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Houston Astros @ New York Mets

2026-08-29 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 29183 · 79°F, Sunny · Wind 4 mph, In From LF · 2:36

New York Mets defeated Houston Astros 6–2. Houston Astros opened the scoring in the 1st — Yordan Alvarez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Carson Benge. Jeremy Peña scores. New York Mets took the lead in the 5th — Juan Soto singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Taylor Trammell. Francisco Lindor scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Jared Young triples (3) on a line drive to right fielder Taylor Trammell. Juan Soto scores. Carson Benge scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4
NYN	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	6	11	1

Houston Astros — batting

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

New York Mets — batting

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