Jose Reyes makes his second trip back to Citi Field since leaving for the Miami Marlins as a free agent during the offseason. Mandatory Credit: William Perlman/The Star-Ledger via US PRESSWIRE
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After being embarrassed by the Miami Marlins at Citi Field on Wednesday, the Mets redeemed themselves with a 6-1 victory on Thursday. Miami still takes two out of the three-game series, but at least they responded to losing 13-0.
R.A. Dickey (2.72 ERA) pitched a complete game in this one, which extends his win record for the season to 15. That leads the National League. Dickey gave up five hits, struck out 10 and didn't walk anyone. The lone run he allowed was a home run to Justin Ruggiano in the fourth inning.
Andres Torres was responsible for the go-ahead run for the Mets while going 3-for-3 with a home run, double and triple. All three hits drove in a run.
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After a 13-0 drubbing on Wednesday night, the New York Mets have a chance to avoid being swept at home by the Miami Marlins. The two teams close out their mid-week series on Friday afternoon.
On the hill for New York is R.A. Dickey. The knuckleball sensation has been sharp in his last two outings. He picked up the loss in his last start, allowing two runs to the Padres, thanks in part to his team's inability to produce runs. He struck out nine and gave up just four hits in seven innings. The game before that, he beat the Diamondbacks with seven shutout innings. Dickey has five wins in a row against the Marlins with an ERA of just 0.82. A win on Thursday would be No. 15 for the season for the Cy Young contender.
While the Marlins' hitters may be in for a test, things will not be much easier for the Mets' bats. Miami starter Josh Johnson has an 8-1 record and a 2.59 ERA in 15 career starts against the Mets.
Jose Reyes, the former Met, enters the game riding a 26-game hit streak.
The game starts at 12:10 p.m. and can be seen on SNY.
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Gone are the New York Mets of the season's first half, a team blowing past expectations and tantalizing fans with possibilities that seemed absurd in March. The Mets lost their third game in a row on Wednesday night, dropping a one-sided affair to the visiting Miami Marlins by a final score of 13-0.
Miami used the long ball to jump out to an early lead. Former Met Jose Reyes hit a solo shot in the first with two outs that extended his hitting streak to 26 games. Giancarlo Stanton added to the damage with a two-run homer after Chris Young walked Carlos Lee. Things got worse in the fifth inning. Lee drove in two with a single to shallow left field, and Stanton belted his second homer of the night to drive home Lee and make it a 7-0 game.
Young, who got the loss, failed to make it out of the fifth inning, giving way to Ramon Ramirez to pick up the last two outs.
Garrett Olson was tagged for another four runs in the eighth inning.
The Mets get one more go at the Marlins on Thursday at 12:10 p.m.
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After dropping their third game in four tries, the New York Mets return to the field Wednesday as they host the Miami Marlins in Game 2 of a three-game series at Citi Field (7:10 p.m. ET on SNY). Lefty Chris Young (3-5) will take the mound for the Mets, who will face the Marlins' Nathan Eovaldi (1-1) for the third time this season.
On Tuesday, the Mets allowed the Marlins to score four runs in the fourth inning as they went on to lose 4-2. Young will try and help New York (53-57) get back on track and follow-up on a solid performance -- seven innings of one-run ball -- against the Giants.
Meanwhile, former Mets shortstop Jose Reyes will enter the contest with a 24-game hit streak. Currently, the mark is a career high for Reyes and it leads the majors.
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The New York Mets gave up four runs in the fourth inning during their 4-2 loss to the Miami Marlins at Citi Field on Tuesday night. Jon Niese (8-6) gave up five his eight hits on the night in the inning, earning all four runs against. He struck out four in the loss.
John Buck batted in two runs on a double to right field to cap the big inning for the Marlins. The Mets came back in the fifth inning, starting with leadoff home run by Daniel Murphy. Andres Torres scored Jason Bay on a single with two outs in the inning to make the score 4-2. Niese struck out looking to end the inning with the bases loaded, however.
Carlos Zambrano (7-9) earned the win after giving up no hits with a walk and a strikeout in 1 1/3 innings for the Marlins. Starter Wade LeBlanc gave up six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in four innings.
Steve Cishek earned his seventh save of the season with two strikeouts in the ninth inning. Jordany Valdespin fouled out to the catcher to end the game.
Game 2 of the three-game series is set for 7:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Chris Young (3-5, 4.22 ERA) will take on Miami's Nate Eovaldi (2-7, 4.66) at the mound.
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