NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) — Javier Vazquez and three Marlins relievers teamed up for a six-hit shutout Tuesday and Florida dominated the New York Mets 6-0.

Vazquez (8-11) scattered three hits over seven frames, walking one and striking out six while breaking a personal five-start winless streak.

Edward Mujica and Mike Dunn combined for a scoreless eighth and Leo Nunez completed the whitewash in the ninth for the Marlins, who had lost the first two games of a five-game series with the Mets.

Florida broke open a scoreless tie with five runs in the seventh, highlighted by Logan Morrison’s two-run single. Emilio Bonifacio, Greg Dobbs and Gaby Sanchez also drove in runs in the big inning.

New York’s Mike Pelfrey (7-11) was touched for four runs on six hits before exiting after six-plus innings.

NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (UPI) — Dillon Gee held the Marlins to one run over six innings Monday and the New York Mets completed a doubleheader sweep with a 5-1 win over Florida.

Gee (12-5) surrendered six hits, walked two and fanned six for New York, which won the first game 2-1.

Gee allowed a solo homer to Greg Dobbs in the sixth.

David Wright had two hits and drove in a pair of runs and Willie Harris contributed an RBI single for the Mets.

Florida’s Ricky Nolasco (9-10) was touched for four runs on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings.

The Marlins lost for the ninth time in their last 11 games.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (UPI) — Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey tossed seven shutout innings Monday and the New York Mets edged Florida 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader.

Dickey (6-11) yielded seven hits over seven innings, issuing only one walk while striking out six.

The right-hander collected his first victory in more than a month, a span of six starts, as the Mets won a game that had been rescheduled from Aug. 3 due to a rainout.

Jason Isringhausen hurled a scoreless eighth and Bobby Parnell picked up his second save despite allowing a solo homer to Gaby Sanchez in the ninth.

Justin Turner and Josh Thole drove in New York’s runs.

Florida’s Anibal Sanchez (7-7) absorbed the loss, yielding a pair of runs on seven hits over six frames while walking four and striking out five.

The loss snapped a six-game Marlins’ winning streak at Citi Field.

Capuano tossed a two-hit shutout and fanned 13 batters. It was his third career shutout and fourth complete game.

“I think it has to be (one of the best starts of my career),” said Capuano. “I’ve had a couple of shutouts before, but this one at this point of the season and after a rocky last month and a half or so certainly feels like one of the best.”

Capuano’s previous career-high in strikeouts was 12 against Cleveland on June 16, 2006, when he pitched for Milwaukee. He hadn’t reached double-digits in strikeouts since June 2, 2007 when he had 10.

Mets shortstop Jose Reyes is expected to continue his quest for a batting title tonight and has been sidelined since early August with a strained left hamstring. He worked out the kinks with Double-A Binghamton. Meanwhile, outfielder Jason Bay has been out since Wednesday with a shoulder ailment and is expected to return tonight.

“I played Wednesday, it was pretty sore. I just thought I would get the off- day,” Bay said on the team’s site. “I got here, it was still sore. So we ran to the hospital and got an MRI really quick just to make sure.”

The MRI revealed no structural damage.

R.A. Dickey gets the call for the Mets in the opener of this twinbill and is 5-11 with a 3.72 earned run average in 27 games (26 starts). He is 0-3 in his previous five starts and has recorded two straight no-decisions, including a 6-2 loss to Milwaukee last Sunday. He tossed seven innings of two-run ball.

Dickey is 3-2 with a 5.63 ERA in seven career games (5 starts) against the Marlins. The knuckleballer is only 1-8 in 14 home starts this season.

Dillon Gee will toe the rubber for New York in the second game and is 11-5 with a 4.37 ERA in 24 games (21 starts). Gee has lost two of his previous three outings and took the loss in last Monday’s 1-0 setback at Philadelphia in which he surrendered eight runs in 3 2/3 innings.

The righty faced the Marlins for the first time in his career on July 24 at Sun Life Stadium and did not record a decision in the 5-4 loss. He gave up three runs in five innings of work.

Florida has won two of three games since losing six straight and posted a 6-5 victory over the Phillies on Friday.

The Marlins made a winner out of starter Clay Hensley, as he allowed three runs over 5 2/3 innings and scattered three hits for his second win of the season (2-5). Steve Cishek gave up a run in the ninth before posting his third save.

“It’s scary. We keep it entertaining. We make it an interesting game every night. Thank God we were able to hold on,” said Florida manager Jack McKeon.

John Buck hit a grand slam in the sixth inning and Greg Dobbs went 4-for-5 with an RBI double against his former team.

Anibal Sanchez will toe the rubber for Florida in the first game and is 7-6 with a 4.01 earned run average in 26 starts. He is 1-0 in his previous two outings after going 0-5 with a 5.31 ERA in 11 starts from June 15-Aug. 10.

Sanchez, a right-hander, did not figure into the decision of a 4-3 loss at San Diego on Sunday, as he gave up three runs and six hits in five innings. He has faced the Mets 10 times in his career, going 4-4 with a 4.61 ERA.

Ricky Nolasco gets the nod for McKeon’s club in the nightcap and is 9-9 with a 4.30 ERA in 27 starts. He is 1-2 over his previous four outings and did not record a decision in Tuesday’s 8-6 loss versus Cincinnati. Nolasco yielded four runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings.

The right-hander is 5-6 with a 5.26 ERA in 20 games (18 starts) lifetime against the Mets.

Florida has won seven of 10 meetings with New York this season and is unbeaten in the past six games at Citi Field.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (UPI) — Chris Capuano allowed two hits and struck out a career-best 13 Friday in carrying the New York Mets to a 6-0 victory over Atlanta.

Capuano produced the third shutout of his eight-year career and his first in five seasons. He threw 79 of his 122 pitches for strikes and did not walk a batter.

Atlanta managed only a leadoff single by Dan Uggla in the fifth and a two-out double by Davis Ross in the eighth.

The teams played their final game of the weekend with contests on both Saturday and Sunday having been postponed because of the threat of Hurricane Irene.

New York put at least one runner on base in every inning while winning for just the fourth time in 15 games.

The game was scoreless into the fifth before Nick Evans and Josh Thole produced RBI singles. Justin Turner doubled in two runs in the seventh and Lucas Duda did the same thing in the eighth.

Tim Hudson (13-8) took the loss, giving up four runs on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (UPI) — Chris Capuano allowed two hits and struck out a career-best 13 Friday in carrying the New York Mets to a 6-0 victory over Atlanta.

Capuano produced the third shutout of his eight-year career and his first in five seasons. He threw 79 of his 122 pitches for strikes and did not walk a batter.

Atlanta managed only a leadoff single by Dan Uggla in the fifth and a two-out double by Davis Ross in the eighth.

The teams played their final game of the weekend with contests on both Saturday and Sunday having been postponed because of the threat of Hurricane Irene.

New York put at least one runner on base in every inning while winning for just the fourth time in 15 games.

The game was scoreless into the fifth before Nick Evans and Josh Thole produced RBI singles. Justin Turner doubled in two runs in the seventh and Lucas Duda did the same thing in the eighth.

Tim Hudson (13-8) took the loss, giving up four runs on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.