"Carlos Lee came full-circle in collecting his 2,000th career hit Saturday. The milestone hit was a first-inning single off R.A. Dickey in the midst of a four-run rally in a 7-3 victory against the New York Mets.

Career hit No. 1 for Lee came against knuckleballer Tom Candiotti on May 7, 1999.

Lee is the 16th active player — and the 230th of all time — to break the 2,000 barrier. For good measure, Lee tacked on his 335th career home run in the eighth inning — a leadoff shot off Ryota Igarashi.

Seven other active players have at least 2,000 hits and 300 home runs : Ivan Rodriguez (2,830

311 entering Saturday), Alex Rodriguez (2,702/619), Chipper Jones (2,528/440), Vladimir Guerrero (2,466/440), Miguel Tejada (2,311/301), Todd Helton (2,271/337) and Jim Thome (2,228/591).

"It just shows I've been playing for a long time," Lee said.

Maybe the Astros need to have 81 Chris Johnson Bobblehead Days.

The Astros celebrated the inaugural Johnson bobblehead unveiling by jumping to a 4-0 first-inning lead, cranking out 13 hits (including a season-high three homers) and taking a 7-3 victory."