The New York Mets lose to the Miami Marlins 3-1

The New York Mets defeated the Miami Marlins by the score of 3-1 on Thursday afternoon. R.A. Dickey started and pitched a couple of perfect innings. The offense didn’t get much going and Jose Reyes only had one at bat against his former team. 
Dickey pitched two perfect innings with a strikeout. Manny Acosta pitched two innings giving up one hit and he struck out three, Bobby Parnell pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two and Fernando Cabrera got charged with a blown save and the loss. He pitched two innings giving up five hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout. Daniel Herrera pitched an inning giving up a hit and he walked one batter.

Justin Turner had a hit, Jason Bay had a couple of hits and Jordany Valdespin had a hit. Ike Davis had a hit and an RBI, Mike Baxter and Josh Satin had a hit. Mike Nickeas had a hit and Omar Quintanilla had a walk.

Davis, Bay, Satin and Baxter each had a double. The Mets were 1-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. Valdespin was caught stealing and Satin and Loewen made fielding errors. Dekker had an outfield assist.

The Mets will be home against the Tigers on Friday afternoon at 1:10PM. The starting pitcher will be Johan Santana who will be making his third start of the spring.