Houston Astros at New York Mets

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Houston Astros

68-68, 35-33 Away

Final
2 - 6

New York Mets

61-75, 32-38 Home

Juan Soto returns to help the Mets beat the Astros 6-2

Houston Astros vs. New York Mets: Game Highlights

Soto was tended to by manager Andy Green and a trainer before his hit off Cristian Javier (1-5) capped a seven-pitch battle and sparked a three-run fifth for the Mets, who halted a three-game skid.

Soto returned to the last-place Mets after missing 31 games with a grade 2 strain of his left calf. It was the second IL stint of the season for Soto.

Jared Young added a two-run triple later in the fifth and finished with three hits and a career-high three RBI. Francisco Alvarez hit a two-run double in the eighth,

Nolan McLean (10-8) surrendered an unearned run and struck out four over seven innings. He is 8-4 with a 2.19 ERA over his last 16 starts.

McLean allowed just two hits, including Jeremy Peña’s double on his first pitch of the game. Peña took third on an error by left fielder Brett Baty and scored on a sacrifice fly by AL Triple Crown candidate Yordan Alvarez.

Peña’s hit was just the second McLean has surrendered to a leadoff batter in his 35 big league starts.

Alvarez hit his AL-leading 38th homer off Daniel Duarte in the eighth.

Astros opener Bennett Sousa allowed one run while recording two outs. Javier was charged with three runs and struck out four in 4 1/3 innings.

Up next Astros RHP Ethan Pecko (0-0, 7.88 ERA) starts Sunday's series finale against Mets LHP Zac Thornton (3-4, 2.88 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Trammell lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Walker flied out to center, Altuve to third.
	9th Inning	Varsho lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Altuve doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Senga relieved Duarte
	9th Inning	Robert Jr. in left field.

Statistics

HOU		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
4	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	21
0	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	16
34	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
1.9	Runs Created	6.0
.133	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.300	Slugging Percentage	.471
.267	Secondary Average	.235
.206	On Base Percentage	.361
.506	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.832
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.7
19.0	Batter Rating	44.5
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.167	Isolated Power	.147
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.133	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.088
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.0	MLB Rating	91.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0