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August 29, 2026 · NL East

Houston Astros vs New York Mets

August 29, 2026Citi FieldSunny 79°F · 4 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Houston Astros
68-68
2
vs
HOME
New York Mets
61-75
6

Game Highlights

Published August 29, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

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

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 100000010 2
NYM 100030020 6

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Astros AWAY 2

Astros opened with Bennett Sousa, then turned the bulk of the game over to Cristian Javier. Out of the bullpen, Kai-Wei Teng took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bennett Sousa Opener 0.2 22 1 0
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bennett Sousa threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 60% 4.4 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 13 59% 1 3 3 4 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 9 41% 0 2 0 6 1
  • Cristian Javier Bulk 4.1 78 3 4 L inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Enyel De Los Santos Middle 2.0 20 0 2
  • Kai-Wei Teng Middle 1.0 19 2 0
Mets HOME 6

Nolan McLean started for Mets, leaving with a 4–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Daniel Duarte took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Nolan McLean Starter 7.0 93 1 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Nolan McLean threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 54% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 42 45% 0 7 9 18 8
    Cutter 20 22% 3 5 0 8 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 14 15% 1 1 3 5 4
    Curveball 7 8% 1 1 2 1 2
    Slider 6 6% 1 1 0 4 0
    Changeup 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
    Sweeper 2 2% 0 0 1 1 0
  • Daniel Duarte Middle 1.0 21 1 2 HLD
  • Kodai Senga Middle 1.0 11 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 5th · off Javier
  • Soto 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jeremy Peña DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 .282 .337 .476 .813 2B
Yordan Alvarez LF 3 1 2 2 0 0 .320 .435 .613 1.048 HR (37)
Isaac Paredes 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 .358 .421 .779
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 .310 .397 .707 2B
Daulton Varsho CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .232 .297 .366 .663
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229 .303 .434 .737
Taylor Trammell RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .203 .288 .356 .644
Nick Allen SS 2 0 0 0 1 2 .260 .309 .341 .650
Christian Vázquez C 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .267 .338 .605
LaMonte Wade Jr. PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .204 .328 .316 .644
HOME · NYM
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Francisco Lindor SS 4 2 1 0 1 0 .234 .321 .418 .739 2B
Juan Soto DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 .283 .406 .535 .941
Bo Bichette 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260 .307 .387 .694
Carson Benge RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .279 .339 .426 .765
Jared Young 1B 4 1 3 3 0 0 .272 .332 .447 .779 3B
Marcus Semien 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .219 .279 .350 .629 SB
A.J. Ewing CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .307 .348 .655
Luis Robert Jr. LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 .308 .407 .715
Francisco Alvarez C 4 0 1 2 0 2 .233 .320 .398 .718 2B
Brett Baty LF 3 0 2 0 0 1 .223 .294 .340 .634 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bennett Sousa 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 22 6.52
Cristian Javier 4.1 6 3 3 0 4 0 78 6.45 L
Enyel De Los Santos 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 4.52
Kai-Wei Teng 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 19 4.42
HOME · NYM
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Nolan McLean 7.0 2 1 0 3 4 0 93 3.06 W
Daniel Duarte 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21 1.50 HLD
Kodai Senga 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7.50

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 5.5 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 0.7 R
HOME · NYM
Andy Green
Lineup 5.3 R Bunts 2.7 R IBBs 1.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · HOU
3-7 L3 -18 run diff
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HOME · NYM
3-7 L1 -1 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with HOU listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.