Jason Bay and Jeff Francoeur each drove in a pair of runs in the opener of a three-game series between NL East rivals at Citi Field, where the last-place Mets are 17-9. Jose Reyes had three hits and scored three times.
Two days after 43-year-old Boston knuckler Tim Wakefield tossed eight shutout innings to beat the powerful Phillies, Dickey shut them down for his first major league win since April 10, 2009, for Minnesota against the Chicago White Sox.
