'I just threw some poor knuckleballs up there,' Dickey told reporters after the game. 'Every season has a storm or two in it. I just have to kind of stay afloat and it'll turn.'
Dickey took a no-decision, but he's now allowed five earned runs in three of his last four starts and is 1-0 with a 5.19 ERA over that span.
'Without making excuses, you just have to hold onto the fact that you know it's going to turn,' Dickey explained. 'I feel pretty good. I don't feel like things are completely out of whack. But I've got to be better.'
Overall, Dickey is 12-1 with a 2.66 ERA 125 innings over 18 starts this season.
Michael Baron: Dickey probably wasn't as bad as the line showed. He was victimized by a poor defensive play by Daniel Murphy in the second inning which ultimately resulted in three runs being scored against him. That's not to say Dickey executed particularly well in his outing ' he admitted to that yesterday. The fifth inning summed up his struggles over the last few weeks ' his knuckleball has been floating horizontally rather than vertically and has been staying flat at the belt. Prior to this 'storm,' as Dickey put it, he was able to get his knuckleball to move vertically either up or down through the zone, changing the eye level of the hitter within an individual pitch. He has lost that edge at this point but, unfortunately, this slump is coming at a crucial time for the team.
It's hard to expect Dickey to be what he was during May and June. He was more or less the perfect pitcher and, as a fan, I want him to be that perfect pitcher each and every time out ' that is completely unfair of me to expect. He is going to struggle ' the best in history have struggled at times in their individual seasons. But when that happens, it's up to the rest of the team to pick him up and, for 7 1/3 innings, they did. Of course, it was that final 2/3 of an inning which were the most crucial and the Mets were unable to pick R.A. up by the end of the game.
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