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| Final | R |
| Detroit « | 9 |
| N.Y. Mets | 2 |
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) - New York Mets starter R.A. Dickey needed two stitches in his right heel after being spiked Sunday in a 9-2 loss to a split squad of Detroit Tigers.
Dickey was covering first base when Corey Jones stepped on him in the third inning. Dickey stayed in the game and left after the fourth, allowing one run and three hits.
Prince Fielder hit a long home run, his third of the spring for the Tigers.
While most of his teammates struggled with Dickey's knuckleball, Fielder connected his second time up. He sent a drive deep to right field, where it landed on the canopy of the pavilion behind the berm and bounced into a marsh.
"Dickey has a really good knuckleball," Fielder said. "For me, his knuckleball is not the normal one. It's faster, so I try to look at it more as a cutter because if you wait too long it cuts in or sinks away."
"I just try not to let it beat me too much. I definitely want to hit it more out front," he said.
James McCann hit a grand slam during a seven-run burst in the sixth.
Ike Davis and Lucas Duda singled for the Mets' only hits.
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| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Andy Dirks, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .412 |
| Tyler Gibson, PR-LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Clete Thomas, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .217 |
| Luis Castillo, RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ramon Santiago, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .262 |
| Dixon Machado, SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .417 |
| Prince Fielder, 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Wade Gaynor, 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 |
| Don Kelly, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .321 |
| Edgar Corcino, 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Danny Worth, SS-2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .289 |
| David Gonzalez, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Daniel Fields, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| James McCann, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .556 |
| Luis Sanz, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Corey Jones, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Totals | 38 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Batting | ||||||||
| HR - Prince Fielder (3, Dickey), James McCann (2, Rauch) | ||||||||
| RBI - Prince Fielder (8), Don Kelly 3 (6), Daniel Fields (2), James McCann 4 (6) | ||||||||
| 2-OUT RBI - Prince Fielder (1), Don Kelly 2 (5), Daniel Fields (1), James McCann 4 (5) | ||||||||
| PK - Andy Dirks (1, Dickey) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | ||||||||
| Fielding | ||||||||
| E - Ramon Santiago 2 (3, Dropped line drive) | ||||||||
| Detroit Tigers | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Thad Weber (W,1-0) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.57 |
| Daniel Schlereth (H,5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Bruce Rondon (H,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Matt Crouse (H,1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Victor Larez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Thad Weber 30-21, Daniel Schlereth 10-6, Bruce Rondon 5-5, Matt Crouse 8-3, Victor Larez 9-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Thad Weber 9-5, Daniel Schlereth 2-0, Bruce Rondon 1-1, Matt Crouse 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Thad Weber 19, Daniel Schlereth 5, Bruce Rondon 3, Matt Crouse 4, Victor Larez 4 | ||||||||
| New York Mets | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Ruben Tejada, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Daniel Murphy, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .305 |
| Luis Nieves, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| David Wright, 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .143 |
| Vinny Rottino, 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| Ike Davis, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 |
| Mike Baxter, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Jason Bay, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .195 |
| Lucas Duda, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .314 |
| Cory Vaughn, PR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Scott Hairston, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .071 |
| Mike Nickeas, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .219 |
| Ronny Cedeno, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .238 |
| Daniel Muno, SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Batting | ||||||||
| HR - Ike Davis (2, Weber) | ||||||||
| RBI - Ike Davis 2 (8) | ||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | ||||||||
| Fielding | ||||||||
| DP - Davis-Cedeno-Dickey, Herrera-Murphy-Davis | ||||||||
| PB - Mike Nickeas (1) | ||||||||
| New York Mets | ||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| R.A. Dickey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.63 |
| Danny Herrera (BS,1; L,0-1) | 1.2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.59 |
| Jon Rauch | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.94 |
| Josh Edgin | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Erik Turgeon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - R.A. Dickey 22-22, Danny Herrera 16-8, Jon Rauch 12-8, Josh Edgin 12-12, Erik Turgeon 4-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - R.A. Dickey 3-5, Danny Herrera 1-3, Josh Edgin 2-0, Erik Turgeon 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - R.A. Dickey 14, Danny Herrera 10, Jon Rauch 7, Josh Edgin 6, Erik Turgeon 4 | ||||||||
| Game Information |
| Attendance - 5836 |
| Game Time - 2:39 |
| Temperature - 82 |
| Umpires - Home - Shaun Francis, First Base - Gary Cederstrom, Second Base - James Hoye, Third Base - Chris Conroy |
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