New York Mets vs Houston Astros - August 2,2008

2nd inning: **Debut game for Dan Murphy**
9th inning: S7/L+.3-H;2-H;1-2 **Geoff Blum hit a sinking liner that Dan Murphy trapped; Hunter Pence**
9th inning: S7/L+.3-H;2-H;1-2 **started running from 2B immediately on the hit while Mark Loretta**
9th inning: S7/L+.3-H;2-H;1-2 **waited at 3B and then stumbled when he started towards HP;**
9th inning: S7/L+.3-H;2-H;1-2 **Pence nearly passed Loretta half way home; they both slid into the**
9th inning: S7/L+.3-H;2-H;1-2 **plate with Loretta knocking catcher Ramon Castro off the plate;**
9th inning: S7/L+.3-H;2-H;1-2 **Pence slid in immediately after Loretta; plate umpire Tim Welke**
9th inning: S7/L+.3-H;2-H;1-2 **signaled 'safe' and then 'safe'**

New York Mets - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Jose Reyes	ss	25.052	B	5	1	2	0	0	1	.306	108	704
2	Carlos Beltran	cf	31.100	B	4	1	1	1	1	0	.265	109	1429
3	David Wright	3b	25.226	R	5	0	0	0	0	1	.287	109	652
4	Carlos Delgado	1b	36.038	L	3	0	1	1	1	2	.263	108	1958
5	Fernando Tatis	rf-lf	33.214	R	5	0	1	0	0	2	.314	59	750
6	Daniel Murphy	lf	23.123	L	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250	1	1
	Argenis Reyes	ph	25.312	B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.295	21	21
7	Damion Easley	2b	38.265	R	3	1	2	2	1	0	.283	80	1670
8	Ramon Castro	c	32.154	R	4	0	0	0	0	1	.272	35	431
9	Johan Santana	p	29.142	L	2	0	0	0	1	2	.170	21	108
	Endy Chavez	rf	30.177	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.266	92	732
Totals

2B: Carlos Beltran (25), Carlos Delgado (23)

HR: Damion Easley (5)

RBI: Carlos Beltran (73), Carlos Delgado (70), Damion Easley 2 (32)

SF: Carlos Delgado (6)

SB: Jose Reyes (36)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Kazuo Matsui	2b	32.284	B	5	2	2	1	0	1	.286	74	450
2	Miguel Tejada	ss	34.069	R	5	0	1	0	0	0	.283	107	1663
3	Lance Berkman	1b	32.174	B	3	1	0	0	1	1	.340	106	1319
4	Carlos Lee	lf	32.043	R	5	0	2	1	0	0	.302	107	1473
5	Mark Loretta	3b	36.354	R	3	1	1	0	1	0	.273	70	1589
	Michael Bourn	ph	25.219	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	.235	96	219
6	Hunter Pence	rf	25.111	R	3	1	1	0	2	1	.274	105	214
7	Darin Erstad	cf	34.059	L	3	0	0	1	0	1	.263	94	1501
8	Brad Ausmus	c	39.110	R	3	0	0	0	1	0	.239	60	1892
9	Roy Oswalt	p	30.339	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200	18	228
	Ty Wigginton	ph	30.296	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	68	742
	Geoff Blum	ph-3b	35.098	B	1	0	1	2	0	0	.225	72	1092
Totals

Errors: Mark Loretta, Brad Ausmus

2B: Mark Loretta (11)

3B: Kazuo Matsui (2)

HR: Kazuo Matsui (4)

RBI: Kazuo Matsui (25), Carlos Lee (85), Darin Erstad (17), Geoff Blum 2 (30)

SF: Darin Erstad (1)

HBP: Lance Berkman (6), Darin Erstad (1)

New York Mets - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Johan Santana	L		6.1	3	1	1	2	3	0	2.86	1.17	23	274
2	Duaner Sanchez	R		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	1.28	48	257
3	Scott Schoeneweis	L		0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	3.19	1.30	49	493
4	Joe Smith	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	1.25	53	107
5	Billy Wagner	L		1.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	2.30	0.89	45	765
6	Aaron Heilman	R	L 1-6	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.25	1.45	58	285
7	Pedro Feliciano	L		0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.89	1.47	57	250
Totals				0.0

HB: Johan Santana 2 (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Johan Santana (103-68-35), Duaner Sanchez (6-3-3), Scott Schoeneweis (13-11-2), Joe Smith (1-1-0), Billy Wagner (22-12-10), Aaron Heilman (9-4-5), Pedro Feliciano (15-7-8)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Roy Oswalt	R		6.0	6	4	4	3	7	1	4.74	1.40	21	242
2	Tim Byrdak	L		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	1.49	40	184
3	LaTroy Hawkins	R		0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	5.62	1.42	34	665
4	Geoff Geary	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.55	1.14	39	255
5	Jose Valverde	R	W 5-3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4.47	1.33	51	304
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Roy Oswalt (100-70-30), Tim Byrdak (11-9-2), LaTroy Hawkins (16-8-8), Geoff Geary (18-12-6), Jose Valverde (14-11-3)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Mets	NYN	58-52		0	2	2		0	0	0		0	0	0		0		4	8	0		3	6	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	52-57		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	1	2		1		5	8	2		4	9	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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