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WHO’S HOT: IKE DAVIS is tied for the team lead with two home runs…Davis has six RBI and is batting .350 (7-20) thisspring…LUCAS DUDA also has two home runs…Duda has five RBI and is hitting .303(10-33)…JOSH THOLE has two home runs,six RBI and is hitting .423 (11-26) this spring.
RHP R.A. DICKEY will make his third spring start today…In his last spring appearance on March 7 vs. the Tigers, Dickey suffered the loss allowing two runs on fourhits over 4.0 innings…Dickey allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts over3.0 innings in a no-decision on March 2 vs.the Cardinals…Set career highs in wins(11), starts (26), innings (174.1), strikeouts(104), and complete games (2) last yearFinished seventh in the National League…in ERA, fourth with a 1.99 home ERA (18earned runs/81.1 innings) and third with anight ERA of 2.53 (33 earned runs/117.1 innings)…His walk per nine inning rate of2.2 was the best of his career and the thirdbest mark in the NL…Dickey threw a onehitter, the 35th in franchise history, to beatthe Phillies, 1-0, on August 13 at Citi Field
SINGLE GAME TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 14: The New York Mets single game tickets for the 2011 season at CitiField will go on sale Monday, March 14 at10:00 a.m. exclusively online at Mets.com,LosMets.com, and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX…Ticket prices start at $12…The following day, Tuesday, March 15 at 10:00a.m., tickets will be at Citi Field’s AdvanceTicket Window on the third base side of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, the Mets Clubhouse Shops in Manhattan (42ndStreet between Fifth and Sixth Avenues,across from Bryant Park), at the Roosevelt Field Mall (Garden City, Long Island), at the Tangers Outlets at the Arches (Deer Park,Long Island), and MCU Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
SPECIAL GUEST BP THROWER: Justine Siegal is scheduled to throw a round of batting practice to Mets hitters prior to Sunday’s game vs. the Cardinals in the main stadium…Siegal became the first woman to throw batting practice to a Major League clubwhen she did so in the Cleveland Indians camp in February…She has also thrown BP to the Oakland A’s, Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros..Siegal wears a patch on hersleeve in honor of Christina-Taylor Green, theLittle Leaguer killed in the January 8 shooting near Tucson, AZ…Christina-Taylor,9, was the only girl on her team and wantedto be the first woman to play in the MajorLeagues…Siegal, who was an AssistantCoach at Springfield College from 2007-2010, is helping to promote women in baseball.
ROSTER BREAKDOWN: There are currently 46 players in major league camp,including 12 non-roster invitees. Here is the breakdown:• Pitchers – 23 total (seven non-roster)• Catchers – 5 total (two non-roster)• Infielders – 10 total (one non-roster)• Outfielders – 8 total (two non-roster
