LF Carlos Lee drove in 3 runs while Brett Myers(10-7,2.97) threw 6 hit ball over 7 innings as the Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets Saturday night at Citi Field. 2B Luis Castillo and 1B Ike Davis had two hits for the Mets but NY went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position. LH Johan Santana(10-9,3.02) allowed 8 hits and 4 runs in 7 innings, the lefty K-ed 4 and walked 1. Lee drove in the games first run with a 1st inning single then hit a two run homer in the 5th. 3B David Wright singled home Castillo in the 8th for the lone Mets run. With the loss, NY drops to 64-65 .
METS STARTING LINEUP: LF Angel Pagan, Castillo, CF Carlo Beltran, , Wright, Davis, RF Jeff Francoeur, C Henry Blanco, SS Ruben Tejada,Pitcher
GAME NOTES: SS Jose Reyes(Oblique) remains out of the lineup…Mets score 3.11 runs per game for Santana, the 3rd worst run support in the NL… Astros SS Tommy Manzella had 3 hits and the other RBI for Houston.. Wright has 86 RBI… Mets have 4 hits in 34 at bats with runners in scoring position in their last five games, a .118 average… Myers had tossed 6 innings or more in a Astros record 27 consecutive starts… Santana has 15 starts in 2010 in which he allowed 1 run or fewer, he has 9 wins and 6 no decisions. Johan also has an 8.04 1st inning ERA in his starts
