Tag: Houston Astros

Pelfrey CG Leads Mets Over Astros 9-1

It’s really amazing how Mike Pelfrey has progressed this season, going from 2-6 to start the season to 13-8 now. He threw his second consecutive complete game tonight, the first such occurance since Bret Saberhagen in 1995. He only gave up one run in the ninth inning on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts, another incredible performance.

The big offense came from Carlos Delgado hitting two 3-run homers in the game. Jose Reyes was 3 for 4 including a triple and a double with 2 runs and 2 RBI’s.Ryan Church was 2 for 4 in his third game back from the DL. And Luis Castillo took and o-fer in his return and heard about it from the crowd. Argenis Reyes and Damion Easley have become fan favorites here, so taking away their playing time is going to draw some boos for Castillo.

The Mets hold the NL East lead going into Philly tomorrow night with a great win.

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On Deck- August 25- Astros at Mets [Game 4]

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)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

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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Mets Blow Lead, Lose in 10 To Astros 6-4

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.

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On Deck- August 24- Astros at Mets [Game 3]

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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Maine Shelled As Mets Lose To Astros 8-3

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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On Deck- August 23- Astros at Mets [Game 2]

Houston Astros (64-64 Road: 30-36) at New York Mets (72-57 Home: 40-23) 7:10pm

Brandon Backe (7-12 5.62) vs. John Maine (10-7 3.82)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: The Mets go for their fifth consecutive win today with Luis Castillo back from the disabled list and starting at second base. Maine hasn’t lost a game in more than a month, since July 18th. But his velocity has been down lately which bears close watching. Backe got rocked in Houston in his last start for 11 runs over 5.2 innings. Lets’ hope he has another start like that tonight.

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Stellar Santana Leads Mets Over Astros 3-0

Mets ace Johan Santana (12-7) threw seven shutout innings giving up eight hits and one walk with five strikeouts. He had a few innings where he had to work out of trouble and ended throwing a season high 121 pitches.

All of the offense came in the first two innings on a David Wright RBI single and a two run homer by Brian Schneider in the second. The Mets only managed four hits in the game but really made them count. Roy Oswalt was outstanding for the Astros tonight pitching eight innings.

Ryan Church made his long awaited return to the team tonight going 1 for 3 with a run scored and hit seventh in the lineup.

Luis Ayala got the call to close the game tonight with Aaron Heilman pitching the eighth. Ayala has quickly moved up the ladder in the bullpen with two good outings.

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