The Mets lost to the Astros 5-4 in 10 innings tonight.
Johan Santana executed wonderfully through 6.1 innings tonight, allowing only one run on three hits. However, the bullpen continued its trend of throwing batting practice. Scott Schoenweis allowed a run, while recording two outs, and Billy Wagner blew his seventh save of the year in the ninth inning by allowing two runs.
In the 10th, Aaron Heilman was unable to record an out while putting guys on base, while Pedro Feliciano allowed the winning run in on a sac-fly.
Duaner Sanchez manged to record the final two outs of the seventh, but his velocity is still worrisome. His fastball was topping out at 86 MPH, and was saved by a spectacular catch made by rookie LF Dan Murphy. Murphy caught the ball full flight against the left field wall, and had the presence of mind to throw the ball back in after catch to double Hunter Pence of second base. In his debut, Murphy was 1-4 with a run scored in addition to the spectacular play in the field.
The Mets runs were scored on a two run HR by Damion Easley, a Carlos Beltran double and a Carlos Delgado sac-fly. Beltran was batting in the 2-hole, and rewarded Manuel with the RBI double knocking in Jose Reyes.
Oliver Perez faces Randy Wolf tomorrow at 2:05 pm, as the Mets look to salvage the final game of this three game series.
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