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Houston Astros @ New York Mets

2026-08-28 · Night game · Citi Field · Att: 28848 · 79°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 5 mph, In From LF · 2:43

Houston Astros defeated New York Mets 3–1. New York Mets opened the scoring in the 4th — Carson Benge doubles (18) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Daulton Varsho. Francisco Lindor scores. Houston Astros took the lead in the 6th — Daulton Varsho singles on a line drive to right fielder Carson Benge. Yordan Alvarez scores. Isaac Paredes scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Daulton Varsho singles on a line drive to right fielder Carson Benge. Yordan Alvarez scores. Isaac Paredes scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	4
NYN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	3	0	1	0	1	1
Yordan Alvarez DH	2	1	0	0	2	0
Isaac Paredes 3B	2	1	0	0	2	0
Nick Allen 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Altuve 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0
Daulton Varsho CF	4	0	1	2	0	1
Christian Walker 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yainer Diaz C	4	0	1	1	0	0
Cam Smith RF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Taylor Trammell RF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Velazquez LF	4	0	0	0	0	3

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
A.J. Ewing CF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Francisco Lindor SS	4	1	1	0	0	3
Bo Bichette 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carson Benge RF	4	0	1	1	0	2
Luis Robert LF	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jared Young 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Marcus Semien 2B	2	0	2	0	1	0
Brett Baty DH	3	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Torrens C	3	0	1	0	0	1