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3/28/2025 Box Score: New York Mets 3 Houston Astros 1
Lindor SS; 0 for 3; 1 K; Soto, J RF; 1 for 3; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 1 K; Alonso 1B; 0 for 3; 1 walk; 1 K; Nimmo LF; 1 for 4; 1 run; 1 K; Vientos 3B; 1 for 4; double; 1 run; 1 RBI; Winker DH; 1 for 3; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 1 K; Taylor, T CF; 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Baty 2B; 0 for 2; 1 K; Acuña PH-2B; 0 for 1; 1 K; Torrens C; 1 for 3; double; 2 Ks; Megill (W, 1-0); 5
innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 3 hits; 1 walk; 6 Ks; Garrett, R (H, 1); 1
inning; no runs; 1 walk; 2 Ks; Minter (H, 1); 1
inning; no runs; 1 walk; 1 K; Stanek (H, 1); 1
inning; no runs; 1 walk; Díaz (S, 1); 1 inning; no runs; 1 K;
Mike Puma NY Post: Tylor Megill’s sharp start, Juan Soto’s homer propel Mets past Astros for first win of season. "Juan Soto’s first homer in a Mets uniform, a solo blast against Hunter Brown in the third, was the team’s offensive highlight...Megill...gave the Mets a chance by limiting the Astros to one run on three hits and one walk over five-plus innings."
Abbey Mastracco NY Daily News: After coming up short on Opening Day, Juan Soto responds with homer to lift Mets over Astros. "Megill faced two batters in the sixth, with Jake Meyers reaching on a wild pitch and Jose Altuve reaching on a single...the Mets...brought in right-hander Reed Garrett...The Astros made Garrett work. He fell behind on Isaac Paredes before striking him out, but then he walked Alvarez on the seventh pitch of the at-bat to load the bases with only one out. From there, he settled in, striking out Christian Walker and getting Yanier Diaz to pop up on the second pitch of the at-bat."
Brian Joura Mets360: Gut Reaction: Mets 3, Astros 1 (3/28/25). "The Mets got their first lead of 2025 when Brandon Nimmo singled and advanced to second on an error on what should have been a caught stealing. Mark Vientos doubled Nimmo home and scored on a single by Jesse Winker that made it 2-0. Juan Soto homered in the third inning to make it 3-0.
Tim Healey Newsday: "The second game of the season was a night of firsts, from Soto to A.J. Minter (a scoreless inning in his first Mets appearance) to Edwin Diaz (first save) to the Mets as a whole (first win)."
Watch: Mets Locker Room Reaction - Juan Soto, Carlos Mendoza and Tylor Megill 3/28/25
Watch: Francisco Lindor Mic'ed up 3/28/25
Watch: Juan Soto's First Home Run as a Met 3/28/25
Today's Game: Sat., March 29 RHP Griffin Canning (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Spencer Arrighetti (0-0, -.--) 7:15 p.m. ET (FOX, Audacy 880 AM, 92.3 FM HD2)
Mets Daily Clips:
ESPN SportsCenter feature on Juan Soto and Column by Jeff Passan:
Mets Defeat Astros, 3-1
- Three encouraging signs as the Mets quickly get back on track, score first win over Astros (The Record)
- Mets showcase winning pitching formula in series-evening victory over Astros (NJ.com)
- Juan Soto homers as the New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 3-1 (ESPN)
- After coming up short on Opening Day, Juan Soto responds with homer to lift Mets over Astros (New York Daily News)
- Edwin Diaz puts a 1-2-3 capper on Mets' first victory (Newsday)
Juan Soto News:
- 'He’s a beast': Soto scorches no-doubter for 1st Mets HR (MLB)
- Juan Soto hits first home run as a Met in victory over Astros (Newsday)
- Yankees fan shades ‘sellout’ Juan Soto in Opening Day sighting (New York Post)
- Juan Soto crushes no-doubt blast for his first Mets home run (New York Post)
- Tylor Megill’s sharp start, Juan Soto’s homer propel Mets past Astros for first win of season (New York Post)
- Juan Soto showcases talent to Mets with first HR for team (ESPN)
- Juan Soto’s first homer with Mets was a no-doubter, showed why he’s different (The Athletic)
- Juan Soto Took a Second to Admire His First Mets Home Run (SI.com)
- Juan Soto smashes first Mets homer to second deck in second game with New York (Yahoo Sports!)
- Juan Soto's 6-word assertion on MLB's best ever hitter says it all (SI.COM)
- Juan Soto hits first home run in New York Mets uniform (SI.COM)
Paul Blackburn News:
- Mets' Paul Blackburn 'shocked' by 'freaky' injury bad luck (Newsday)
- Mets’ Paul Blackburn to resume throwing after knee injection (New York Post)
- Mets Notebook: Paul Blackburn to resume throwing Monday (New York Daily News)
Other Mets News:
- Mets' Brett Baty getting a second look at second base (Newsday)
- Griffin Canning’s tumultuous MLB past led him to this Mets moment (New York Post)
- Brett Baty starts his Mets second base journey with same lingering questions (New York Post)
- Gritty late-inning AB ‘says a lot’ about Mets’ rookie who barely made the team (NJ.com)
- Ex-Mets player dies at 83 (NJ.com)
- Clues emerge about how Carlos Mendoza will manage Mets’ early-season roster (SNY.TV)
- MLB Opening Day overreactions: Mets are overhyped, Dodgers are best team ever and Angels hit rock bottom (CBS)
- Francisco Lindor Nonchalantly Throws Out Hitter While Mic'd Up for Apple TV (SI.com)
- Mets' Carlos Mendoza praises promising young infielder after Opening Day loss (SI.com)
- Expert poses whether Mets are 'overhyped' after Opening Day disappointment (SI.com)
- Could an Opening Day loss be a sign history is repeating for the Mets? (SI.com)
Today's Back Pages:
Mets.com:
Yahoo Sports/Mets:
- Mets' Paul Blackburn to resume throwing after knee injection
- Reese Kaplan -- Game One Is Finished But There Are 161 More
- Mets Notes: When Jose Siri could start, confidence in starting rotation despite injuries
- Juan Soto smashes first Mets homer to second deck in second game with New York
- Mets showcase winning pitching formula in series-evening victory over Astros
- Mets manager feels good about 1 specific area of the roster
- After injury-plagued years, Mets’ Max Kranick describes return to big leagues as ‘surreal’
Metsmerized:
Amazing Avenue:
Mets360:
Kiner's Korner:
Mack's Mets:
Syracuse:
- 3/28/2025 - Box Score: Syracuse Mets 4 Worcester Red Sox 3
- Walton 2B; 1 for 4; 1 RBI; 1 walk; 1 K; De Los Santos, L SS; 0 for 5; 2 Ks; McKinney LF; 0 for 4; 2 Ks; Meneses 1B; 3 for 4; 2 doubles; 1 run; 1 K; Ritter 3B; 3 for 4; 1 run; 1 K; 1 stolen base; Castillo, D. A. DH; 0 for 3; 1 RBI; 1 K; Celestino RF; 2 for 4; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; 1 stolen base; Reetz C; 1 for 4; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; 1 K; De Los Santos, O CF; 1 for 4; 3 Ks; Tidwell; 5 innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 1 hit; 1 walk; 5 Ks; Gose; 1 inning; no runs; 2 walks; Warren, A (W, 1-0) (BS, 1); 1.2 innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 3 hits; 2 walks; 2 Ks; Cabrera, G (S, 1); 1.1 innings; 1 run; 1 ER; 2 hits; 2 Ks;
- Syracuse Mets Recap: Syracuse opens 2025 season with 4-3 win over Worcester on Friday
- Today's Syracuse Mets Lineup 3/28/25
- 3/28/25 Mets Minor League Roster Moves - JT Schwartz to IL, Wyatt Young to Binghamton
Here is yesterday's MLB Scoreboard.
MLB.com:
MLB News
'What a performance': Judge rips 3 of Yanks' club-record 9 HRs
Yankees homer on first 3 pitches of the game, a first in MLB history
MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well
Ramírez (wrist sprain) exits early after awkward slide
9 Yankees homers. 20 runs. 8 amazing stats
'It's Game 3 of the season': Bendix addresses Alcantara trade rumors
Clutch home run robbery in Miami by son of Mr. Marlin
Now available for 2025 season: At Bat Premium + MLB Network
Scherzer exits Blue Jays debut with right lat soreness
MLB Trade Rumors:
MLB Trade Rumors
Jose Ramirez Day-To-Day After Exiting Game With Wrist Sprain
Max Scherzer Exits Start With Lat Soreness
Jay Jackson To Retire
Orioles Acquire Cody Poteet
Rays Place Josh Lowe On 10-Day IL Due To Grade 2 Oblique Strain
Giants Outright David Villar To Triple-A
Giants’ Jerar Encarnacion To Miss Eight Weeks After Hand Surgery
Braves Sign Eddys Leonard To Minors Deal
Mets Designate Alexander Canario, Outright Jose Azocar
Latest On Clayton Kershaw
Red Sox Notes: Devers, Mayer, Fulmer
Offseason In Review: Colorado Rockies
Diamondbacks Extend Brandon Pfaadt
Cardinals’ Prospect Tink Hence Goes On Minor League 60-Day IL
Rehab Assignments: Strider, Henderson, Gomber
Yahoo Sports:
MLB Baseball News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
David Stearns explains his thinking about a perceived Mets’ weakness, the starting rotation
Max Fried's underwhelming Yankees debut shrouded by historic offense
Yankees flaunt revamped offense in slugfest against Brewers: 'We love our lineup'
Aaron Judge hits 3 homers, Yankees break franchise record as Nestor Cortes Jr. gets bludgeoned in nightmare homecoming
Did Yankees' physicist-designed 'torpedo' bats play role in 9-HR power surge vs. Brewers?
Rays put OF Josh Lowe on 10-day IL with strained right oblique, a year after he had similar injury
Mets' Francisco Alvarez participates in receiving drills with injured left hand
Scherzer allows two HRs, leaves Blue Jays debut after three innings because of right lat soreness
Yankees set franchise record with nine home runs, including three from Aaron Judge, in 20-9 win over Brewers
Mets at Astros: How to watch on March 29, 2025
ESPN:
www.espn.com - MLB
What this historic day of home runs says about Aaron Judge, Yankees
Yankees slug 9 HRs, 4 in 1st in 'crazy' 20-9 win
Scherzer (lat) leaves Jays debut after 3 innings
CBS Sports:
CBSSports.com Headlines
Yankees players using new bat style: Explaining 'torpedo' shape and why it appears to be legal under MLB rules
Max Scherzer exits Blue Jays debut with right lat soreness, says there was 'imminent danger'
Yankees, in their record-setting start to 2025 MLB season, are showing off depth in their post-Juan Soto era
FanGraphs:
FanGraphs Baseball
Effectively Wild Episode 2302: Opening Delay and the 2025 Team Fun Draft
The Name’s Bonding, Team Bonding: National League
We Are Invincible, We Are Already Dead
Matt Chapman Addresses His 2015 FanGraphs Scouting Report
MacKenzie Gore Kicked Major Butt on Opening Day
Two New Ballparks Enter the Villa
2025 FanGraphs Opening Day Chat
Excuse Me?! Our Bold Predictions for the 2025 Season
The Official (And Hopefully Not Too Regretful) 2025 ZiPS Projections
One More Look At the New Taijuan Walker
Braves.com:
Braves News
Braves turn to Schwellenbach in search of first win
Pendulum swings against Braves again: 'We'll get it going'
MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well
Marlins.com:
Marlins News
Conine climbs fence for HR robbery to set up 12th-inning walk-off
'We'll right the ship': Miscues overtake Marlins in loss to Bucs
MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well
Phillies.com:
Phillies News
What a start! Luzardo's 11-K debut sets tone in Phillies' rout
New for 2025 -- PHILLIES.TV -- stream games in the Phillies territory
No matter the order, Phillies' top 4 looks fearsome
Nationals.com:
Nationals News
WATCH: Ruiz homers for 2nd straight game
Nationals honor 20th anniversary with Mystery Moments Bobblehead Giveaway
MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well
Born Today:
- Tommy Holmes (1917)
- Billy Beane (1962)
- Eric Gunderson (1966)
- Alex Ochoa (1972)
- Scott Atchison (1976)
- Austin Troesser (2002)
Died on this date:
- Rusty Staub (2018)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded J. C. Martin to the Chicago Cubs for Randy Bobb on March 29, 1970.
New York Mets traded Leo Foster to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Burton on March 29, 1978.
New York Mets released Lenny Randle on March 29, 1979.
New York Mets traded Jody Johnston and Steve Walker to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mark Bradley on March 29, 1983.
New York Mets traded Juan Acevedo to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rigo Beltran on March 29, 1998.
New York Mets released Joe Orsulak on March 29, 1998.
New York Mets released Rich Rodriguez on March 29, 2001.
New York Mets signed free agent Kelly Stinnett on March 29, 2005.
New York Mets traded Eddie Kunz to the San Diego Padres for Allan Dykstra on March 29, 2011.
2009 | John Franco throws out the ceremonial first pitch to a standing ovation from the crowd attending the collegiate matchup between St. John's and Georgetown in the first baseball game ever played at Citi Field. Before tossing his signature pitch, a breaking ball in the dirt, the former Mets reliever goes to the mound wearing a familiar blue and orange jacket, removes his coat to reveal his alma mater's colors, a Red Storm jersey with his number 45. |
2009 | On a damp and chilly afternoon, 22,397 patrons become the first fans to attend a baseball game at Citi Field, the Mets' new home, when St. John's University hosts Georgetown in a collegiate contest. The weather dampened the schools' hope of breaking the NCAA attendance record of 40,106, set during a game between San Diego State and Houston played at Petco Park in 2004. |
2000 - In Japan, the Chicago Cubs open the major league season at the Tokyo Dome by defeating the New York Mets, 5 - 3, in the first major league opening day ever played outside of the United States, Canada or Mexico. Jon Lieber gets the victory and Mike Hampton takes the loss. Shane Andrews, Mark Grace and Mike Piazza hit home runs in the game.
2011 - One of last season's concussion victims, Mets OF Jason Bay, is sidelined again, but for a different reason. He suffers a strained muscle in his rib cage and will likely start the season on the disabled list.
3/29/2009 St. John's and Georgetown play the first game at Citi Field. Prior to the game, St. John’s alumnus and Mets Hall of Famer John Franco throws out the ceremonial first pitch. pic.twitter.com/Av93IhftqF
— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) March 29, 2022
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Passing away on this date in 2018 - the Mets remembered Rusty Staub both on the filed and in the SNY.TV booth.
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