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Dickey Struggles, Mets fall to Braves 7-5

Posted on April 15, 2012 at 07:11 PM.

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Daniel Murphy's Homer in the 2nd Inning

Chipper Jones had two hits including this go ahead double in the 6th.

It looked like R.A Dickey was pitching two different games out there. "It's the nature of the knuckleball, you don't know what to expect from pitch to pitch", said Mets manager Terry Collins after the game.

Dickey had thrown 3 perfect innings for the Mets before it got away from him in innings 4-6 giving up 6 runs.

The Mets offense looked a lot better today against Tommy Hanson outhitting the Braves 11-9 but they still could not come up with the win. Daniel Murphy went 3 for 5 including a solo homer in the 3rd to give the Mets a 3-0 lead.

Yet Dickey struggled. The big blow came off the bat of the notorious Met killer, Chipper Jones hit a 2-run 2 out double in the 6th that gave a Braves the advantage at 5-3 and the lead for good.

Craig Kimbrel came in and pitched a perfect 9th for his first game of the season.

The Mets hope to salvage a win in this series tomorrow when they throw Jon Niese against the Braves in the finale.

Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
Apr 7, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Atlanta (2-0)	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	7	9	1
New York (0-2)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	11	1
W: Tommy Hanson (1-0) L: R.A. Dickey (0-1) S: Craig Kimbrel