Well really, none of us should be surprised by what took place in Los Angeles last night. Okay, maybe a bit of an eye opener that Daniel Murphy continued his torrid week, with another home run and five RBI. Or even Ruben Tejada, finally getting his stroke back after spending six weeks on the DL, who smacked out four hits.
But as for the pitching. No. We all knew it was R.A. Dickey time. And Dickey delivered again. Throwing 8 innings of three hit, 10 stirkeout ball. With the win he pushed his record to a league best 12-1.
It's becoming a league and country-wide story, this knuckle ball pitcher with the Mets. He locked in his spot in the All-Star game about a month ago, but now the real question is when he'll be announced as the starting pitcher. He should be in line. He'll get the ball again on Thursday against the Phillies. Tuesday would be his normal rotation day. All of it will depend on how Terry Collins wants to use him post All-Star break.
With the win, the Mets kept pace with the Nationals while opening the gap to 6.5 games between them and the NL East cellar.
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