New York Mets at Houston Astros

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New York Mets

1-2, 1-2 Away

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Houston Astros

2-1, 2-1 Home

Peña homers and Alvarez drives in go-ahead run as Astros pitching shuts down Mets in 2-1 win

Jeremy Pena homers in the 5th for Houston

Houston took two of three in a season-opening series between 2024 playoff teams.

Spencer Arrighetti (1-0) allowed just one hit, a first-inning double to Juan Soto, and one run with five strikeouts in six innings. Astros closer Josh Hader walked Soto to start the ninth before retiring the next three batters for his second save, completing the one-hitter.

The game was tied with two outs in the sixth when Alvarez knocked a double off the wall in center field to send Isaac Paredes home from first base, putting Houston on top 2-1.

Griffin Canning (0-1) gave up four hits and two runs over 5 2/3 innings in his Mets debut.

Canning had allowed just one hit on a leadoff single to Jose Altuve when Peña gave the Astros their first homer this season on his shot to the seats in left field with no outs in the fifth to make it 1-0.

Soto doubled with one out in the first and Brandon Nimmo walked with two outs. Arrighetti retired the next 13 batters before walking Jose Siri to start the sixth.

Siri stole second against his former team before advancing to third on a flyout by Francisco Lindor.

Soto then grounded out to Arrighetti and Siri dashed home, sliding in just before the tag to tie it at 1.

The Mets went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

Key moment The double by Alvarez that gave Houston the lead for good.

Key stat Canning, who spent his first five seasons with the Angels, fell to 0-4 in 10 career starts against the Astros.

Up next Both teams are off Sunday before Houston hosts the Giants for a three-game series beginning Monday night and the Mets play at Miami that night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vientos lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Nimmo grounded out to second, Soto to second.
	9th Inning	Alonso popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Soto walked.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	Dubón in left field.

Statistics

NYM		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	6
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
1	Hits	5
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
28	At Bats	27
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	1
133	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
2	Total Bases	9
32	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.4	Runs Created	2.1
.036	Batting Average	.185
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.071	Slugging Percentage	.333
.250	Secondary Average	.259
.156	On Base Percentage	.290
.228	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.624
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
-0.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
9.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	27.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.036	Isolated Power	.148
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.129
.214	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.074
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
56.5	MLB Rating	70.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0