HOUSTON — The Mets‘ defense played exceptionally tough behind right-hander Griffin Canning on Saturday night, but the bats couldn’t again him up.
After Jose Siri tied the rubber sport at 1-1 within the prime of the sixth, the Houston Astros got here proper again within the backside of the inning to retake the lead and chase Canning from the sport. The margin for error was skinny with the best way each Canning and Houston right-hander Spencer Arrighetti pitched within the sequence finale, however even as soon as the Mets acquired to the bullpen, the bats stayed quiet.
The Astros took the sport and the sequence with a 2-1 win at Daikin Park.
A sellout crowd was in search of fireworks and so they acquired them within the backside of the fifth, when Jeremy Peña lined a 2-1 slider into the Crawford Bins above the out of city scoreboard in left discipline. The slider had been Canning’s greatest pitch to that time, however he left it up simply excessive sufficient for Peña to swat it down the road.
Canning then retired the following three so as.
In his Mets debut, Siri manufactured a tying run, virtually doing all of it on his personal together with his legs. It’s why the Mets wished the speedster, regardless of having a glut of outfielders already. Siri drew a leadoff stroll and stole second base. He was then superior on a fly ball to middle discipline by Francisco Lindor. That introduced up Juan Soto, the one participant with successful within the sport for the Mets. Soto doubled off the left discipline wall within the first, however with two on and two out, Mark Vientos struck out to strand the runners.
Soto hit a one-hopper proper to Arrighetti, who checked Siri at third earlier than throwing to first to get the out, however he slow-played it, taking just a few lazy steps towards first earlier than throwing out Soto. Siri was almost dwelling by then and the throw from first baseman Christian Walker wasn’t in time.
The sport was tied, 1-1, within the prime of the sixth.
Canning selecting up proper the place he left off, getting the No. 9 hitter Chas McCormick out, however then hit bother with the highest of the order. Jose Altuve hit a one-out single and Isaac Paredes grounded right into a pressure out, stopping Altuve from attending to second.
Scoring place or not, it didn’t matter. Yordan Alvarez hit a 2-2 slider deep to middle discipline for a double to attain Paredes within the backside of the sixth. The Mets then went to the bullpen for right-hander Jose Butto.
Having spent the whole lot of his profession till 2025 with the Los Angeles Angels, Canning isn’t any stranger to the Astros. The previous Halos hurler didn’t are available in with one of the best document towards Houston, and Alvarez has hit him most of the time. Nonetheless, it wasn’t a nasty begin to his Mets tenure.
Canning (0-1) held the Astros (2-1) to 2 earned runs on 4 hits, strolling two and placing out 4 over 5 2/3 innings.
Arrighetti allowed the one run to the Mets (1-2) over six innings. Soto’s hit was the one the one recorded for the guests.
Butto struck out Walker to finish the sixth, then retired the facet so as within the seventh. The Astros loaded the bases within the bases on Butto within the eighth with one out, main the Mets to usher in right-handed reliever Max Kranick.
A lifelong Mets fan from the Scranton space, Kranick hasn’t pitched within the main Lleagues since 2022, however he deftly labored out of the jam by getting Alvarez to pop as much as foul territory on the left facet, and Walker to hit a weak floor ball to second base.
