Maine only walked one batter and struck out three in four hitless and scoreless innings. The closest the Astros came to a run was when David Newman walked, stole second base, and advanced to third on a Maine wild pitch.
This is the kind of performance you like to see. Great stuff by Maine.
Billy Wagner, Aaron Heilman, Juan Rincon and Carlos Muniz combined to finish out the inning, only allowing three hits to the Astros. Wags allowed one hit, and struck out two. Heilman gave up one hit and struck out one in 2 innings of work. Rincon threw a hitless inning, striking out two. Muniz allowed one hit and one walk, but closed out the game and earned the save, his second of the season.
Superb bullpen work. Nice to see Heilman toss two innings. He's probably still yearning to be a starter. This is as close as he's going to get.
Jose Reyes led off the game with a solo home run off of Jack Cassel. Reyes ended up going 1-3, striking out once. David Wright went 1-2 with a walk, picking up a triple in the first inning. Daniel Murphy and Angel Pagan each scored once. Pagan had a double and a walk, also striking out once. Damian Easley and Anderson Hernandez each picked up an RBI without getting a hit.
Reyes showing his power for the first time this spring, and Wright legging out a triple, is always fun to watch. The Mets improve to 8-4 on the spring.