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Glavine hopes to get struggling Mets on track

Jul 7, 2007 - 1:58 PM NY Mets (47-38) at Houston (38-49) 7:05 pm EDT

HOUSTON (Ticker) - Tom Glavine will try to get the New York Mets back in stride when they visit the Houston Astros in the second game of a weekend series on Saturday.

Glavine (7-6, 4.39 ERA) hopes to also bounce back after getting tagged for six runs and nine hits in six innings of a 6-2 setback at Colorado last Saturday.

The 41-year-old lefthander has 15 career wins against Houston, which hammered Glavine for six runs in just five frames in the Big Apple in their last meeting on September 1.

The future Hall of Famer will be taking his second shot at win No. 298.

In Friday's series opener, starter Wandy Rodriguez recorded his first career shutout and Lance Berkman homered as the Houston rolled to a 4-0 triumph.

The Astros turn to Woody Williams (4-10, 5.47), who goes for his fourth consecutive win at home. In his last outings here, he limited Philadelphia to three runs and six hits in seven frames of a 7-5 win on Monday.

Williams was brilliant when the Mets last visited on April 21, 2006, holding them to just one run in eight innings but did not figure into the decision.