Houston, TX-- In a series dominated by starting pitching, the Mets' Tracy Stallard followed suit Sunday night in Houston. And in doing so, he pitched his mates to a rare series win.
Stallard fired a complete-game, five-hit shutout at the Colt .45s as the Mets (10-29) won for the fifth time in seven games.
The Mets scored single runs in the second and third innings, giving Stallard all the offense he would need.
Only one Colt .45 reached second base all evening. Stallard walked two and struck out three.
"Tracy was great," said Mets catcher Jesse Gonder, who called the game and also drove in the second Mets run. "Lots of off-speed stuff to attack their aggressiveness."
Stallard stifled the Colt .45s as the Mets continued to roll
Stallard had to be good, as the Mets' bats were again mostly silent, as they were for most of the series, despite winning three of the four games here.
Houston starter Bob Bruce went eight innings, scattering seven hits and striking out nine.
The Mets are now nearing the end of their 15-game road trip; they only have three games left in it, at Chicago. Despite a 1-4 start to the trip, the Mets have recovered and are 6-6 since leaving New York almost two weeks ago.
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Mets record: 10-29, .256 (Last 10: 6-4; streak: W-2); Actual: 11-28
Home: 2-11; Away: 8-18
Runs scored: 107
Runs against: 193
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