The New York Mets end up ending the game with a 3-3 tie against the Houston Astros on Monday afternoon in West Palm Beach.
Pitching
Noah Syndergaard made his first spring start today against the Houston Astros. Noah pitched two clean innings, struck out two batters while giving up only two hits to George Springer and Josh Reddick.
Drew Smith pitched one inning. He gave up two hits, no earned runs, and walked one batter.
Jacob Rhame was roughed around in the bottom of the fourth giving up the first three runs of the game on a three-run triple.
Luis Avilan made his Mets Spring debut pitching one inning. Avilan’s debut was solid, gave up one hit and no earned runs. He hit 91 mph with his fastball.
The remaining pitchers of the game Tyler Bashlor, Daniel Zamora , P.J. Conlon , and Corey Taylor combined for four scoreless innings to close the game out.
Offense
The Mets offense was puzzled this afternoon only being able to come up with two hits across the board. But it was no problem getting on base with nine walks against Houston’s pitching.
In the fifth inning Pete Alonso started off the inning with a leadoff walk, Keon Broxton followed with the first hit of the day with a single up the middle. Two batters later the third baseman, David Thompson provided the Mets with a blast, tying the game with a two-out three-run homer over the left field fence making it 3-3.
Pete Alonso played first base today. He went 0 for 1 with a walk that contributed into a run in the fifth inning. Broxton went 1-for-2 with two walks.
On Deck
There will be two Mets split-squad games tomorrow. One team will be traveling to face the Atlanta Braves at 1:05 p.m. Then the other split-squad team will be going back to Port St. Lucie to face the Detroit Tigers which will be televised on SNY at 1:10 pm.
Zack Wheeler and Corey Oswalt are the two scheduled starting pitchers for the Mets. Wheeler will make the start in PSL.
