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The pitching pendulum swung to New York last night as Bob Ojeda matched finesse against the power of Nolan Ryan, pitching the Mets to a 5-1 victory over Houston for a split of the first two games of the National League playoffs.
Held without a run in support of their ace, Dwight Gooden, in the first game of the playoffs Wednesday night, the Mets were ignited yesterday by Len Dykstra and Wally Backman. And the big hitters--Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter and Darryl Strawberry--applied the throttle.
Hernandez hit a two-run triple along with a single and scored a run. Carter had an RBI double, and Strawberry drove in a run with a long sacrifice fly. Backman had two hits, scored twice and drove in a run. And Dykstra had two hits and scored once.
Ojeda, 18-5 during the regular season, allowed 10 hits, struck out five and walked two--baffling and beleaguering Houston's hitters with his slow curve, changeup and occasional fastball. He flirted with trouble often, but the Astros managed just one run.
The Astros, wasting one chance after another, did not score until the seventh on Phil Garner's RBI single. By then, it was too late.
After a day off today, the best-of-seven series resumes tomorrow in New York with Ron Darling, 15-6, going for the Mets against Bob Knepper, 17-12, in game three.
Beaten 1-0 in game one by Mike Scott, the Mets scored their first two runs of the playoffs in the fourth inning against Ryan.
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