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MLB: N.Y. Mets 4, Houston 0

Mon, 10/05/2009 - 02:14 by Salinder Kumar

Houston -- Nelson Figueroa's season-ending complete-game four-hit shutout Sunday led the New York Mets to a 4-0 win at Houston.

His first career shutout capped a three-game sweep.

Figueroa (3-8) threw 113 pitches without a walk and seven strikeouts.

Josh Thole led New York with three hits and one RBI.
Two others had one RBI.

A run scored on a fourth-inning fielder's choice, while Angel Pagan had four of the nine hits for the Mets, who finished 22 games under the .500 mark (70-92).

Four batters had one hit for the Astros, who lost five of their final six games.

The losing pitcher was starter Wilton Lopez (0-2).

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Atlanta 3, New York Mets 1

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.

MLB: Atlanta 3, NY Mets 1

Wed, 09/23/2009 - 09:47 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.

MLB: N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Mon, 08/31/2009 - 03:36 by surajdogra

Chicago -- Nelson Figueroa limited the Chicago Cubs to a run and six hits in seven innings Sunday, leading the New York Mets to a 4-1 win at Chicago.

Figueroa (2-3) threw 117 pitches with two walks and 10 strikeouts. The only run he gave up scored on a first-inning single by Aramis Ramirez. Figueroa added an RBI single in the fourth in his best-ever major league outing.

Closer Francisco Rodriguez earned his 28th save with a scoreless ninth.

Daniel Murphy, Anderson Hernandez and Jeff Francoeur also had one RBI.

Angel Pagan had three hits, while Luis Castillo had two hits for the Mets, who prevented a three-game sweep.

Derek Lee had two of the seven hits for the Cubs, who had won three of four.

MLB: Arizona 6, New York Mets 5

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.