Houston 7, NY Mets 3
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, May 14, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
80°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Estabrook, 1B -
Chad Fairchild, 2B -
Bill Miller, 3B -
Angel Hernandez
Attendance:
31140
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Carlos Lee homered and also recorded the 2,000th hit of his career to help the Houston Astros to a 7-3 victory over the visiting New York Mets on Saturday.
Bill Hall and Matt Downs also homered and J.A. Happ (3-4) pitched six solid innings for Houston, which won for just the second time in seven games.
Lee’s first-inning single off Mets starter R.A. Dickey made him just the ninth active player with 2,000 hits and 300 career homers. His seventh-inning homer provided Houston a 7-2 lead.
The Astros pounced on Dickey (1-5) for four runs and six hits in the opening inning. Michael Bourn led off with a triple and scored on Clint Barmes’ groundout.
Brett Wallace drove in the second run with a double and both Chris Johnson and Hall delivered run-scoring singles later in the inning. Hall and Downs both hit solo homers in the sixth to boost Houston’s lead to 6-2.
Happ allowed two runs and five hits while winning his second straight decision and ending New York’s three-game winning streak.
The Mets scored on Justin Turner’s RBI-single in the third, Daniel Murphy’s leadoff homer in the fourth and Jose Reyes' ninth-inning single.
Dickey gave up six runs and 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| NY Mets |
|
Houston |
|
R.A. Dickey
|
Player |
J.A. Happ
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.1 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
11 |
Hits |
5 |
|
10.12 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Hitting
| NY Mets |
|
Houston |
|
Jose Reyes
| Player |
Bill Hall |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
2 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
3 |
TB |
5 |
|
.400 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Mets
|
7 |
1 |
13 |
.206 |
13 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Houston
|
13 |
3 |
26 |
.351 |
17 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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