Houston Astros at New York Mets
Final
Recap
The return of right-hander Hunter Brown to ace form on Friday night could be as big of a development in recent weeks for the Astros as any other in their push to win the American League West, especially if he’s able to keep it up in the final month of the regular season. Brown, winless in his previous four starts in August, delivered one of his best outings of the season by striking out 10 batters and allowing one run in 6 2/3 innings to lead the Astros to a 3-1 win over the Mets at Citi Field. “That was really, really good,” manager Joe Espada said. “The stuff was coming out pretty good. \[He threw\
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteNYM -104 · 50% to win
UpsetRun LineHOU -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 7.5 · 4 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
4Hits5
0Home runs0
6Walks1
8Strikeouts14
1Stolen bases0
137Pitches thrown147
14Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy PenaSS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam SmithPH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Daulton VarshoCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer DiazC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Taylor TrammellRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Allen2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nelson VelazquezLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 30 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh HaderP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hunter BrownP | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Bryan AbreuP | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |