Dickey set the franchise mark of 32 2/3 scoreless innings before the Rays touched him for an unearned run in the ninth inning. He improved his ERA to 2.20, which is now third best in the National League.
'I felt good, and I felt like I was in the moment with every pitch,' Dickey told reporters after the game. 'I try to think of the results much more in a micro-managing type way, pitch to pitch. I was able to be in the moment with that pretty well tonight, and really repeat my mechanics, keep the ball in the strike zone, make them have to respect it over and over and over again and try to work as quickly as possible. I was able to do all those things tonight, and it makes for a fun night. I really enjoyed my craft tonight.'
Last night was Dickey's second career one-hitter. He faced just two over the minimum, and retired 22 batters in a row before David Wright committed an error.
Wright also misplayed a ball in the first inning off the bat of B.J. Upton, which was was ruled a hit. It was the only hit Dickey allowed during his outing.
'I tried to make the play and I didn't make it [in the first inning],' Wright said after the game. 'I don't think I could have gotten him with the glove and I tried to bare-hand. It hit the lip and skipped on me and I didn't make the play. If they want to go back and give me an error they can do that.'
Terry Collins said the Mets will appeal the scoring on Upton's hit in an attempt to have it reversed, which would award Dickey a no-hitter.
Dickey became the third Mets pitcher to allow only one hit while striking out 12 ' the other two to accomplish the feat are Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver. Dickey is also the second Met pitcher to be the first to record ten wins in a season ' Tom Glavine did so in 2006.
Over his last six starts he has walked four batters and struck out 58 with an ERA of 0.79.
Michael Baron: He has been stunningly good this season, and hands down the best pitcher in baseball so far in 2012. In retrospect, Dickey has had one bad start ' on April 15 in Atlanta ' and if that's erased, he is 10-0 with a 1.47 ERA.
As good as Dickey had been in his first two years with the Mets, he is a completely different pitcher right now and doing things few knuckleballers have been able to do, which is command the entire strike zone with the pitch. He has the ability to move the ball in and out of the zone horizontally, in and out of the zone vertically, and completely befuddle the opposition by varying the speed from the middle 50s to around 80 mph. He did that again last night and was flat out dominant.
Lastly, in all fairness to the one-hitter, if Wright had to make the play bare-handed, it's hard to argue it shouldn't be ruled a hit, even if he squared up on the ball and was standing. Besides, to award him a no-hitter after the game would not be nearly as cool as a traditional no-hitter would be. I don't think it takes away from the sheer brilliance of Dickey's outing or his season to date.
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