NL: NY METS at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NY METS (3) VS HOUSTON (8) - FINAL NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Reyes ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 .307 D Newhan lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .218 C Beltran cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 .264 D Wright 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .292 C Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .242 J Valentin 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .243 S Green rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 S Alomar Jr c 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 D Williams p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 A Sele p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-R Castro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 S Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-R Gotay ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 35 3 9 3 2 7 13 a-grounded to first for A Sele in the 7th; b-doubled to deep right for S Schoeneweis in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - C Delgado (22, R Oswalt); S Alomar Jr (1, R Oswalt); R Gotay (4, D Wheeler). HR - C Beltran (16, 6th inning off R Oswalt 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Beltran 2 (55), J Reyes (35). 2-out RBI - J Reyes. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Valentin 3, D Newhan 1, J Reyes 1. GIDP - J Valentin. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: SB - J Reyes 2 (46, 2nd base off R Oswalt/B Ausmus 2). FIELDING: E - J Reyes (6, throw). DP: 1 (J Valentin-J Reyes-C Delgado). HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Burke 2b 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 .235 H Pence cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 .342 L Berkman rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .263 C Lee lf 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 .297 M Loretta 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 .317 M Ensberg 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 .210 E Bruntlett ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .300 B Ausmus c 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .249 R Oswalt p 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .132 a-L Scott ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226 C Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 8 11 8 6 6 17 a-struck out swinging for R Oswalt in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - L Berkman (9, D Williams); C Lee (25, D Williams); H Pence (23, S Schoeneweis). 3B - H Pence (6, D Williams). HR - C Burke (2, 4th inning off D Williams 1 on, 0 Out). SF - L Berkman. RBI - M Ensberg 2 (25), E Bruntlett (3), H Pence (42), L Berkman (57), C Burke 2 (11), C Lee (73). 2-out RBI - M Ensberg 2, E Bruntlett. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Bruntlett 1, M Loretta 1, B Ausmus 1. GIDP - B Ausmus. Team LOB - 9. FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Burke-E Bruntlett-M Loretta). ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS - 000 002 100 -- 3 HOUSTON - 320 300 00x -- 8 ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era D Williams 3 1/3 10 8 8 4 2 1 21.60 A Sele 2 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.41 S Schoeneweis 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 5.24 HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era R Oswalt 7 7 3 3 1 5 1 3.53 C Qualls 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.09 D Wheeler 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.70 WP - S Schoeneweis. IBB - C Lee 2 (by D Williams, S Schoeneweis). Pitches-strikes: D Williams 98-62; A Sele 38-22; S Schoeneweis 30-20; R Oswalt 105-74; C Qualls 12-8; D Wheeler 19-13. Ground balls-fly balls: D Williams 4-4; A Sele 2-5; S Schoeneweis 0-3; R Oswalt 11-5; C Qualls 2-1; D Wheeler 0-1. Batters faced: D Williams 23; A Sele 10; S Schoeneweis 8; R Oswalt 29; C Qualls 4; D Wheeler 4. UMPIRES: HP--Charlie Reliford. 1B--Greg Gibson. 2B--Larry Vanover. 3B--Tony Randazzo. T--2:36. Att--40,708. Weather: INDOORS</div>
NL: NY METS at HOUSTON <div class="pre">NY METS (3) VS HOUSTON (8) - FINAL NY METS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Reyes ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 .307 D Newhan lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .218 C Beltran cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 .264 D Wright 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .292 C Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .242 J Valentin 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 6 .243 S Green rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 S Alomar Jr c 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 D Williams p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 A Sele p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-R Castro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 S Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-R Gotay ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 35 3 9 3 2 7 13 a-grounded to first for A Sele in the 7th; b-doubled to deep right for S Schoeneweis in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - C Delgado (22, R Oswalt); S Alomar Jr (1, R Oswalt); R Gotay (4, D Wheeler). HR - C Beltran (16, 6th inning off R Oswalt 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Beltran 2 (55), J Reyes (35). 2-out RBI - J Reyes. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Valentin 3, D Newhan 1, J Reyes 1. GIDP - J Valentin. Team LOB - 7. BASERUNNING: SB - J Reyes 2 (46, 2nd base off R Oswalt/B Ausmus 2). FIELDING: E - J Reyes (6, throw). DP: 1 (J Valentin-J Reyes-C Delgado). HOUSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Burke 2b 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 .235 H Pence cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 .342 L Berkman rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .263 C Lee lf 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 .297 M Loretta 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 .317 M Ensberg 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 .210 E Bruntlett ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .300 B Ausmus c 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .249 R Oswalt p 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .132 a-L Scott ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226 C Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 8 11 8 6 6 17 a-struck out swinging for R Oswalt in the 7th. BATTING: 2B - L Berkman (9, D Williams); C Lee (25, D Williams); H Pence (23, S Schoeneweis). 3B - H Pence (6, D Williams). HR - C Burke (2, 4th inning off D Williams 1 on, 0 Out). SF - L Berkman. RBI - M Ensberg 2 (25), E Bruntlett (3), H Pence (42), L Berkman (57), C Burke 2 (11), C Lee (73). 2-out RBI - M Ensberg 2, E Bruntlett. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Bruntlett 1, M Loretta 1, B Ausmus 1. GIDP - B Ausmus. Team LOB - 9. FIELDING: DP: 1 (C Burke-E Bruntlett-M Loretta). ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS - 000 002 100 -- 3 HOUSTON - 320 300 00x -- 8 ---------------------------------------------------- NY METS ip h r er bb so hr era D Williams (L, 0-1) 3 1/3 10 8 8 4 2 1 21.60 A Sele 2 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.41 S Schoeneweis 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 5.24 HOUSTON ip h r er bb so hr era R Oswalt (W, 8-5) 7 7 3 3 1 5 1 3.53 C Qualls 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.09 D Wheeler 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.70 WP - S Schoeneweis. IBB - C Lee 2 (by D Williams, S Schoeneweis). Pitches-strikes: D Williams 98-62; A Sele 38-22; S Schoeneweis 30-20; R Oswalt 105-74; C Qualls 12-8; D Wheeler 19-13. Ground balls-fly balls: D Williams 4-4; A Sele 2-5; S Schoeneweis 0-3; R Oswalt 11-5; C Qualls 2-1; D Wheeler 0-1. Batters faced: D Williams 23; A Sele 10; S Schoeneweis 8; R Oswalt 29; C Qualls 4; D Wheeler 4. UMPIRES: HP--Charlie Reliford. 1B--Greg Gibson. 2B--Larry Vanover. 3B--Tony Randazzo. T--2:36. Att--40,708. Weather: INDOORS</div>
NL: NY METS at HOUSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY METS (3) AT HOUSTON (8) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOUSTON 1ST: C Burke walked. H Pence struck out swinging. L Berkman grounded out to pitcher, C Burke to second. C Lee intentionally walked. M Loretta walked, C Burke to third, C Lee to second. M Ensberg singled to center, C Burke and C Lee scored, M Loretta to third. E Bruntlett singled to right center, M Loretta scored, M Ensberg to second. B Ausmus popped out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 3. HOUSTON 2ND: R Oswalt struck out looking. C Burke singled to left. H Pence tripled to deep center, C Burke scored. L Berkman hit sacrifice fly to left, H Pence scored. C Lee flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 5. HOUSTON 4TH: R Oswalt walked. C Burke homered to left, R Oswalt scored. H Pence grounded out to pitcher. L Berkman doubled to center. C Lee doubled to left center, L Berkman scored. M Loretta singled to left center, C Lee to third. A Sele relieved D Williams. M Ensberg flied out to left. E Bruntlett grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 8. NY METS 6TH: J Reyes grounded out to shortstop. D Newhan singled to center. C Beltran homered to right, D Newhan scored. D Wright grounded out to shortstop. C Delgado doubled to left. J Valentin grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, HOUSTON 8. NY METS 7TH: S Green flied out to center. S Alomar Jr doubled to deep center. R Castro hit for A Sele. R Castro grounded out to first, S Alomar Jr to third. J Reyes singled to center, S Alomar Jr scored. J Reyes stole second. D Newhan struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 3, HOUSTON 8.</div>
NL: NY METS at HOUSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NY METS (3) AT HOUSTON (8) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ny Mets Starting Lineups -- J Reyes SS, D Newhan LF, C Beltran CF, D Wright 3B, C Delgado 1B, J Valentin 2B, S Green RF, S Alomar Jr C, D Williams LHP. Houston Starting Lineups -- C Burke 2B, H Pence CF, L Berkman RF, C Lee LF, M Loretta 1B, M Ensberg 3B, E Bruntlett SS, B Ausmus C, R Oswalt RHP. Umpires -- Charlie Reliford (HP), Greg Gibson (1B), Larry Vanover (2B), Tony Randazzo (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. NY METS 1ST: J Reyes reached on infield single to shortstop. J Reyes stole second. D Newhan singled to left, J Reyes to third. C Beltran struck out looking. D Wright flied out to center. C Delgado walked, D Newhan to second. J Valentin struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 0. HOUSTON 1ST: C Burke walked. H Pence struck out swinging. L Berkman grounded out to pitcher, C Burke to second. C Lee intentionally walked. M Loretta walked, C Burke to third, C Lee to second. M Ensberg singled to center, C Burke and C Lee scored, M Loretta to third. E Bruntlett singled to right center, M Loretta scored, M Ensberg to second. B Ausmus popped out to shortstop. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 3. NY METS 2ND: S Green lined out to left. S Alomar Jr grounded out to second. D Williams struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 3. HOUSTON 2ND: R Oswalt struck out looking. C Burke singled to left. H Pence tripled to deep center, C Burke scored. L Berkman hit sacrifice fly to left, H Pence scored. C Lee flied out to center. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 5. NY METS 3RD: J Reyes grounded out to second. D Newhan flied out to center. C Beltran grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 5. HOUSTON 3RD: M Loretta singled to center. M Ensberg popped out to second. E Bruntlett singled to right, M Loretta to second. B Ausmus grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, E Bruntlett out at second.(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 5. NY METS 4TH: D Wright grounded out to third. C Delgado grounded out to first. J Valentin struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 5. HOUSTON 4TH: R Oswalt walked. C Burke homered to left, R Oswalt scored. H Pence grounded out to pitcher. L Berkman doubled to center. C Lee doubled to left center, L Berkman scored. M Loretta singled to left center, C Lee to third. A Sele relieved D Williams. M Ensberg flied out to left. E Bruntlett grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 8. NY METS 5TH: S Green grounded out to shortstop. S Alomar Jr flied out to center. A Sele grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 8. HOUSTON 5TH: B Ausmus flied out to right. R Oswalt grounded out to second. C Burke safe at first on throwing error by shortstop J Reyes. H Pence lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) NY METS 0, HOUSTON 8. NY METS 6TH: J Reyes grounded out to shortstop. D Newhan singled to center. C Beltran homered to right, D Newhan scored. D Wright grounded out to shortstop. C Delgado doubled to left. J Valentin grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, HOUSTON 8. HOUSTON 6TH: L Berkman walked. C Lee struck out looking. M Loretta popped out to shortstop. M Ensberg flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 2, HOUSTON 8. NY METS 7TH: S Green flied out to center. S Alomar Jr doubled to deep center. R Castro hit for A Sele. R Castro grounded out to first, S Alomar Jr to third. J Reyes singled to center, S Alomar Jr scored. J Reyes stole second. D Newhan struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 3, HOUSTON 8. HOUSTON 7TH: S Schoeneweis relieved A Sele. E Bruntlett flied out to left. B Ausmus struck out looking. L Scott hit for R Oswalt. L Scott struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NY METS 3, HOUSTON 8. NY METS 8TH: C Qualls relieved R Oswalt. C Beltran walked. D Wright singled to left, C Beltran to second. C Delgado flied out to center, C Beltran to third. J Valentin grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, D Wright out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 3, HOUSTON 8. HOUSTON 8TH: C Burke flied out to center. H Pence doubled to deep left center. L Berkman struck out swinging. C Lee intentionally walked. H Pence to third on wild pitch by S Schoeneweis. M Loretta flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 3, HOUSTON 8. NY METS 9TH: D Wheeler relieved C Qualls. S Green popped out to first. S Alomar Jr struck out swinging. R Gotay hit for S Schoeneweis. R Gotay doubled to deep right. J Reyes struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NY METS 3, HOUSTON 8.</div>
Oswalt, Astros top Mets in series finale <h3>HOUSTON 8, NY METS 3</h3>HOUSTON (Ticker) -- Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros wrappedup a successful homestand with a 8-3 triumph over the New YorkMets on Sunday afternoon. Starting his last game before his third All-Star appearance,Oswalt (8-5) pitched seven strong innings to pick up just hissecond since May 12. The righthander allowed three runs, sevenhits and one walk while striking out four. Oswalt, who will replace Atlanta Braves ace John Smoltz on theNational League squad, improved to 6-1 at home after twono-decisions in his previous two starts here. "It was nice to get the big lead early and then get into theseventh inning," said Oswalt, who won needed four tries to gethis eighth win in 2007. "The thing I needed to do today was godeep in the game, especially after the offense took care ofthings earlier in the game. "Some guys try to start striking everyone out, and that is whenthey get into trouble. You do that and you don't do your jobwhen you get a big lead. Today I was just throwing a lot offastballs, trying to get ahead of guys and making them put theball in play." Chris Burke had a big day at the plate for the Astros, whodropped a 17-inning heartbreaker Saturday but regrouped lessthan 24 hours later to salvage a tie of this four-game series. Houston went 7-4 on the homestand and has won 10 of its last 14games at Minute Maid Park. Burke went 2-for-4 and hit his second homer of the season, atwo-run shot off Mets starter Dave Williams with no outs in thefourth inning. Houston's Morgan Ensberg drove in two runs witha single in the first inning and now has four RBI in his lasttwo games. "Chris had a real nice day and so did (Hunter) Pence," Astrosmanager Phil Garner said. "When those guys get on base likethey did today, it can set up some real nice stuff for the guyshitting behind them." "We really needed to get this win after how the game wentyesterday," said Pence, who went 1-for-8 in Saturday's 17-inningloss. "It was real important for us to tie this series and getout of here with a successful homestand. Right now, as a team,I think we are doing some good things on the field." Williams (0-1) was activated from the disabled list before thegame after spending the first half of the season recovering fromneck disc herniation surgery. The lefthander was in and out of trouble all day before theAstros finally chased him in the fouth inning. Leading 5-0,Oswalt led off with a walk and scored on Burke's homer. LanceBerkman and Carlos Lee hit back-to-back doubles to make it 8-0. "After the first inning, I felt like I was rushing a lot,"Williams said. "I couldn't slow myself down and get into arhythm. It is what it is. They scored a lot of runs." The Mets got two runs in the sixth off Oswalt when CarlosBeltran hit his second homer of the series over the fence inright, scoring David Newhan. New York added another run in the sixth when Jose Reyes - whoalso had two stolen bases on Sunday - singled to center to scoreSandy Alomar, Jr. who doubled earlier in the inning. The Mets' bullpen was effective for the second straight night.After pitching 11 scoreless innings on Saturday, Aaron Sele andScott Schoeneweis combined for 4 2/3 shutout innings on Sunday. "We had Oswalt where we wanted him (in the first) with runnerson first and third and nobody out, and we didn't get any runsout of it," Mets manager Willie Randolph said. "Any time youhave first and third and nobody out and you get nothing out ofit, that's not good."
