Kazuhisa Ishii matched Roger Clemens for seven innings and Jose Reyes hit an RBI single in the 11th inning last night to lead the Mets over the Houston Astros 1-0.

After Victor Diaz walked, late-inning defensive replacement Chris Wood ward sacrificed him to second. Reyes then hit a bouncer that Astros reliever Dan Wheeler (0-1) reached up and deflected with his glove, but the ball continued past second.

Shortstop Adam Everett dived and also got a glove on it. Second baseman Chris Burke made a weak throw home from short center field, and Diaz scored without a play at the plate.

Mike DeJean (1-0), the fourth Mets pitcher, pitched the 11th for New York. Roberto Hernandez pitched a hitless eighth, and Braden Looper worked a 1-2-3 ninth and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the 10th for New York, which won its third straight after an 0-5 start.

Ishii and Clemens each allowed two hits over seven innings. Each team finished with four hits.

Nearly five years after then-Yankees ace Clemens hit Mike Piazza in the head with a pitch, the adversarial relationship – stoked by the tabloid press – seems to finally have petered out, at least to the fans. Shea Stadium was about a quarter full for the first pitch, and while fans greeted Clemens with boos, the taunts of “Roger! Roger!” were absent.

The 42-year-old Clemens worked the outside of the plate against Piazza, inducing him to ground into a force play after Carlos Beltran’s two-out single in the first. He walked him in the fourth and retired him on a fly to center in the sixth.

Clemens didn’t seem to have his most overpowering stuff on the 45-degree night. But he struck out nine, increasing his career total to 4,335. Clemens remains tied with Steve Carlton for ninth on the wins list with 329.

Ishii came to the Mets in a March 20 trade with Los Angeles after Steve Trachsel injured his back. The left-hander with a 36-26 career record wore out the patience of the Dodgers because of his wildness. Last night, he walked three, including the leadoff hitter in the third and sixth innings, but showed poise in shutting the Astros down. He also got a lucky bounce.

In the third inning he walked Willy Taveras leading off. After Taveras stole second and was sacrificed over by Clemens, Ishii threw a ball to the backstop but it ricocheted back and Taveras had to hold at third.

Diaz made a long run for a catch in right in the seventh to help Ishii out of the other leadoff walk.

Looper hit Craig Biggio with a pitch on the right hand starting the ninth on what appeared to be a swing. Biggio immediately fell to the ground, holding his hand but stayed in the game. On his way to first base, the crowd of 22,431, upset with the non-swing call, booed loudly. He was replaced in the field for the bottom half.