Mariners 11, Mets 0

11-0!  Where did this come from?  R.A. Dickey got his first win in two years as he had the Mets batters off balanced all night.  Dickey had his knuckler fluttering, and was mixing in a mid 80’s fastball and a knuckle curve to keep the Mets bats guessing.  He pitched 7 shutout innings, striking out 5.  Dickey had outstanding control of his pitches as the Mets failed to ever get a solid piece of his pitches.   This is hopefully a confidence building start for Dickey who has really struggled of late.  Great Job.

The Mets season of frustration continued to boil over as Manager Jerry Manuel, and Outfielder Carlos Beltran got ejected in a crazy scene in the bottom of the 4th.  Homeplate umpire Brian Runge appeared to initiate an argument with Beltran when the two began arguing during the at bat.  Manuel raced out of the dugout infuriated over Beltran being provoked.  Then Runge appeared to bump Manuel, leading to Manuel getting tossed and then Beltran shortly after. 

The M’s jumped on Starter Oliver Perez early scoring runs in four of his five innings pitched to go up 6-0 after the top of the 5th.  Raul Ibanez and Kenji Johjima homered of Perez.  Ibanez finished the night 3 for 5 with 3 RBI’s to continue swinging a hot stick.  Johjima finished with 3 hits, 2 runs scored, and 2 RBI’s.  Richie Sexson also hit well picking up 3 RBI’s.  The 11-0 final score was the Mariners biggest margin of victory this season.

This recent hot streak, (this is hot streak for the Mariners)makes me think of a famous quote from  Major League 2.

Indians Manager Lou Brown:

“Now, we won a ball game yesterday. If we win one today, that’s two in a row.  We win one tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.”

The Mariners will go with Miguel Batista (3-9) in the finale against John Maine (7-5) at 7:10 Wednesday night.

Get the brooms out!