Houston Astros at New York Mets

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Houston Astros

69-68, 36-33 Away

Final
6 - 3

New York Mets

61-76, 32-39 Home

Wade's pinch-hit homer helps first-place Astros power past Mets 6-3

With Houston trailing 3-2, Wade launched a pitch from Jonathan Pintaro (0-1) for the third pinch-hit homer of his career and his first since April 2, 2025, while with San Francisco.

Jeremy Peña hit a leadoff homer and had two RBI for the Astros, who remained two games ahead of Texas in the AL West and overcame consecutive homers by Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto, the Mets' first two batters, in the first inning.

Houston scored twice in the seventh to make it a three-run game. Isaac Paredes scored on Daulton Varsho’s bases-loaded groundout to first and Jose Altuve raced home when Jared Young threw wide of the plate.

Ethan Pecko overcame a laborious first inning to earn his first big league win. Pecko (1-0) gave up three hits — including homers on consecutive pitches to the Mets’ first two batters, Lindor and Soto — and struck out four over five innings.

Josh Hader, the Astros’ fifth pitcher, notched his 21st save with a one-hit ninth.

The homers by Lindor and Soto marked the fifth time New York’s first two batters went deep and the first time since Oct. 4, 2022, when Brandon Nimmo, Lindor and Jeff McNeil went back-to-back-to-back against the Washington Nationals.

The leadoff homers by Peña and Lindor marked the fourth time both leadoff hitters went deep to open their team’s half of the first inning in the majors this season.

Luis Torrens gave the Mets a brief lead in the fifth by hitting into a run-scoring double play.

Mets rookie Zac Thornton allowed two runs and struck out five in five innings.

Up next Astros: RHP Peter Lambert (8-7, 3.66 ERA) starts Monday against LHP Anthony Kay (9-6, 4.09 ERA) and the Chicago White Sox.

Mets: RHP Robert Stock (0-3, 7.40 ERA) pitches Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays and LHP Ian Seymour (9-5, 4.21 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Semien flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Ewing doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Robert Jr. popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Morel fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Okert
	9th Inning	Morel hit for Young

Statistics

HOU		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
20	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	13
40	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
5.9	Runs Created	3.4
.270	Batting Average	.161
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.419
.243	Secondary Average	.419
.325	On Base Percentage	.257
.811	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.676
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
5.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
42.0	Batter Rating	26.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.34
.216	Isolated Power	.258
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.025	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.258
11.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
89.8	MLB Rating	75.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0