Wow! What a game you saw last night if you had New York Mets tickets, when R.A. Dickey threw a no hitter for the WIN_TEAM!! Congratulations to Dickey as well as the Mets for an incredible accomplishment. You never know what you will see at a baseball game and if you were at Citi Field yesterday you’ll have a story to tell for the rest of your life! It was one heck of a game that devotees with Mets tickets will definitely cherish. Baseball isn’t the only game in town. See what other cheap sports tickets are out there.
Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey (2.32 ERA) got the win, while Blake Hawksworth (5.30 ERA) took the loss for the Cardinals. R.A. Dickey went 8.1 solid innings for the Mets, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. The Cardinals’s starter Blake Hawksworth went 6 innings, allowed 7 hits, one home run and 4 earned runs with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts. Dennys Reyes (3.14), and Mike MacDougal (0.00) also pitched for the Cardinals. With the win, Dickey’s record goes to 7-4, while Hawksworth is at 4-7. Francisco Rodriguez earned the save for the Mets, bringing his saves up to 22.
In addition to the 4 runs, the Mets scored 7 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Mets, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. R.A. Dickey had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Cardinals didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Cardinals got no runs, 4 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by D.J. Reyburn, Jim Wolf, Marvin Hudson and Derryl Cousins. There were 40,087 Mets ticket holders in attendance at Citi Field.