Last Night's Action: Win, Win.

Mets 3, Astros 0: They didn't score often, but the 3 runs the Mets scored early was enough to help Johan Santana to his third straight win. Santana pitched seven scoreless innings, but needed a career-high 121 pitches to do so. The Mets got the scoring started in the 1st when David Wright drove in Jose Reyes in on a single. In the 2nd inning, Brian Schneider hit a two-run home run, his fifth of the season, off of Astros starter Roy Oswalt. Ryan Church, who made his return to the team, was 1-3 with a single. Once Santana left the game, Aaron Heilman and Luis Ayala pitched perfect 8th and 9th innings to close out the Astros. Santana hasn't lost since June 28th and has gone 5-0 with a 2.05 ERA during that period.
Yankees 9, Orioles 4: Derek Jeter, who is well on his way to 3,000 hits, picked up career hit #2,500 last night in his team's victory. But it wasn't Jeter that propelled the team to victory, but 6 runs in the 8th and 9th innings that put the Yankees on top of the O's. The Yankees had back-to-back home runs by Robinson Cano and Jose Molina as well as Cody Ransom and Xavier Nady.

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