The Mets were never really in this one, and lost to the Astros 8-3 this evening. 

John Maine was not on his game at all, and the Astros beat him every which way.  There were singles, extra base hits, walks and homeruns.  All in all, he allowed eight runs in 5.2 innings of duty, giving up 10 hits, eight runs and two walks. 

The bullpen allowed no runs, even though Duaner Sanchez gave up two hits while finishing the sixth inning, allowing inherited runners to score.  Joe Smith and Brian Stokes combined for a perfect seventh, eighth and ninth. 

Welcome back Ryan Church who in his second game since returning from the DL had an RBI double, while going 2-4.  The other two runs came off the bat off newly found slugger Brian Schneider, who remembered how to hit home runs in the last two weeks.

Oliver Perez takes on Mets killer Randy Wolf at 1:10 pm tomorrow.