The New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 6-2 on Aug 29, 2026 at Citi Field.
Final · Citi Field
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 4.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Jared Young went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI for the Mets.
- Nolan McLean pitched 7.0 innings for the Mets, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daulton Varsho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Javier | 4.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennett Sousa | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
New York Mets box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Soto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Francisco Lindor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bo Bichette | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Francisco Alvarez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jared Young | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Semien | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Baty | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carson Benge | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A.J. Ewing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan McLean | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Daniel Duarte | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kodai Senga | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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