Wed, 08/25/2010 - 09:27 by Prince damin
New York -- Luis Castillo's flair single in the ninth inning drove in Ike Davis with the winning run Tuesday and the New York Mets edged Florida 6-5.
Carlos Beltran's RBI single in the eighth produced a 5-5 tie and the Mets won the game in walk-off fashion in the ninth.
Davis led off the ninth with a single off Will Ohman (0-2) and went to second on Josh Thole's single. One out later, Castillo looped a hit to shallow right, plating Davis with the game-winner and handing the Mets a victory in the first of a three-game series against Florida.
The rally made a winner of Hisanori Takahashi (8-6), who had tossed a scoreless top of the ninth.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:02 by shalini.bahadur
New York, Sept. 22: Yunel Escobar hit a two-run single Tuesday to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 victory over the New York Mets.
Jair Jurrjens (13-10) matched his career high in wins, set last season, by limiting the Mets to five hits and one run over seven innings. Jurrjens is 4-0 in five meetings with New York this season.
Rafael Soriano earned his 25th save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Escobar also doubled and scored an insurance run in the ninth on Adam LaRoche's base hit. Martin Prado collected a pair of singles and scored for Atlanta, which has won 10 of its last 12 games.
Nelson Figueroa (2-7) was charged with two runs on only two singles with three walks and five strikeouts.
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Wed, 09/09/2009 - 10:42 by preet_20
New York, Sept. 8: Hanley Ramirez and Cameron Maybin each hit two-run homers Tuesday to lead the Florida Marlins to a 4-2 win over the New York Mets.
The Marlins have won five of their last six games and remained six games behind the NL East-leading Phillies, who beat Washington Tuesday.
Florida starter Rick VandenHurk went four innings, allowing one run on four hits.
Brian Sanches (4-1) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win and Leo Nunez earned his 19th save of the year.
Luis Castillo went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Mets. Josh Thole drove in the other run.
Tim Redding (2-5) gave up four runs and five hits in five innings to take the loss.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:44 by Jaspreet Virk
New York, Aug. 18: Gary Sheffield and Luis Castillo each had three hits and two RBI Tuesday and the New York Mets had eight runs in the fourth inning of a 9-4 win over Atlanta.
Jeff Francoeur was 3-for-5 including an RBI double in the fourth, when New York tied a season-high for runs in an inning.
New York's Oliver Perez (3-3) gave up four runs on five hits in five innings. It was his first victory in his last seven starts.
Braves' starter Derek Lowe (12-8) came in sporting a 5-0 record in his last seven starts but gave up eight runs and 11 hits in just 3 2/3 innings.
Matt Diaz hit a three-run homer and Adam LaRoche a solo homer for the Braves.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:39 by preet_20
San Diego, Aug. 9: Johan Santana gave up a run and five hits in eight innings Sunday, leading the New York Mets to a 5-1 win over the San Diego Padres.
The run scored after New York carried a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the sixth.
Santana (13-8) walked two and struck out four. He also had two hits and an RBI -- his two hits equaling his single-game career best.
Anderson Hernandez and Daniel Murphy also had two hits and one RBI apiece. Two runs scored on an error, and Luis Castillo added two hits for the Mets, who had lost six of seven.
San Diego's run scored on Chase Headley's sixth-inning single. Kyle Blanks had two of the six hits for the Padres, who won the first three contests in the four-game series.
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Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:09 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 3: Mark Reynolds had two home runs and three RBI Monday to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-5 victory over the New York Mets.
Reynolds, who turned 26 Monday, has had seven home runs 10 RBI in his last seven games. His 32 home runs this season are two behind St. Louis' Albert Pujols for the major league lead.
Miguel Montero also homered for the Diamondbacks, who won for the fourth time in five games.
Winning pitcher Dan Haren (11-6) gave up five runs on eight hits over seven innings. Chad Qualls retired the side in order in the ninth for his 20th save.
Nelson Figueroa (0-2), who came up from Triple-A Buffalo Monday, gave up six runs and 10 hits in 1 2/3 innings.
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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:02 by surajdogra
New York, July 27: Fernando Tatis had a pinch-hit grand slam to snap an eighth inning tie Monday and propel the New York Mets to a 7-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.
Jeff Francoeur added a solo homer for the Mets, who have scored 29 runs in their last four games. Luis Castillo and David Wright each had two hits and two runs scored for the Mets.
New York starter Oliver Perez allowed three runs and five hits over five innings.
Pedro Feliciano (3-3) struck out two batters in the eighth inning to earn the victory.
Troy Tulowitzki had a two-run homer and Clint Barmes a solo homer for the Rockies.
Ubaldo Jimenez gave up three runs and six hits over seven innings. Juan Rincon (3-2), who loaded the bases in the eighth, took the loss.
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Mon, 07/27/2009 - 03:46 by Salinder Kumar
Houston -- Luis Castillo, David Wright and Jeff Francoeur each drove in two runs Sunday to help the New York Mets earn an 8-3 win over Houston.
Castillo hit an RBI triple and an RBI groundout, Wright had two run-scoring hits and Francoeur hit an RBI single and a sacrifice fly.
Angel Pagan and Jeremy Reed had one RBI apiece, while Wright, Castillo, Francoeur and Alex Cora all had two hits for the Mets, who won twice in the three-game series.
Winner Livan Hernandez (7-5) gave up three runs and eight hits in seven innings with a walk and seven strikeouts.
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Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:24 by surajdogra
Atlanta, July 19: Javier Vazquez allowed a run and six hits in seven innings Sunday, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 7-1 rout of the New York Mets.
Vazquez (7-7) walked just one batter and his five strikeouts increased his season total to 141, 18 fewer than National League leader Tim Lincecum of San Francisco.
Yunel Escobar had three hits -- one a solo homer -- and four RBI. Chipper Jones, Casey Kotchman and Martin Prado all had one RBI, while Garret Anderson added two hits for the Braves, who won three times in the four-game series.
New York's run scored on a third-inning single by former Brave Jeff Francoeur.
Luis Castillo had two of the six hits for the Mets, who have lost nine of 12.
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Thu, 07/09/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20
New York, July 8: Luis Castillo ended New York's run drought at 23 innings Wednesday with an RBI single in the second and the Mets went on to edge the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4.
New York ended a four-game losing streak and won for just the third time in 12 games, getting an unearned run during a three-run third and holding on in the ninth after a Manny Ramirez homer had brought the Dodgers with one.
Oliver Perez (2-2), in his return from the disabled list, survived five innings to get the win. He walked seven, but allowed only four hits and two runs. Perez had been out of action since early May due to soreness in his right knee.
Hiroki Kuroda (3-5) took the loss, surrendering eight hits and five runs over 4 1/3. It was his shortest outing of the season.
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Wed, 06/24/2009 - 13:52 by preet_20
United States, N.Y. June 23: Joel Pineiro pitched a two-hit shutout and was 2-for-4 with a run scored Tuesday to pace the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-0 win over the New York Mets.
Pineiro (6-8) had his 11th career complete game.
Brendan Ryan was 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Cardinals, who have won four of their last five games. Albert Pujols had a two-run single and Skip Schumaker went 2-for-3 and scored once.
Losing pitcher Livan Hernandez (5-2) allowed three runs on eight hits over seven innings.
Luis Castillo and pinch-hitter Jeremy Reed had the only hits for the injury-riddled Mets.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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