NEW YORK -- The knuckleball from R.A. Dickey fluttered in and took a severe late left turn, and Kurt Suzuki missed it.
It happens. It's an accepted hazard of trying to catch a knuckleball. But this one bothered Suzuki more than most, because it allowed the tying run to score in the fourth inning of the Braves' Thursday afternoon game against the Mets.
"Just the competitor in me," the Braves catcher said. "If I'd only caught it, they don't score."
The Mets scored one run on the knuckleball he missed, but Thursday's game turned around half an inning later when Mets starter Matt Harvey threw a slider that Suzuki didn't miss at all.