BEL’ TOLLS: Carlos Beltran watches his sixth-inning RBI double. (Anthony J. Causi / New York Post)
Cole Hamels delivered the second significant hit by a pitcher at Citi Field in three days.
This one didn’t led to an arrest — it merely prevented R.A. Dickey from throwing the first no-hitter in Mets’ history.
“You never think about no-hitters in a game, but I knew the way [the ball] felt out of my hand I had a chance,” Dickey said after his one-hitter led the Mets to a 1-0 victory over the Phillies at Citi Field.
With Francisco Rodriguez still on the restricted list two days after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend’s father near a family area at the ballpark, Dickey followed Johan Santana’s lead from Thursday and eliminated the need for a closer with a complete-game shutout.
Hamels’ bloop single in the sixth accounted for the Phillies’ only hit, before Carlos Beltran gave the Mets a run in the bottom of the inning with an RBI double. The Mets (58-57) won consecutive games for the first time since June 22 and 23 against Detroit. They also won their third 1-0 game in seven days.
Dickey (8-5) had his worst outing of the year last Sunday in Philadelphia, allowing four earned runs over three innings, but rebounded with the kind of performance the Mets have come to expect from the knuckleballer: steady and efficient.
“He was the guy we’ve seen the whole time [this year],” manager Jerry Manuel said. “Very impressive, very much the competitor. He knew what he needed to do and went out and did it.”
Dickey joked he would have gotten the no-hitter if Jeff Francoeur came up throwing to first base on Hamels’ bloop. Francoeur said he considered making the attempt, but Hamels was within a few steps of the bag.
“I had a feeling if I would have thrown it, I would have thrown it in the toilet at that point,” Francoeur said.
Hamels (7-9) lost a 1-0 game to the Mets for the second time in seven days. Last Saturday, Santana beat him by the same score at Citizens Bank Park.
David Wright snapped an 0-for-15 slide with a double to center in the sixth before Beltran hit a shot to left for a double that scored the game’s only run.
Mike Hessman appeared to clear the left-field fence and give the Mets a 1-0 lead in the fifth, but umpires overturned that call on replay and sent Hessman to third, after ruling the ball hit a fan leaning over the fence. The Mets never got the run.
The Phillies received a scare in the fourth, when Wright hit a shot off Hamels’ right leg in the fourth inning and was thrown out. But Hamels, who limped back to the mound after making the throw, remained in the game.
Dickey endured no scares. He retired the final two batters in the sixth after Hamels’ single and recorded 11 straight outs to finish the game. It gave the Mets consecutive complete game shutouts for the first time since Pedro Astacio and Jeff D’Amico accomplished the feat on May 14 and 15 of 2002 against the Dodgers.
“I just had a great knuckleball from the beginning, and Henry [Blanco] and I stayed with it,” Dickey said. “It was just like a robot.”
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