Dickey Shuts Out Cards

ESPN:

A day after Johan Santana made Mets history, R.A. Dickey baffled the St. Louis Cardinals in his own way.
The knuckleballer followed up Santana's no-hitter by shutting out St. Louis, David Wright homered and the New York Mets beat the Cardinals 5-0 on Saturday."It's no easy chore to follow Johan," Dickey said, "I went to bed reminding myself to bring what I bring and be myself." 

What he brought was a fluttering knuckler that he could throw at speeds from 59 to 80 mph, causing mostly swings and misses, or softly hit balls that found gloves.Dickey (8-1) gave up seven hits, struck out nine and walked none in his third career shutout and first since 2010. The Mets scored three runs in the second, on a mishandled grounder and two run-scoring groundouts to win for the sixth time in eight games and tie Miami for second place in the NL East, a game behind Washington."I think what's awesome about it is we don't have to explain it. It's organic," Dickey said. "We have sustained a level of competition in the midst of a lot of injuries."

Wow, the Cardinals offense is sputtering right now.  That's good news for Cincinnati.  Meanwhile, R.A. Dickey has been awesome this year.  He should make the all-star game at this rate.