Mets Walk It Off Against The Astros In 4-3 Spring Victory

The New York Mets continued their spring training schedule on Sunday at Clover Park against the Houston Astros. Clay Holmes made his final start prior to heading to represent Team United States at the World Baseball Classic. In the contest, the Mets and Astros were tied at three until the bottom of the ninth inning when Yonatan Henriquez walked it off for New York.

The aforementioned Holmes threw four innings of one-run ball. He allowed three hits, walked one, and struck out for over those four innings of work. Through two spring appearances, Holmes has thrown 7 2/3 innings allowing four hits and three runs to go along with seven strikeouts and three walks.

Behind Holmes, the Mets only allowed two more runs. Notably, top prospect Jack Wenninger struggled mightily with his control. Across two separate appearances in the same game, Wenninger threw 1 2/3 innings allowing two runs due to the five walks he gave up.

Elsewhere, Bryce Conley, Anderson Severino, and Matt Turner combined to string together 3 1/3 innings of scoreless ball.

Offensively, the Mets were relatively quiet. The scoring came in the game’s fourth and seventh innings prior to the walk-off in the ninth. In the fourth, Tyrone Taylor hit a solo homer, his second of spring training. Then, the red-hot Cristian Pache lined a ball to center field with two outs to bring around Christian Arroyo who walked earlier in the inning. In the seventh, Chris Suero hit a ball over the left-field fence. Suero had a .837 OPS in High-A prior to getting a promotion to Double-A in 2025.

To close the scoring in the ninth, Austin Barnes led off the inning with a double to the gap. Jackson Cluff was able to move the runner to third base via a dribbler right at the plate. Following that, Yonatan Henriquez lined a ball over the second baseman into left field with two outs to bring home the game-winning run. Henriquez, 21, spent 2025 between the Single-A and High-A levels posting a respectable .746 OPS to go along with 35 stolen bases.

Player of the Game: Cristian Pache

Cristian Pache continued his strong spring training with a run-scoring hit as well as a walk, reaching base in each of his at-bats. Pache is now 8-for-11 with a 1.182 OPS this spring.

On Deck

The Mets are off on Monday before playing two exhibition games against Nicaragua and Israel, respectively, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Spring training action will resume Thursday, March 5 against the Washington Nationals. The game is set to take place at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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