NY Mets 6, Miami 1
When: 12:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 9, 2012
Where: Citi Field, New York, New York
Temperature:
89°
Umpires:
Home -
Scott Barry, 1B -
Jerry Meals, 2B -
Gary Darling, 3B -
Paul Emmel
Attendance:
28985
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Mets 6, Marlins 1: R.A. Dickey struck out 10 in a complete-game gem to become the National League's first 15-game winner and Andres Torres homered and drove in three runs as New York snapped a nine-game home losing skid.
Dickey (15-3), who tied Los Angeles Angels stud Jered Weaver for the most wins in the majors, defeated the Marlins for the sixth consecutive time - and third this season. The veteran knuckleballer also ended Jose Reyes' career-high 26-game hitting streak after retiring the former Mets shortstop in all four at-bats.
Dickey allowed one run on five hits and retired the last 10 batters he faced en route to his National League-leading fourth complete game of the season.
Torres, who collected three hits and was a single shy of the cycle, snapped a tie with an RBI double in the fourth inning. Torres then provided insurance with a two-out solo homer in the sixth to improve to 5-for-5 in his career versus Josh Johnson (7-8), who fell to 8-2 lifetime against the Mets.
New York's Ruben Tejada matched Carlos Lee's 14-game hitting streak with a leadoff single in the third inning. Josh Thole had a pair of RBI singles and David Wright also had a run-scoring single for the Mets, who posted their first home win since recording a 3-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs on July 7.
Justin Ruggiano leveled the contest at 1-1 in the fourth inning by crushing a first-pitch fastball from Dickey for a solo homer.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Miami's Giancarlo Stanton, who belted a pair of two-run homers on Wednesday, sat out Thursday's contest. ... The Marlins were bidding to sweep the Mets in Queens for the first time since Sept. 8-10, 2009. ... Rookie RHP Matt Harvey will make his Citi Field debut when New York opens a three-game series versus NL East rival Atlanta on Friday. ... The Marlins will begin a three-game set against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. ... Former Met Mookie Wilson tossed out the ceremonial first pitch.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Miami
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.156 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| NY Mets
|
13 |
1 |
20 |
.382 |
19 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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