European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 22, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Houston defeats mets in 15 from press dispatches Houston after Houston s third straight Victory Over the new York mels Bob Knop Jar said he Hopes the astros Are on their Way to a Streak thai will put them in he Driver s scat Tor the National league West title if we Tan win six or seven straight or 12 of 14, something like that it would put us in great shape for a run at the Western division Knepper said after the astros 9-8 win in 15 innings sunday. It was the longest game of the season five hours and 29 minutes. The Victory kept the astros lied with the san Francisco giants for the Lead in the West. We be Goi to Hunch some wins to Gether and this is a Start Kevin Bass said after driving in the winning run. With the game lied at 8-8 and the bases loaded with one out Bass bounced aground Ball to first baseman Keith Hernandez whose throw to the Catcher Gary Carter narrowly missed forcing Bill Doran who scored the winning run. New York manager Darcy Johnson argued the Call. I was just running i did t hear the no Roundup Ball hit Carter s  Doran said. It s impassible for a runner to see a play like that but the Umpire said 1 was sufi. So 1 guess i  Knupper 12-7, pitched one inning of perfect Ball in his first Relief appearance in two years. It was his second win in three Days after waiting Over a month to pick up his Lythwin. The mets third straight loss matched their longest losing Streak of the season. Roger Mcdowell 7-4, who pitched 3 i innings suffered his fourth straight loss and his second in two Days after seven straight wins. Houston took a 1-0 Lead Agins starter Sid Fernandez in the first after Phil Gar Ner singled stole second and scored on a Glenn Davis double. The mils scored twice in the third against starter Jim dish pics on Carter s grounder and Darryl Strawberry s triple. The astros tied the score in the fourth on a double by Davis and an rib single by Alan Ashby. Bass 14th Homer and an rib double by Ashby made it 4-2 in the sixth. New York scored a lice limes in the top of the cd huh for a 5-