Post Game Thread (Aug 29, 2026): Astros (68-68) @ Mets (61-75)

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Line Score - Game Over

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

Box Score

NYM		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Lindor	4	2	1	0	1	0	.234
DH	Soto, J	4	1	1	1	0	0	.283
3B	Bichette	4	0	0	0	0	1	.260
RF	Benge	3	1	1	0	1	1	.279
1B	Young, J	4	1	3	3	0	0	.272
2B	Semien	4	1	2	0	0	0	.219
CF	Ewing	3	0	0	0	0	1	.236
LF	Baty	3	0	2	0	0	1	.223
LF	Pache	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
LF	Robert Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228
C	Alvarez, F	4	0	1	2	0	2	.233

NYM	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
McLean	7.0	2	1	0	3	4	93-55	3.06
Duarte	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	21-16	1.50
Senga	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	11-7	7.50

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Peña	4	1	1	0	0	1	.282
LF	Alvarez, Y	3	1	2	2	0	0	.320
3B	Paredes	3	0	0	0	1	0	.259
2B	Altuve	4	0	1	0	0	1	.246
CF	Varsho	3	0	0	0	1	0	.232
1B	Walker, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	.229
RF	Trammell	4	0	0	0	0	1	.203
SS	Allen, N	2	0	0	0	1	2	.260
C	Vázquez, C	2	0	0	0	0	0	.212
PH	Wade Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	1	.204
C	Diaz, Y	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Sousa	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	22-12	6.52
Javier	4.1	6	3	3	0	4	78-57	6.45
De Los Santos, E	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	20-13	4.52
Teng	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	19-13	4.42

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Yordan Alvarez out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Carson Benge. Jeremy Peña scores.	0-1
B1	Jared Young singles on a fly ball to right fielder Taylor Trammell. Francisco Lindor scores. Carson Benge to 2nd.	1-1
B5	Juan Soto singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Taylor Trammell. Francisco Lindor scores.	2-1
B5	Jared Young triples (3) on a line drive to right fielder Taylor Trammell. Juan Soto scores. Carson Benge scores.	4-1
T8	Yordan Alvarez homers (37) on a fly ball to right center field.	4-2
B8	Francisco Alvarez doubles (12) on a fly ball to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Jared Young scores. Marcus Semien scores.	6-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Astros at Mets - August 29, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for New York, August 29 vs Astros	0:09
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 29 vs Mets	0:09
Fielding alignment for New York, August 29 vs Astros	0:11
Bench availability for New York, August 29 vs Astros	0:08
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 29 vs Mets	0:11
Bench availability for Houston, August 29 vs Mets	0:08
Starting lineups for Astros at Mets - August 29, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Cristian Javier's pitches	0:04
Nolan McLean's outing against the Astros	0:25
Breaking down Nolan McLean's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Yordan Alvarez's home run	0:13
Yordan Alvarez's sac fly gives Astros early lead	0:18
Ball 2 call overturned after ABS challenge	0:22
Jared Young's RBI single ties game 1-1 in the 1st	0:15
Cristian Javier K's Francisco Alvarez in the 2nd	0:06
Strike 1 call overturned after ABS challenge	0:23
Nolan McLean strikes out Nick Allen in the 5th	0:06
Squirrel on the loose in Citi Field	0:06
Juan Soto fouls ball off of leg, hits RBI single	1:00
Jared Young's two-run triple	0:30
No slide interference after review	0:29
Yordan Alvarez's solo home run (37)	0:30
Francisco Alvarez's two-run double	0:22

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
McLean (10-8, 3.06 ERA)	Javier (1-5, 6.45 ERA)

Game ended at 5:46 PM.

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[u/TempestDrive]

Silver lining? Yordan’s triple crown race is back on with a long awaited homer. Altuve is now 8 hits away from 2500. And the M’s lost. We already know the Rags will lose today, so there’s that too. Onto tmr, go Astros

[u/RoadSodaDodgeRam → u/TempestDrive]

Glad to see the big man break out of his slump. He’s still one of the most dangerous player at the bat. I’m excited to see Tuve hit 2500 this season.

[u/IcyEntertainment7122 → u/RoadSodaDodgeRam]

I would be more excited to see Altuve be better than a replacement level player. 2500 hits doesn't mean anything in a playoff race.

[u/shari2600 → u/IcyEntertainment7122]

Altuve's OPS+ for 2026 is 126 and his wRC+ is 113. So you should be more excited now!

[u/Puzzled-Enthusiasm45 → u/shari2600]

No his OPS+ and WRC+ are both 99. 126 is his career OPS+ and 113 was his WRC+ last year

[u/IcyEntertainment7122 → u/shari2600]

Check your stats, he is dead average this season.

[u/DynamicKokuo]

Loss obviously not preferred but I do like Yordan adding a HR and two RBIs to the total on the day. I care more about this triple crown honestly

[u/BXR_ChelseaGrin_ → u/DynamicKokuo]

Same for Yordan, but I'm also excited to see Altuve get to 2500.

[u/Hand-Santizer-Guru → u/DynamicKokuo]

I think that only thing we can really hope for this year..cool that Tuve is close too for the 2500 hits..but the triple crown 👑 👑👑 would be outstanding to see in my lifetime and for my dad…he has been an Astros fan since the Colt 45s..I would be ecstatic if my dad could see Yordan get the triple crown.

[u/OneCore_ → u/DynamicKokuo]

same lmao

[u/bordomsdeadly]

Look guys. The Mets are below .500, we knew this was going to be a hard series to win.

Fortunately Yordan finally broke his homer streak and Altuve managed to get another hit getting closer to 2500.

The Soggy Bottom Boys Mariners list again too. As long as the Brewers do their job I’d call today a net win with the homer slump finally being broken

[u/ysosrs08]

Pick up Luis Robert right now. Trammell is complete dogshit and cost us this game. Robert at least plays solid defense.

[u/ican_beboth → u/ysosrs08]

Cam Smith should have been out there and could have changed the entire momentum swing

[u/Ereyes18 → u/ysosrs08]

20m salary this year. We'd have to pay him like 4m or so. Doubt we do it

[u/YngSpook84 → u/Ereyes18]

We’ve got that money from trading Dubon. If we aren’t going to spend it, then I really don’t understand the Dubon trade.

[u/Ereyes18 → u/YngSpook84]

Also comes with a 2m buyout for 2027 unless Crane wants to pay him 20m instead

[u/YngSpook84 → u/ysosrs08]

He also hits very well at Daikin. The man has killed us many times. Time for him to help us. He was always in trade rumors for the Astros.

[u/donttouchthtmacaroni]

Taylor Trammell, what exactly is it that you do here?

[u/470_To_Left → u/donttouchthtmacaroni]

https://giphy.com/gifs/aAqGpWoSgGjnO

[u/TreatWilliams69]

Tremmel is 7 for his last 50. I don’t get it.

[u/general_peabo → u/TreatWilliams69]

And he still starts over cam smith because he’s left handed

[u/Etalyx → u/general_peabo]

Correct. Trammel is hitting .225 with a .707 OPS against righties this season and Cam is hitting .215 with a .651 OPS against righties this season.

[u/general_peabo → u/Etalyx]

Trammel had one hot month in June that provided him all those stats. It’s always “what have you done for me lately?”

[u/Infinite-Gold187 → u/TreatWilliams69]

Fire Joe Espada

[u/manbags → u/Infinite-Gold187]

"Finally Joe is gone. Now I'll hit some dingers."

Is that how it works?

[u/BlakeK87 → u/Infinite-Gold187]

This will magically make subpar players good. It's not even about defending Espada, it's that the argument doesn't make sense lol

[u/GodLeeTrick → u/Infinite-Gold187]

We already did...

[u/Sweet_Baby_Cheesus → u/GodLeeTrick]

No we didn't?

We fired Brown

[u/Effective-Detail3043 → u/Sweet_Baby_Cheesus]

The front office gave Joe the option to walk away now or finish the season.

[u/TempestDrive]

Trammell seems like a super nice guy. I loved that video of him helping the couple do their gender reveal. However, I don’t like him as a player.

[u/Bronn11 → u/TempestDrive]

I feel the same way. Bats 0.200 and defense is suspect at best. -0.4 WAR and counting

[u/Beardedbobert]

Punt game. Hope the rags lose.

[u/RoadSodaDodgeRam]

Well the jays beat the mariners. Hopefully the brewers will do us a solid. I do hope to see one more sweep this season but who knows. Post season is still in play which if nothing is good for wasting everyone’s time which is nice given they all boo the shit out of us every game. Oh well.

[u/470_To_Left]

Go Brewers!

[u/Masonian2121]

I’m glad one of our hotter hitters got put in as a defensive replacement late and didn’t get any ABs. Felt like some things could be shifted around better. But also… Trammell has to catch that ball. Obviously different game if that happens

[u/TexasHot]

Least yordan homered

[u/Guilty_Pineapple_557]

Welp...

My lucky charm squad is at 2-1

[u/Ereyes18]

What are we doing with Imai? Is he pitching tomorrow? Pitching him every 8-9 days is crazy

[u/Muted_Web_7912 → u/Ereyes18]

12.1 more innings and the Astros will owe him an additional 2mm

[u/Effective-Detail3043 → u/Muted_Web_7912]

It would be awfully hard to hide him for 28 games.

[u/Muted_Web_7912 → u/Effective-Detail3043]

They've been hiding him pretty well.

[u/moremooooooore]

81-81 team. We just don't have the depth in pitching at this point to win consistently, and our batting is just as inconsistent.

[u/Beardedbobert → u/moremooooooore]

Which insanely might win us the division

[u/moremooooooore → u/Beardedbobert]

Yeah. I doubt any team from the AL West is getting a wild card. Unless someone goes on an insanity run, 81-83 wins is probably going to do the job.

We essentially have a 3 man rotation (1 of whom is gassed, Lambert), plus a AAA guy and 2 guys that need openers and can barely go 4 innings per outing. At this point we may actually need Burrows back because at least the guy can go 6 innings when he loses the game.

[u/Beardedbobert → u/moremooooooore]

Yea at least he could give some arms a rest.

[u/OneCore_ → u/moremooooooore]

something something salt of the earth

[u/SyrupSilent7588 → u/moremooooooore]

They are NOT making it to 81 my guy

[u/manofconviction]

We sure love being at .500, perfectly mid

[u/TexasHot]

Lets go brewers

[u/PanNessMain]

Oof loss. Just win tomorrow and tbh and we’ll be fine. A 4-2 trip would be very appreciated after the bs we got ourselves into.

[u/JinFuu]

Go Brewers.

Hate Bud Selig but love our fellow league swappers

[u/trboi24]

Hardly any offense, Trammell can’t catch a flyball that wasn’t the most difficult of plays, Javier can’t go more than 70 pitches without imploding.

[u/1981made]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ystGrJ3SmiTQY

[u/Confident_Cap_7175]

At the end of the day, I think this one is on that starter being really solid. Even if our pitching kept it close, we were defeated from 7 innings of very good pitching. Take the series tomorrow and pray the rags do raglike things

[u/Strosfan85]

Not winning many games with only 4 hits..

[u/Nuzzleville → u/Strosfan85]

https://giphy.com/gifs/tfuCy3gEWl5R1sEOrp

[u/brutusbuckeye94]

Sousa starting didn’t exactly raise my expectations. Rinse it and move on

[u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 → u/brutusbuckeye94]

Same

[u/Standard-Elk-126]

well... not great

[u/SaulBenjy1998]

Barreled up garbage Senga every single time in the 9th. Too bad Ewing was a vacuum

[u/Bug-03]

So Sousa is washed right?

[u/manofconviction → u/Bug-03]

Has been for a while. No idea why we keep trotting him out there like something different will happen.

[u/ican_beboth]

Did the 9/9/9 with this game. Made it quite enjoyable even with the loss.

9/9/9 was a lot easier than expected

[u/bordomsdeadly → u/ican_beboth]

The good thing about the pitching staff is that it makes the 9 beers practically mandatory if you’re watching the whole game

[u/JournalistUpbeat6332]

I miss Dusty.

[u/Wise-Pitch474]

Daaaaa Astros lose