The story of the afternoon for the Mets was leaving runners on base and boneheaded plays on the base paths.  The Mets had nine hits and failed to score a run.

In the first inning, Carlos Beltran was picked off first base with David Wright at the plate.  Wright ended up walking.  In the third inning, Robinson Cancel attempted to steal third with two outs and David Wright at the plate.  Cancel was caught, and made the final out of the inning at third base.

In the fourth, the Mets had the bases loaded with one out, and left all three runners stranded.  In the fifth the Mets loaded the bases again, only to leave all three runners left on base.

The Astros scored all four of their runs off Oliver Perez, who allowed four earned runs in six innings of duty.  Often when Ollie gives up runs it’s because he hurts himself by walking batters and throwing too many pitches.  This afternoon Ollie was just hittable, he did not walk any batters and only struck out three.

In his debut, Eddie Kunz looked extremely nervous.  While he only allowed one hit in his one inning of work, he made a throwing error on a play to first.  Scott Schoenweis and Carlos Muniz worked to pitch a scoreless eighth.

Yes, you read that correctly - the Mets bullpen gave up no runs this afternoon.

On this road trip against the Marlins and Astros, the Mets were 1-5.

Tomorrow, the Mets have a much needed off day and come back home Wednesday for a seven game home stand beginning with the Padres.