Remembering Mets History (2012) David Wright Becomes Mets All Time RBI Leader
Tonight's game would be highlighted by a Mets franchise milestone, as David Wright would pass Darryl Strawberry for most RBIs in Team history. Strawberry had held the record since leaving the Mets in 1990.
The starting pitchers for tonight's game, were the Mets R.A. Dickey (2-1) & the Marlins veteran, Mark Buehrle.
In the bottom of the 1st, R.A. Dickey retired the Marlins in order. In the bottom of the 1st, Mark Buehrle struck out the first two Mets then retired Daniel Murphy who was batting .329, for an easy inning.
In the bottom of the 2nd, David Wright led off the inning & flew out to right field. He would do the same in his second at bat in the 4th inning.
Both pitchers held their opponent down scoreless to just one hit through the first four innings.
In the top of the 5th, R.A. Dickey gave up a HR to Omar Infante putting the Marlins up 1-0. It was the sixth HR he gave up in his first four games. In his last start he gave up three HRs to the Braves.
In the bottom of the 6th inning, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, led off the inning getting hit by a pitch. Next, Ruben Tejada flew out to center & Daniel Murphy grounded out to first base as Nieuwenhuis was forced at second base.
Then David Wright stepped in & blasted Buehrle's pitch for a two run HR to left center field. The HR & it's two RBIs were a career milestone, as they put him ahead of Darryl Strawberry on the Mets All Time RBI list with 735.
D.Wright's Mets Records: For David Wright he would eventually top the Mets all-time list in RBIs (1777) doubles (390) runs scored (949) & walks (762). He would finish second to Ed Kranepool in games played (1585).
On this night, his HR was his third of the season. In 2012 he would hit 21 HRs, drive in 93 runs & bat .306 on the year, while playing in 156 games.
In the 8th inning, David would come to bat again, getting intentionally walked with Ruben Tejada on second base & two outs.
Ryan Webb came on to pitch, then Mets pinch hitter Mike Baxter drove a double to left field, bringing in both Wright & Duda, as the Mets went on the 5-1 victory.
R.A. Dickey would pitch seven innings, allowing a run on three hits while striking out seven. Dickey would win eleven straight games before taking a loss on July 24th.
R.A. Dickey Trivia: In 2012 R.A. Dickey would win the NL Cy Young Award, winning twenty-games (20-6) leading the NL in strike outs (23) threw & throwing two one hit complete games. He collected three shut outs &posted a 5.7 WAR.
The Mets finished 74-88 in fourth place under Terry Collins in his second year as manager. Wright & Dickey provided the fans with most of the Met's excitement that season. Also, Ike Davis hit 32 HRs with 90 RBIs & Jon Neise won 13 games (13-9) with a 3.40 ERA & 3.3 WAR.