The rain-shortened series at Citi Field ended up going the Braves way, as they completed their mini-sweep of the Mets with a 7-5 victory. Kurt Suzuki delivered the biggest shot of the afternoon when he made the Mets pay for intentionally walking Nick Markakis by hitting a three-run homer of his own. R.A. Dickey had to leave the game with a quad spasm, but Dave O’Brien is reporting that Dickey doesn’t expect to miss his next start.
“It’s not more than I’ve managed before in my career,” Dickey said, “it’s just unfortunate (because) I feel like I had a pretty good knuckleball today.