The New York Mets break their six game losing streak with a win over the Houston Astros

The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 3-1 on Saturday afternoon. The game was played at Citi Field in Flushing, New York. R.A. Dickey started for the Mets and pitched well and the bullpen also pitched well. Andres Torres led the Mets offense with a couple of hits. Abad started for the Astros and pitched pretty well and the bullpen was up and down. The Astros offense only managed five hits. 
Dickey won his 16^th game of the season and pitched seven innings giving up five hits and a run. Dickey walked one and struck out two. Jon Rauch pitched 2/3 of an inning and retired both hitters, Josh Edgin retired the only batter that he faced and Frank Francisco saved his 21^st game of the season pitching a perfect inning with a strikeout. Fernando Abad lost his first game of the season pitching four innings and giving up four hits and a run with four walks and two strikeouts. Mickey Storey pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout, Hector Ambriz pitched an inning giving up a walk and striking out two and Fernando Rodriguez pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a hit and a run with a strikeout. Xavier Cedeno pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and striking out one.

Torres had two hits, Ruben Tejada drew a walk and David Wright drew a walk. Scott Hairston had a hit and drew a walk, Justin Turner had a hit and an RBI and Ronny Cedeno had a hit. Ike Davis had a hit, Jason Bay had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and Dickey had a hit and an RBI. Jordany Valdespin drew a walk, Turner hit a homerun and the Mets were 2-9 with runners in scoring position and they left nine men on base.

Fernando Martinez had a hit, Tyler Greene had a hit and Jason Castro had a hit. Brandon Barnes had a hit and drew a walk, Brian Bogusevic had a hit and the Astros were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base. Castro had a passed ball and Barnes had an outfield assist.

In the fourth Dickey hit an RBI single giving the Mets a 1-0 lead. In the sixth Turner hit a solo homerun to make it 2-0 Mets. In the seventh the Astros scored their only run on a Dickey wild pitch to make it 2-1. Bay hit an RBI single in the eighth and that would be the final run of the game as the Mets won 3-1.

The Mets evened the three game series at one with the rubber game on Sunday afternoon. The Mets ended their six game losing streak and their record improved to 58-69. The Astros record dropped to 40-87