New York Mets vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - August 18, 2010

Scores for Aug 18, 2010

Final in 14

Series: Game 3 of 4

NY Mets leads 2-1 (as of 8/18)

(60-60, 24-38 away)

(52-67, 31-33 home)

8:05 PM ET, August 18, 2010

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

New York Mets
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Reyes SS	6	1	4	0	1	0	26	.286	.324	.426
A Pagan LF	6	0	1	1	0	1	24	.296	.352	.453
D Wright 3B	6	0	2	0	0	0	19	.292	.363	.491
M Hessman PR-3B	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.148	.303	.370
C Beltran CF	4	0	0	0	3	0	27	.226	.333	.358
I Davis 1B	6	0	1	1	0	1	21	.242	.319	.416
J Francoeur RF	5	0	1	0	2	1	35	.234	.292	.375
J Thole C	7	0	0	0	0	1	23	.284	.364	.352
R Tejada 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	26	.181	.271	.220
a-C Carter PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.265	.299	.382
L Castillo 2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.240	.340	.279
R Dickey P	4	1	1	1	0	1	14	.182	.206	.212
H Takahashi P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063
b-F Martinez PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.273	.167
R Parnell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-H Blanco PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.257	.304	.362
E Dessens P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
M Acosta P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	50	3	11	3	9	7	237
a-grounded to first for R Tejada in the 11th b-grounded to pitcher for H Takahashi in the 11th c-struck out looking for B Parnell in the 13th
BATTING 2B: D Wright (30, B Myers); R Tejada (5, B Myers); R Dickey (1, B Myers) 3B: J Reyes (8, B Myers) RBI: R Dickey (3), A Pagan (54), I Davis (55) S: A Pagan SF: I Davis GIDP: A Pagan Mets RISP: 2-13 (I Davis 0-2, A Pagan 0-2, R Dickey 1-2, J Thole 0-1, D Wright 0-1, H Blanco 0-1, J Francoeur 0-2, J Reyes 1-2) Team LOB: 16
BASERUNNING SB: J Reyes 2 (26, 3rd base off B Lyon/J Castro, 3rd base off G Chacin/J Castro); A Pagan (29, 2nd base off B Lyon/J Castro)
FIELDING DP: 2 (R Dickey-R Tejada-I Davis, D Wright-R Tejada-I Davis).

New York Mets
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Dickey	8.1	9	2	2	1	6	1	119-85	2.41
H Takahashi	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	17-12	4.09
R Parnell	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	30-19	3.38
E Dessens (W, 3-1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16-10	1.76
M Acosta (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	3.32
Totals	14.0	11	2	2	1	10	1	187-130
PITCHING WP: R Dickey First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Dickey 24/33; H Takahashi 3/5; R Parnell 4/6; E Dessens 2/4; M Acosta 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Dickey 20-11-29-25; H Takahashi 4-1-3-4; R Parnell 4-6-6-3; E Dessens 1-1-4-4; M Acosta 0-1-0-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Dickey 13-6; H Takahashi 3-1; R Parnell 3-0; E Dessens 0-2; M Acosta 3-0 Game Scores: R Dickey 62

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	29	.250	.325	.325
A Sanchez SS	6	0	2	1	0	1	16	.291	.324	.369
H Pence RF	5	0	0	0	1	1	25	.283	.329	.467
G Chacin P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000
C Lee LF	6	0	2	0	0	1	16	.248	.294	.403
C Johnson 3B	6	0	0	0	0	1	21	.346	.373	.529
G Blum 2B	6	1	2	1	0	2	22	.268	.326	.348
B Wallace 1B	5	0	0	0	0	3	26	.229	.327	.271
H Quintero C	3	0	1	0	0	1	6	.218	.252	.305
J Castro PR-C	2	1	0	0	0	0	9	.192	.265	.275
B Myers P	2	0	1	0	0	0	5	.188	.220	.188
M Melancon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-J Michaels PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.260	.301	.504
T Byrdak P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
B Lyon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-P Feliz PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.221	.243	.311
W Lopez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Fulchino P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
c-J Bourgeois PH-RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.224	.318	.310
Totals	49	2	11	2	1	10	187
a-singled to shallow left for M Melancon in the 8th b-grounded to pitcher for B Lyon in the 10th c-singled to center for J Fulchino in the 13th
BATTING HR: G Blum (1, 9th inning off R Dickey 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Sanchez (16), G Blum (17) S: M Bourn GIDP: A Sanchez, C Johnson Astros RISP: 1-7 (B Myers 0-1, B Wallace 0-1, H Quintero 0-1, A Sanchez 1-1, H Pence 0-1, C Lee 0-1, C Johnson 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING CS: J Bourgeois (2, 2nd base by E Dessens/J Thole)
FIELDING DP: 1 (B Wallace).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Myers	7.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	111-68	3.11
M Melancon	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	3.00
T Byrdak	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	3.86
B Lyon	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20-10	3.63
W Lopez	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20-16	2.94
J Fulchino	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	23-15	5.65
G Chacin (L, 1-2)	1.0	0	1	1	4	1	0	35-14	5.46
Totals	14.0	11	3	3	9	7	0	237-142
PITCHING IBB: C Beltran 2 (By B Lyon; G Chacin); J Francoeur (By G Chacin) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Myers 21/30; M Melancon 2/3; T Byrdak 2/3; B Lyon 2/6; W Lopez 5/7; J Fulchino 3/5; G Chacin 3/7 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Myers 21-5-19-23; M Melancon 2-0-3-2; T Byrdak 4-0-5-3; B Lyon 1-1-3-5; W Lopez 6-0-3-7; J Fulchino 4-0-8-3; G Chacin 3-3-6-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Myers 12-5; M Melancon 1-1; T Byrdak 1-2; B Lyon 1-2; W Lopez 6-0; J Fulchino 0-2; G Chacin 1-1 Game Scores: B Myers 56

			NYM	HOU
	7th	R Dickey doubled to deep left, R Tejada scored.	1	0
	7th	A Pagan grounded into fielder's choice to second, R Dickey scored, J Reyes out at second.	2	0
	8th	A Sanchez singled to right, J Castro scored, J Michaels to third.	2	1
	9th	G Blum homered to right (417 feet).	2	2
	14th	I Davis hit sacrifice fly to right, J Reyes scored, M Hessman to third.	3	2
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METS THIRD BASEMAN DAVID WRIGHT LEFT THE GAME IN THE 12TH INNING DUE TO AN APPARENT LEG INJURY.

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	23,403 (55.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	4:18
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Joe West, First Base - Angel Hernandez, Second Base - Dan Bellino, Third Base - Rob Drake

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