise’s first no-hitter, has not only come back to Earth, but he’s done it in a way no one could see coming. Through his first 11 starts of the season, which ended with the hitless gem, the southpaw was vintage Santana, going 3-2 with a 2.38 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and...
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Eight years ago, the Mets came out of the All-Star Break with a win against the Philadelphia Phillies in extra innings. Although they were only two games above .500 at the time, the Mets were in the thick of a tight four-team race in the National League East, with one game separating the Braves (46-42), Phillies (46-42), Marlins (45-43) and Mets (45-43). The Mets then proceeded to lose eight...
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On Monday night, R.A. Dickey was in complete control of his craft. He pitched his third complete game of the season. He struck out a career-high 13 batters. He extended his streak of consecutive innings without allowing an earned run (42⅔ and counting). And oh yes, he became the first pitcher in Mets history to pitch back-to-back complete game one-hitters. But this particular start should...
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R.A. Dickey had the most amazing, most tremendous, most [insert your favorite superlative here] start of his career last night, coming within two David Wright muffs of pitching the first perfect game in Mets history. His performance came less than two weeks after Johan Santana tossed the first no-hitter in club annals and on the same night that Matt Cain pitched the first perfect game in San...
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