Major League Baseball
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NY Mets 7, Houston 4
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 15, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Mike Estabrook
Attendance: 28406

Justin Turner hit his first major-league homer and had a career-best five RBIs to lead the New York Mets to a 7-4 victory over the host Houston Astros on Sunday.

Turner had a game-tying two-run double during New York’s four-run fifth inning and hit a booming three-run homer in the sixth as the Mets won for the fourth time in five games.

New York’s Chris Capuano (3-4) gave up two runs and six hits over five innings. Francisco Rodriguez pitched a perfect ninth for his 12th save.

Houston led 2-0 on Chris Johnson’s run-scoring single in the second and Jason Michaels’ fourth-inning double prior to Turner knotting the score with his double to left field.

Turner scored the go-ahead run on Jason Pridie’s single and the Mets added another run by pulling off a double steal with Pridie on the front end.

Turner’s sixth-inning shot finished the day of Houston starter Aneury Rodriguez (0-2), who gave up seven runs – five earned – and five hits in five-plus innings.

Clint Barmes hit his first home of the season in the sixth and Matt Downs had a run-scoring double in the eighth for Houston’s other runs.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets   Houston
Chris Capuano Player Aneury Rodriguez
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 5.0
6 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 5
3.60 ERA 9.00
Hitting
NY Mets   Houston
Justin Turner Player Bill Hall
2 Hits 2
5 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 3
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Mets 5 1 9 .167 9 4 6 6 3 0
Houston 10 1 18 .278 20 9 4 5 0 2