7/29/12 Recap

       Yesterday, R.A. Dickey took the mound again vying for his 14th victory against the Diamondbacks. In the top of the first, the Mets got off to a quick start as David Wright doubled home Murphy and then came around to score on a Scott Hairston double to give R.A. a 2-0 lead before he ever took the mound. In the 5th, Hairston recorded his 2nd RBI of the day by singling home Wright, and it was 3-0 New York. In the 6th, Daniel Murphy singled, and Andres Torres came around to make it a 4-0 game. Dickey shut out Arizona until the bottom of the sixth when Paul Goldschmidt hit an RBI single that scored Aaron Hill to make it a 3-run affair. In the 8th, Josh Thole hit a soft fly ball into left that scored Torres and make the score 5-1 Mets. Dickey went 7 strong innings, allowing only that 1 run. Bobby Parnell came into close it out in the bottom of ninth successfully as the Mets took the 5-1 win.
       Last night, the Yankees looked to take two out of three from Boston in a Sunday Night Showdown. In the top of the second, Ryan Sweeney knocked home 2 on an RBI double as the Sox took a 2-0 lead they would hold until the bottom of the seventh. In that inning, Russell Martin homered with no one on to make it a 1-run game and lined one up the middle to score Andruw Jones as this one went into extras. In the top of the tenth, Boston manager Bobby Valentine and pitcher Josh Beckett, who didn't even pitch last night, got thrown out arguing a call by the home-plate umpire. However, with a runner on the third in the 10th, Pedro Ciriaco hit a soft single to right that brought home the run and gave Boston a 3-2 extra-inning lead. In the bottom of the inning, Boston still hanging onto that lead, Ramiro Pena pinch ran for Nick Swisher with two out as Raul Ibanez stepped to the plate. On the 9th pitch of the at-bat, Ibanez struck out to end the game. The Red Sox go back to .500 and ready to start a 10-game homestand.