Mets 55-55 vs Braves 64-48

R.A Dickey 5-9, 3.77 ERA

Tim Hudson 10-7, 3.31 ERA

Friday's Mets lineup vs. Atlanta: Reyes-SS, Turner-2B, Murphy-1B, Wright-3B, Pagan-CF, Bay-LF, Duda-RF, Thole-C, Dickey-RHPless than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyNew York Mets
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The New York Mets enter a critical 3-game series against the Braves, in which can dictate the Mets stance on the wild card position. Entering today the Mets are currently 8 games back in the wild card with Cardinals and Diamondbacks still ahead of them. They likely scenario that can happen this weekend is if the Mets take two out of three or even sweep the Braves to pull in between 5-6 games of the lead. With the Phillies never losing at this rate, the wild card is the only option the Mets have if they wanna make the post season.

Dickey gave up one run over eight innings to earn the victory on June 5th against the Braves, but comes into this start with two wins in his last 10 outings. The only other win for R.A came on July 25th against Cincinnati. “There’s no question R.A. has deserved to win more games than he has,” manager Terry Collins told his team’s official website.

Dickey has proved successful against Atlanta’s two hottest hitters in Dan Uggla and Freddie Freeman. Uggla and Freeman are a combined 1-for-20 against the knuckleballer. Dan Uggla has a career .223 average against New York and is batting .147 in nine games his season. Freeman is hitting .364 in seven games against the Mets this season.

Dickey:

• 1-1, 4.26 ERA, 19.0IP 22H 9ER 4BB 12K 1HR (Last 3 Games)
• Home (This Year) - 1-6, 4.24 ERA, 74.1IP 67H 35ER 23BB 49K 7HRs .244BAA (11 Starts)
• Career vs Braves - 1-2, 4.93 ERA, 34.2IP 40H 19ER 15BB 20K 4HRs .286BAA (5 Starts)

Hudson:

• 1-1, 2.57 ERA, 21.0IP 16H 6ER 4BB 18K 1HR (Last 3 Games)
• Away (This Year) - 3-3, 4.47 ERA, 48.1IP 50H 24ER 11BB 37K 2HRs .270BAA (8 Starts)
• Career vs Mets - 13-8, 3.66 ERA, 140.0IP 140H 57ER 35BB 69K 14HRs .264BAA (22 Starts)

Tim Hudson is 0-2 with a 7.88 ERA in two outings against the Mets this season. David Wright is batting .222 in 54 career at-bats vs Hudson but has two homeruns and 5 RBIs. Wright and Reyes are combined 31-for-118 (.262) with 4 homeruns and 10 RBIs against Hudson. Tonight the Mets will wear there "Los Mets" jerseys in honor or Fiesta Latina night at Citi Field.

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