Houston Astros (64-63 Road: 30-35) at New York Mets (71-57 Home: 39-23) 7:10pm
Roy Oswalt (11-8 4.28) vs. Johan Santana (11-7 2.75)
What to watch: Santana is coming off a complete game victory in Pittsburgh in his last start as the Mets welcome the Astros to town for a four game series. Oswalt has been pitching extremely well. He’s won five straight decisions. This should be a great pitching match up.
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The Mets swept the Braves in this three game series with a tremendous win in the bottom of the ninth. David Wright doubled in the inning and Carlos Delgado drove him in with a line drive to left field that Omar Infante lost in the lights.
Pedro Martinez went seven innings giving up four runs on seven hits and a walk. He also had six strikeouts. His first pitch of the game was crushed for a homer by Yunel Escobar. This is the kind of performance that we can expect from Pedro on a regular basis at this point. He’s an average pitcher.
Luis Ayala did a nice job in relief to finish the eighth and cruise through the ninth.
The offense came from Carlos Delgado with a 5 for 5 night. His first five hit game in ten years. He also had three RBI’s including the game winner. David Wright also had three hits including a solo homer in the fifth and the clutch double in the ninth.
The down side is that the Mets left nine runners on base in the game, but a win is a win.
The Phillies lost to the Nationals so the Mets take a 2.5 game lead in the division.
Mike Pelfrey joins WFAN’s Steve Somers after his complete game 3-hitter against the Braves.
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Mets manager Jerry Manuel told reporters before tonight’s game that outfielder Ryan Church will be activated prior to Friday’s game against the Astros. He expects Church to be in the lineup Friday and Saturday, then get a day off on Sunday.
We’ve heard that Church is close to coming back from his post concussion syndrome before. But it sounds like this is legitimate.
Atlanta Braves (56-71 Road: 22-40) at New York Mets (70-57 Home: 38-23) 7:10pm
Mike Hampton (2-1 6.92) vs. Pedro Martinez (4-3 4.96)
What to watch: Pedro has pitched three quality starts in a row now after struggling for some time after coming off the disabled http://www.mindanews.com/buy-inderal/ list. Former Met Mike Hampton has been up and down after suffering through another injury plagued season. The Mets go for the sweep before Houston comes to town for a weekend series.
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Manuel joins Mike Francesa for his weekly spot. The biggest news he drops is that Ryan Church could re-join the team by this weekend.
Mike Pelfrey continued his second half success story with a complete game 3-hitter. He gave up three runs and had three strikeouts.
The offense came from a variety of sources tonight with Daniel Murphy hitting a two-run single in the first, David Wright with a homer in the fifth, and Fernando Tatis having another multi-hit game going 2 for 4 with an RBI and run scored.
The Mets hold the NL East lead with the Phillies topping the awful Nationals again.
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