The New York Mets lose to Jose Reyes and the Miami Marlins 3-1

Published: 15^th Mar 12 10:47 pm

garymarchese
garymarchese

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The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins by the score of 3-1 on Thursday afternoon. R.A. Dickey started and pitched a couple of perfect innings. The offense didn’t get much going and Jose Reyes only had one at bat against his former team.

Dickey pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout. Manny Acosta pitched two innings giving up one hit and he struck out three, Bobby Parnell pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Fernando Cabrera got charged with a blown save and the loss. He pitched two innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout. Daniel Herrera pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one batter.

Justin Turner had a hit, Jason Bay had a couple of hits and Jordany Valdespin had a hit. Ike Davis had a hit and an RBI, Mike Baxter and Josh Satin had a hit. Mike Nickeas had a hit and Omar Quintanilla had a walk.

Davis, Bay, Satin and Baxter each had a double. The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Valdespin was caught stealing and Satin and Loewen made fielding errors. Dekker had an outfield assist.

The Mets will be home against the Tigers on Friday afternoon at 1:10PM. The starting pitcher will be Johan Santana who will be making his third start of the spring. The Mets biggest problem so far this spring has been the injury bug. The manager Terry Collins has not been too happy about it. David Wright the Mets leader and star player has not played in one game so far. He has a torn muscle near his rib cage. He says he will be ready to go on Opening Day but the time is growing shorter. Ruben Tejada the Reyes replacement at shortstop strained his groin. Davis is playing but has valley fever. The Mets are a team that needs to have everyone on the field and working on things. They aren’t going to win with talent alone that is for sure. They are going to have to do a lot of things right and this isn’t a good start for them. I don’t know if it just fluky things or the organization as a whole has something to do with it. If the Mets get off to a bad start I am sure the injuries will continue to be talked about. If they start off well then everyone will forget about the injuries. The bottom line comes down to wins and losses.