Happy Recap: Spring Training Game 23 - Mets at Astros - Cowgill Homers, Mets Win 7-5

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
N.Y. Mets (9-10)«	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	7	12	1
Houston (9-13)	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	1

W: G. Burke (1-0) L: K. Chapman (0-1) S: J. Familia (1) HR: NYM - C. Cowgill (3)   HOU - C. Pena (4)

Recap:
Collin Cowgill hit a two-run home run to help the New York Mets take a 7-5 win over the Houston Astros in spring training play on Wednesday.

Matthew den Dekker drove in two runs while Jordany Valdespin added a pair of hits along with an RBI and a run scored for the Mets.

Dillon Gee was tagged for five runs on seven hits over four innings of work.

Carlos Pena smacked a two-run home run and drove in three and J.D. Martinez had two hits and a run scored for the Astros. Alex White gave up three runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Box Score:

NY Mets	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	W	K	AVG
Jordany Valdespin 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.348
Collin Cowgill LF	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.318
Jamie Hoffmann LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.172
Ike Davis 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Zach Lutz PR-1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.325
Marlon Byrd CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.314
Matt den Dekker PR-CF	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	.216
Lucas Duda DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220
Anthony Recker PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.421
John Buck C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.348
Landon Powell C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.174
Mike Baxter RF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152
Andrew Brown RF	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.206
Ruben Tejada SS	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.133
Omar Quintanilla SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233
Brian Bixler 3B	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	.310
Brandon Hicks 3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
Totals	36	7	12	1	2	1	7	2	6
Houston	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	W	K	AVG
Jose Altuve 2B	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.362
Jake Elmore 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.226
Brett Wallace 3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.289
Brandon Laird 3B-1B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350
Chris Carter DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.255
Carlos Pena 1B	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	.306
Jose Martinez 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296
Jason Castro C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.448
Jason Jaramillo C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Rick Ankiel CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.406
Brandon Barnes PH-CF	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.344
J.D. Martinez RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
Trevor Crowe LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.296
Tyler Greene SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.154
Totals	34	5	11	1	0	1	5	2	11

E_B.HicksJ.Martinez. LOB_NY Mets 4, Houston 6. 2B_R.Tejada, B.Barnes. 3B_M.den Dekker, B.Bixler. HR_C.Cowgill (3) off A.White, C.Pena (4) off D.Gee. SF_J.Altuve. SB_J.Altuve (1), T.Greene (3). CS_J.Valdespin. GIDP_I.Davis, B.Laird, J.Castro. DP_NY Mets 4 (R.Tejada and I.Davis), (I.Davis, R.Tejada and A.Laffey), (L.Powell and B.Hicks), (O.Quintanilla, J.Valdespin and Z.Lutz); Houston 3 (T.Greene and C.Pena), (J.Altuve and T.Greene), (J.Martinez and T.Greene).

NY Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Dillon Gee	4.0	7	5	5	1	5	7.80
Aaron Laffey	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0.00
Pedro Feliciano	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2.45
Greg Burke (W 1-0)	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	3.48
Josh Edgin	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	3.72
Jeurys Familia (S 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	2.89
Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Alex White	4.1	7	3	3	1	3	6.75
Wesley Wright	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	9.00
Josh Fields	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	3.52
Kevin Chapman (L 0-1;B 1)	0.2	5	4	4	0	1	12.60
Wes Musick	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
David Martinez	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00

HBP_by D.Gee (R.Ankiel).
BK_J.Edgin.
T_3:23. A_3709.
Umpires_Home,Greg Gibson; First, Larry Vanover; Second, Jeff Nelson; Third, Jeff Gosney.