New York Mets vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - July 25, 2009

Scores for Jul 25, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 7/25)

(45-51, 20-31 away)

(50-47, 28-24 home)

7:05 PM ET, July 25, 2009

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

W: J. Niese (1-0)

L: R. Ortiz (3-5)

New York Mets
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Pagan CF	5	2	2	0	0	0	16	.315	.370	.435
L Castillo 2B	4	2	2	1	1	0	14	.299	.394	.349
D Wright 3B	3	2	1	1	2	1	30	.317	.409	.454
D Murphy 1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	10	.244	.309	.360
J Francoeur RF	4	1	2	4	0	1	18	.261	.289	.372
C Sullivan LF	4	1	1	1	1	2	26	.222	.300	.222
O Santos C	4	1	2	1	0	0	14	.271	.304	.435
A Cora SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	.237	.316	.289
J Niese P	3	0	0	0	0	2	14	.167	.167	.167
a-F Tatis PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.239	.306	.378
S Green P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
F Rodriguez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	37	10	12	9	4	7	165
a-struck out swinging for J Niese in the 8th
BATTING 2B: D Murphy 2 (15, C Paronto, R Ortiz); A Pagan (5, C Paronto) HR: J Francoeur (7, 5th inning off T Byrdak 2 on, 2 Out); O Santos (6, 6th inning off C Paronto 0 on, 0 Out); D Wright (6, 9th inning off W Wright 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: D Murphy (32), J Francoeur 4 (47), C Sullivan (1), O Santos (27), L Castillo (22), D Wright (46) SF: J Francoeur 2-out RBI: C Sullivan, J Francoeur 3, L Castillo GIDP: A Cora Mets RISP: 4-11 (D Murphy 1-2, C Sullivan 1-2, D Wright 0-1, A Cora 0-1, L Castillo 1-1, J Francoeur 1-3, O Santos 0-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING DP: 2 (L Castillo-A Cora-D Murphy, D Wright-L Castillo-D Murphy).

New York Mets
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Niese (W, 1-0)	7.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	106-70	4.08
S Green	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-13	5.10
F Rodriguez	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	30-18	2.17
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	2	6	1	155-101
PITCHING WP: J Niese First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Niese 14/25; S Green 3/4; F Rodriguez 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Niese 22-5-23-20; S Green 3-4-3-3; F Rodriguez 3-6-5-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Niese 13-5; S Green 2-0; F Rodriguez 1-0 Game Scores: J Niese 66

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	22	.287	.359	.402
K Matsui 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.252	.306	.331
M Tejada SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	.326	.357	.465
E Maysonet SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.309	.350	.400
C Lee LF	2	0	0	0	1	0	18	.304	.356	.483
J Michaels LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	.185	.258	.321
I Rodriguez C	3	0	1	1	0	0	11	.265	.297	.422
W Wright P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-G Blum PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.273	.344	.377
H Pence RF	4	1	1	2	0	1	23	.293	.355	.470
C Coste 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	15	.254	.343	.397
J Keppinger 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.265	.348	.398
R Ortiz P	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.185	.214	.296
T Byrdak P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-M Kata PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.216	.229
C Paronto P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
H Quintero C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.227	.244	.318
Totals	33	3	8	3	2	6	155
a-singled to right center for T Byrdak in the 5th b-grounded to first for W Wright in the 9th
BATTING HR: H Pence (13, 9th inning off F Rodriguez 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: I Rodriguez (33), H Pence 2 (43) 2-out RBI: I Rodriguez, H Pence 2 GIDP: J Keppinger, M Tejada Astros RISP: 2-3 (H Pence 1-2, I Rodriguez 1-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING DP: 1 (M Tejada-K Matsui-C Coste). PB: I Rodriguez.

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Ortiz (L, 3-5)	4.1	5	6	6	4	3	0	96-61	4.75
T Byrdak	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	11-6	3.58
C Paronto	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	35-22	23.14
W Wright	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	23-17	5.40
Totals	9.0	12	10	10	4	7	3	165-106
PITCHING WP: R Ortiz First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Ortiz 14/21; T Byrdak 0/3; C Paronto 6/10; W Wright 4/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Ortiz 18-7-22-14; T Byrdak 1-2-1-2; C Paronto 4-4-5-9; W Wright 7-3-2-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Ortiz 7-3; T Byrdak 0-1; C Paronto 2-3; W Wright 0-4 Game Scores: R Ortiz 28

			NYM	HOU
	1st	D Murphy doubled to left, A Pagan scored, L Castillo to third.	1	0
	1st	J Francoeur hit sacrifice fly to center, L Castillo scored, D Murphy to third.	2	0
	1st	C Sullivan singled to right, D Murphy scored.	3	0
	1st	I Rodriguez singled to center, M Bourn scored, C Lee to second.	3	1
	4th	A Cora grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Sullivan scored, O Santos out at second.	4	1
	5th	J Francoeur homered to left, L Castillo and D Wright scored.	7	1
	6th	O Santos homered to left.	8	1
	6th	L Castillo singled to center, A Pagan scored.	9	1
	9th	D Wright homered to left center.	10	1
	9th	H Pence homered to left, J Michaels scored.	10	3
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Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	43,302 (103% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:58
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Jerry Layne, First Base - Tony Randazzo, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Mike Winters

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