The Mets ended the Houston Astros’ seven-game profitable streak on Friday night time at Citi Area with a 7-2 win to maintain the great occasions rolling.
Listed below are the takeaways…
-On the day that Jose Iglesias’ extremely anticipated new single and Mets rally track “OMG” was launched, in addition to particular visitor and new mascot Grimace in the home, the vibes had been excessive at Citi Area on Friday night time.
Seeking to put a damper on issues was the Houston Astros, winners of seven straight and who, like New York, simply climbed all the way in which again to a .500 file after a disappointing begin to the season.
-Within the blink of an eye fixed, with most followers nonetheless not of their seats but, Jose Altuve took the primary pitch thrown by Mets starter Jose Quintana deep to steer off the sport with a solo shot that gave the Astros a 1-0 benefit. Quintana would find yourself loading the bases, however after 36 pitches he acquired out of the inning with out additional harm.
-The Mets loaded the bases themselves within the backside half of the inning in opposition to Houston starter Ronel Blanco. With the bases loaded and no person out, New York solely scratched out a run on a sac fly by Francisco Alvarez.
-Quintana wasn’t at his sharpest on the night time and solely managed to make it via 4 innings, though he did nicely to solely permit two earned runs regardless of six hits and three walks. The lefty additionally struck out seven, which coupled with the fixed site visitors on the basepaths, upped his pitch rely to 93 (54 strikes) on the night time.
-Down 2-1 within the backside of the fourth inning, Tyrone Taylor hit the primary of three house runs by the Mets – a solo bomb that tied issues up. It wasn’t till the sixth the place issues acquired hectic. Pete Alonso gave New York its first lead of the night time on a towering solo blast that went 419 ft for his seventeenth house run of the season.
Then, with a runner on second and two outs, Mark Vientos hit a routine floor ball to 3rd baseman Alex Bregman who booted it to increase the inning. Jeff McNeil, with all the struggles he’s gone via this season, adopted with an awesome at-bat, fouling off powerful pitches earlier than making the Astros pay with a three-run line drive house run that simply cleared the suitable area wall and gave the Mets a snug 6-2 lead. It was McNeil’s first house run at Citi Area this yr and simply his fourth this season because the second baseman completed 3-for-4.
As at all times, after every house run that was hit, Iglesias’ “OMG” performed at Citi Area whereas gamers within the dugout unveiled a brand new “OMG” signal.
-New York’s bullpen pitched 5 scoreless innings with Dedniel Nunez going two innings and managing to get out of a bases-loaded jam within the seventh that had the tying run on the plate. Nunez acquired the win for the second time in his profession.
-The Astros outhit the Mets, 12-9, as Yordan Alvarez and Yainer Diaz every had three hits, however they might solely muster two runs. For New York, Francisco Lindor and McNeil every had a multi-hit night time.
Recreation MVP: Jeff McNeil
McNeil had his greatest night time on the plate in a very long time. Might this be an indication of issues to come back by the previous batting champion?
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What’s subsequent
The Mets and Astros proceed their three-game collection at Citi Area on Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 4:10 p.m.
RHP Tylor Megill (2-4, 4.81 ERA) takes on LHP Framber Valdez (6-5, 3.68 ERA).