Mets Shut Out Hated Phillies 8-0 at Citi Field Tuesday

The New York Mets shut out the hated Philadelphia Phillies 8-0 last night at Citi Field in their opener of the three game series. Met starter R.A. Dickey was awesome throwing great knuckleballs all night. Dickey gave up no earned runs, 7 hits, with 3 walks and 7 strikeouts in 6.0 innings to earn his first win of the season. Raul Valdes came into the game and earned the old school save, no earned runs, only 2 hits, with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts in 3.0 innings. The Mets scored a run in every inning except the 3rd then scored 3 more in the bottom of the 8th to take the 8-0 lead and whooped the Phillies. The Met bats came alive with 13 hits and as a team went 5-for-9 with runners in scoring position. Jose Reyes led the way going 3-for-5 (3B) and an RBI. Rob Barajas and Jeff Francoeur each had 2 hits and Jason Bay had 2 RBIs. Jose Reyes has hit .375 in the last 5 games. Valdes helped his cause by hitting a double in the 9th inning off of Nelson Figueroa, getting and RBI and scoring a run in the process. Wow, the way Figueroa’s been pitching I’m glad the Mets didn’t sign him out of Spring Training. Chase Utley and Ryan Howard each had 2 strikeouts for Philadelphia. Hisanori Takahashi pitches tonight for the Mets as they face the hated Phillies at Citi Field in the second game of the series.