This afternoon at Citi Field, RA Dickey and the Mets look to take the rubber game of this three game series. Yesterday afternoon, Johan Santana finally get his first win of the season, and first in 611 days. Although he didn’t have he best stuff, Johan gave a solid 7 innings of 3 run ball, to move to 1-2 on the season. Daniel Murphy had an excellent day at the plate, going 4-4. It was nice to see the bullpen finally preserve a lead instead of blowing one. Bobby Parnell and Frank Francisco pitched scoreless 8th and 9th innings to preserve the 4-3 victory.
Today’s game can be seen on SNY and heard on WFAN AM 660 at 1pm
Starting Lineups (via Metsblog.com)
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New York Mets
1) Andres Torres CF |
Arizona Diamondbacks
1) Willie Bloomquist SS |
On The Mound
R.A. Dickey (3-1, 4.45 ERA) will get the call today for the Amazin’s. Once again Dicky had a fantastic knuckle ball working in his last start in “Yoozdin”, but as in his previous starts, he was a victim of one bad pitch. Dickey had a no-hitter broken up in the 6th inning, and a few pitches later, a bad knuckler was deposited into the LF stands. “But I had no business not going into the eighth or ninth with the stuff I had (Monday),” Dickey told the Mets’ official website. “It was just unfortunate that I gave up some runs and had to come out of the game, because I was only at (77) pitches and I felt fantastic.” R.A. is 2-0 this year at Citi, with a 2.08 ERA.
Trevor Cahill (2-2 3.13 ERA) will oppose Dickey today for the Diamondbacks. In his last start, Cahill threw 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball in Tuesday’s 5-1 victory over Washington. Cahill struck out 5 and walked 1 after giving up 12 walks in his first four outings. “That’s the best he’s thrown for us,” manager Kirk Gibson told the Diamondbacks’ official website. “Much more into the zone, commanding the zone early and often, and when you can do that, you can get early swings, and he got some early outs and kept his pitch count down.” Andres Torres is the only Met who has ever faced Cahill. He’s 2-for-9 with 2 doubles.
