NY Mets 7, Houston 4
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 15, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Chad Fairchild, 1B -
Bill Miller, 2B -
Angel Hernandez, 3B -
Mike Estabrook
Attendance:
28406
By SportsDirect Inc.
Justin Turner hit his first major-league homer and had a career-best five RBIs to lead the New York Mets to a 7-4 victory over the host Houston Astros on Sunday.
Turner had a game-tying two-run double during New York’s four-run fifth inning and hit a booming three-run homer in the sixth as the Mets won for the fourth time in five games.
New York’s Chris Capuano (3-4) gave up two runs and six hits over five innings. Francisco Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth for his 12th save.
Houston led 2-0 on Chris Johnson’s run-scoring single in the second and Jason Michaels’ fourth-inning double prior to Turner knotting the score with his double to left field.
Turner scored the go-ahead run on Jason Pridie’s single and the Mets added another run by pulling off a double steal with Pridie on the front end.
Turner’s sixth-inning shot finished the day of Houston starter Aneury Rodriguez (0-2), who gave up seven runs – five earned – and five hits in five-plus innings.
Clint Barmes hit his first home of the season in the sixth and Matt Downs had a run-scoring double in the eighth for Houston’s other runs.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| NY Mets |
|
Houston |
|
Justin Turner
| Player |
Bill Hall |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
5 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
6 |
TB |
3 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Mets
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.167 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
| Houston
|
10 |
1 |
18 |
.278 |
20 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
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