1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	6	9	0
NY Mets	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	11	2

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lugo ss Biggio 2b Bagwell 1b L Berkman cf-lf Alou rf D Ward lf G Barker cf Truby 3b Ausmus c Lima p Ja Powell p a-O Merced ph N Cruz p M Jackson p b-Vizcaino ph B Wagner p Totals	5 5 4 5 3 5 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 39	0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6	1 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6	0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4	1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5	3 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11	.270 .300 .305 .316 .479 .314 .167 .237 .188 .000 .000 .227 .000 .000 .242 .000

a-walked for Ja Powell in the 7th; b-flied to center for M Jackson in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Truby (2, Appier).
HR: Biggio (3, 8th inning off Wendell 0 on, 0 out); Alou 2 (4, 8th inning off Wendell 0 on, 2 out, 10th inning off Benitez 0 on, 1 out); D Ward (2, 8th inning off Cook 0 on, 2 out); L Berkman (7, 10th inning off Benitez 0 on, 1 out).
Rbi: Ausmus (8), Biggio (8), Alou 2 (16), D Ward (11), L Berkman (16).
2-out rbi: Alou, D Ward.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Ward 2, Lugo 2, Biggio 1.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lugo (3, 2nd base off Benitez/Piazza).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Lima-Lugo-Bagwell, Lugo-Biggio-Bagwell).

NY METS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Agbayani lf Shinjo cf Ti Perez rf Alfonzo 2b Piazza c Ventura 3b Zeile 1b Wendell p Cook p a-Relaford ph Benitez p b-Pratt ph Payton cf Mcewing pr-cf-lf Ordonez ss Appier p L Harris 1b Totals	4 1 4 3 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 4 2 2 35	1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5	2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 11	0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5	0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4	1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5	1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 18	.319 .238 .350 .250 .318 .268 .237 .000 .000 .345 .000 .000 .284 .294 .261 .077 .188

a-flied to center for Cook in the 8th; b-struck out for Benitez in the 10th.

BATTING
2B: Alfonzo (10, Lima).
HR: Alfonzo (5, 1st inning off Lima 1 on, 1 out); Payton (2, 5th inning off Lima 0 on, 0 out).
S: Ti Perez.
SF: Zeile, Ventura.
Rbi: Alfonzo 2 (12), Payton (9), Zeile (14), Ventura (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ordonez 2, Piazza 1, Mcewing 1.
Gidp - Alfonzo,: Agbayani.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Ti Perez (1, 2nd base by Lima/Ausmus).

FIELDING
E: Ordonez (4, pop up); Piazza (2, throw).
DP: 1 (Piazza).


Pitching

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lima Ja Powell N Cruz M Jackson B Wagner (W, 1-1)	5 2/3 1/3 1 1 2	9 0 1 0 1	4 0 0 0 1	4 0 0 0 1	1 0 1 0 2	2 0 1 0 2	2 0 0 0 0	8.04 6.00 4.50 4.50 4.15

NY METS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Appier Wendell (H, 2) Cook (Bs, 1) Benitez (L, 2-1)	6 2/3 1 1/3 2	3 2 1 3	1 2 1 2	1 2 1 2	4 0 0 0	4 0 0 1	0 2 1 2	3.96 3.21 0.96 2.40

WP: Lima.
Ibb: Piazza (by Lima).
HBP: Payton (by Lima).
Pitches-strikes: Appier 113-66; Wendell 17-13; Cook 8-5; Benitez 30-24;: Lima 91-58; Ja Powell 6-3; N Cruz 19-12; M Jackson 6-5; B Wagner 49-30.
Ground balls-fly balls: Appier 10-5; Wendell 1-2; Cook 1-0; Benitez 0-5;: Lima 8-6; Ja Powell 0-1; N Cruz 2-0; M Jackson 1-2; B Wagner 0-4.
Batters faced: Appier 27; Wendell 5; Cook 2; Benitez 9; Lima 25;: Ja Powell 1; N Cruz 5; M Jackson 3; B Wagner 9.
Umpires: HP: Dana Demuth. 1B--Charlie Reliford. 2B--Kerwin Danley. 3B--Greg Gibson.
Ejections: Houston's Lima by Demuth (6th); NY Mets Payton by Demuth (6th).
T: 3:43.
Att: 23,262.
Weather: 82 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph,: out to left.