HOUSTON — With the sort of well-rounded, beginning-to-end, pitching-and-hitting effort that they expected to be so much more common this season, the Mets achieved their rarest of feats Monday: a low-stress win.
They beat the Astros, 11-1, in the opener of a three-game series between a pair of teams that have struggled to live up to expectations.
Max Scherzer cruised through eight innings (one run), his first time pitching that deep since September 2021, when he was with the Dodgers. Francisco Lindor totaled five RBIs via a three-run homer in the third and a two-run double in the ninth. Every Mets starter except Brandon Nimmo had at least one hit and reached base twice.
