Houston 8, NY Mets 3
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(65-64)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 12 0
NY Mets 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 0
WP: B. Backe (8-12)
LP: J. Maine (10-8)
(72-58)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 2nd: Houston
- G. Blum singled to right, L. Berkman scored
Top 3rd: Houston
- M. Tejada singled to right, B. Backe scored, D. Erstad to third
- L. Berkman homered to deep left, D. Erstad and M. Tejada scored
Bot 5th: NY Mets
- R. Church doubled to right, D. Murphy scored
Top 6th: Houston
- D. Newhan homered to deep right
- M. Tejada singled to left, D. Erstad scored, M. Bourn to second
- L. Berkman singled to right, M. Bourn scored, M. Tejada to third
Bot 8th: NY Mets
- B. Schneider homered to deep right center, R. Church scored
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. Erstad rf 4 2 2 0 1 2 0 .298
M. Bourn cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .226
M. Tejada ss 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 .288
L. Berkman 1b 5 2 3 4 0 0 1 .331
G. Blum 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 3 .234
T. Wigginton lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .300
    R. Abercrombie lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
D. Newhan 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .204
H. Quintero c 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .234
B. Backe p 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .302
    T. Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
    G. Geary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 38 8 12 8 2 7 11  
 Batting
2B - L Berkman (39, J Maine).
HR - L Berkman (26, 3rd inning off J Maine 2 on, 1 Out), D Newhan (1, 6th inning off J Maine 0 on, 0 Out).
S - M Bourn.
RBI - G Blum (41), M Tejada 2 (55), L Berkman 4 (93), D Newhan (3).
2-out RBI - M Tejada, L Berkman.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Blum 1.
Team LOB - 6.
 Fielding
DP - 2 (D Newhan-M Tejada-L Berkman 2).
 NY Mets
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Reyes ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .301
A. Reyes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .253
D. Wright 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .293
C. Delgado 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .260
C. Beltran cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .268
    B. Stokes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
    D. Easley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
D. Murphy lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .365
R. Church rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .311
B. Schneider c 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 .257
J. Maine p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .109
    D. Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    N. Evans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
    J. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    E. Chavez cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271
 Totals 31 3 6 3 2 5 8  
 Batting
2B - R Church (11, B Backe); J Reyes (32, T Byrdak).
HR - B Schneider (6, 8th inning off B Backe 1 on, 0 Out).
RBI - R Church (37), B Schneider 2 (29).
2-out RBI - R Church.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Delgado 1, B Schneider 1.
GIDP - A Reyes, R Church.
Team LOB - 4.
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Backe (W, 8-12) 7.0 5 3 3 1 4 1 5.54
T. Byrdak 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.72
G. Geary 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.37
 NY Mets
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Maine (L, 10-8) 5.2 10 8 8 2 4 2 4.18
D. Sanchez 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.09
J. Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.11
B. Stokes 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.86
HBP - D Wright (by T Byrdak).
Pitches-strikes - B Backe 102-65; T Byrdak 22-14; G Geary 12-8; J Maine 105-74; D Sanchez 14-9; J Smith 12-7; B Stokes 22-15.
Ground balls-fly balls - B Backe 12-5; T Byrdak 1-1; G Geary 3-0; J Maine 7-6; D Sanchez 0-1; J Smith 2-0; B Stokes 3-1.
Batters faced - B Backe 26; T Byrdak 5; G Geary 3; J Maine 29; D Sanchez 3; J Smith 3; B Stokes 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 2B--Chad Fairchild. 3B--Mark Wegner.
Time: 2:36.
Attendance: 51,766.
Weather: 73 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, in from right.

Updated on Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 9:52 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Houston
L. Berkman Lance Berkman
3-5, 1 HR
4 RBI
 NY Mets
B. Schneider Brian Schneider
1-3, 1 HR
2 RBI