Fernando Rodriguez - Lowrie Leads Astros Over Mets

Jed Lowrie reach a new go-ahead RBI solo inside the eighth inning and also the Astros downed the actual Mets, 4-3, on Monday in the opener connected with your three-game series.

New York starter R.A. Dickey taken a new no-hitter through several innings, although Houston took some sort of 3-0 direct within the sixth on Travis Buck's RBI groundout along with Matt Downs' two-run homer.

"He acquired it being employed tonight," Lowrie explained connected with Dickey.

The Mets strapped the online game inside the seventh towards Astros' beginner Bud Norris, but Jordan Schafer brought away the eighth that has a single, stole second and obtained about Lowrie's trust hit away from Manny Acosta (0-2).

Brett Myers used a 1-2-3 ninth in order to earn his / her junior high save on the season.

Schafer, that has reached base safely overall 23 games this season, pennyless up Dickey's no-hitter that has a leadoff single, next advanced in order to following upon Jose Altuve's give up bunt. Lowrie located athletes with that factors which has a short travel to eventually left in advance of Buck's fielder's alternative groundout achieved it 1-0. Downs adopted that has a fun time decrease this remaining discipline line.

"To Downs I quit of which (knuckleball) slightly up," stated Dickey. "It decided not to catch along with your dog click it out."

David Wright and Ike Davis started out this seventh having back-to-back singles in addition to sophisticated on Mike Baxter's deep fly out and about previous to Andres Torres pushed a run throughout using an infield single. A Lucas Duda two-out walk loaded this bottoms along with Kirk Nieuwenhuis sent a two-run solitary straight down the right industry collection to help tie up this game.

Davis singled along with two affordable within the eighth, but Fernando Rodriguez (1-3) typed in and retired Scott Hairston to end the actual inning.

Game Notes

Schafer's 23-game expand may be the Astros' longest because Ricky Gutierrez reached trust safely in the first 23 game titles with the 1998 season. The club record will be 25 games, collection by Denis Menke around 1969.The Mets theoretically stimulated Torres with the 15-day inept listing on Monday. He ended up on the DL on April 6 which includes a strained left calf.