Houston Astros (66-64 Road: 32-36) at New York Mets (72-59 Home: 40-25) 7:10pm
Brian Moehler (9-4 3.87) vs. Mike Pelfrey (12-8 3.86)
What to watch: The Mets try to even the series at 2-2 before leaving for Philly. Pelfrey has been terrific this season, throwing a complete game 3-hitter in his last start. Moehler has had a nice season for Houston, he’s won his last five decisions.
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The Mets played a solid game until the tenth inning. Pedro Feliciano had nothing in the tenth giving up solo homers to light-hitters Darin Erstad and Brad Ausmus.
A tremendous two-homer game by Carlos Beltran was wasted. The Mets will be playing just to even the series at 2-2 tomorrow night.
Chris Russo joins ESPN’s “The Sports Guy” Bill Simmons to talk about leaving WFAN for Sirius XM radio.
John Maine will require surgery in the off-season to remove a bone spur on the back of his right shoulder according to the Daily News. He isn’t able to throw between starts now because of the pain but plans to pitch the rest of the season through the pain.
It’s been obvious for some time that Maine has a medical problem. He had soreness in his forearm and then his shoulder. His velocity has been way down and he just doesn’t look like the same type of pitcher over the last month plus.
Houston Astros (65-64 Road: 31-36) at New York Mets (72-58 Home: 40-24) 1:10pm
Randy Wolf (8-11 4.81) vs. Oliver Perez (9-7 3.93)
TV: CW11 Radio: WFAN
What to watch: Perez is 3-1 in his last four decisions. He’s been surprisingly consistent in the second half of the season. Wolf got rocked in his last start in Milwaukee giving up six runs in four innings of work.Apparently, Luis Castillo won’t be returning to the active roster today either but he can’t play in anymore rehab games. So he’s in limbo right now.
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John Maine had a really bad start going 5.2 innings and giving up 8 runs. He still doesn’t have the velocity on his fastball that he had in the first half of the season.
Ryan Church looked good in his comeback going 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored. And Brian Schneider hit another homer tonight. He’s really finding an offensive groove right now.
The Phillies won today so the Mets are only 1.5 games up in the division with a series in Philly coming up next week.
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