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Mets, Astros continue set in Houston

Fri 6th, July 2007

(Sports Network) - The National League East-leading New York Mets put to rest their four-game losing streak and will try for back-to-back wins when they resume a four-game set tonight against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.

Starting pitcher John Maine continued to impress this season and gave up two runs and six hits through 7 2/3 innings in Thursday's series-opening 6-2 victory. Maine struck out a career-high nine batters and issued a pair of walks. Ramon Castro went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, Carlos Delgado was 4- for-4 with an RBI and a run scored and Carlos Beltran homered for the Mets, who are three games ahead of Atlanta and 4 1/2 games in front of Philadelphia in the NL East standings. In injury news for the Mets, outfielder Carlos Gomez was placed on the 15-day disabled list with an injured hand. Gomez, who fractured a bone in his left hand on a check swing in New York's 17-7 loss to the Rockies on Wednesday, had the broken bone removed on Thursday and will be out six to eight weeks. Mike Pelfrey gets the call for New York tonight and will try for his first win of the season. Pelfrey is 0-6 with a 6.11 ERA in seven starts. Before his last trip to the mound on July 1 against the Phillies, Pelfrey was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans when Oliver Perez was scratched because of a stiff back. The Mets then placed starter Jorge Sosa on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring to make room for Pelfrey. Against Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park, Pelfrey yielded three runs -- two earned -- and four hits over five innings in a 5-3 loss. The right-hander has faced Houston just once in his career and suffered the loss on July 23 last season. Pelfrey was reached for five runs and six hits over 4 1/3 innings of an 8-4 setback at Shea Stadium. Taking the mound for the Astros will be Wandy Rodriguez, who is 5-7 with a 4.23 earned run average in 16 starts this season. Rodriguez is 2-1 with a 3.46 ERA in his last four starts and defeated Colorado his last time on July 1. He put forth perhaps his best effort of the season with seven shutout innings of three-hit ball during a 12-0 victory at Minute Maid Park. The left-hander, who is 4-2 in eight home starts in 2007, will take on the Mets for the first time this season. Rodriguez is 1-0 with a 3.60 earned run average in two career starts against them. In last night's loss to the Mets, starter Jason Jennings gave up nine hits and five runs in six innings for the loss with four strikeouts and three walks. Craig Biggio, Carlos Lee and Mark Loretta each had two hits for the Astros, who dropped their second in a row and sit 11 1/2 games off the lead in the National League Central division. New York and Houston are meeting for the first time since the Mets won four of six games last season. The Mets took two of three at Minute Maid Park in 2006.