Houston Astros’ Yainer Diaz (21) celebrates with Alex Bregman (2) after they both scored on Diaz’s home run against the New York Mets during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The Astros beat the Mets 10-8 on Wednesday in the rubber match of their series, dropping New York to a disappointing 34-40 on the season.
The game was a wild one from the start with the Mets loading the bases with one out in the first inning. Pete Alonso hit a chopper back to Astros’ starting pitcher Cristian Javier, who threw home to get the force out, but then catcher Martin Maldonado’s throw to first went into right field, allowing the Mets to score a run.
Only, it didn’t because the home plate umpire controversially ruled that Alonso ran out of the basepath, ruling him out and the inning over with the Mets being kept off of the scoreboard.
The sloppiness continued with the Astros scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning, aided by two wild pitches from starter Tylor Megill and a catcher’s interference on Mets’ catcher Omar Narvaez.
Neither team was immune from the sloppy nature of the game. Nowhere was that better exemplified than in the poor performance from both starting pitchers, neither of whom was able to get more than seven total outs.
Cristian Javier was pulled in the third inning after giving up an RBI double to Daniel Vogelbach. Javier allowed four earned runs on four hits with five walks and just one strikeout in 2.1 innings.
Megill was just as bad, allowing four earned runs of his own on four hits and four walks with two strikeouts. He was pulled after giving up a game-tying two-run single to Corey Julks in the third inning.
Mets reliever Dominic Leon immediately gave up a two-run home run to Chas McCormick to give Houston a 6-4 lead. Leone would allow four runs on four hits in just 1.1 innings as Houston built a lead it would never relinquish.
The poor performance…
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