Justin Verlander throws 2-hit ball over 8 innings as Astros top Mets 2-0, send Amazins' to their first 3-game losing streak of the season. LGM
New York's Taijuan Walker gave up four hits in a season-high 7 1/3 innings -- he was replaced with leadoff man Jose Altuve coming up and has not faced a batter four times in a game since 2017.
Kyle Tucker singled leading off the ninth against Drew Smith and Castro, who began the day hitting .095 with one RBI in 74 at-bats, homered on a belt-high slider with two outs. Ryan Pressly pitched a perfect bottom half for his 16th save in 19 chances, finishing the Astros' second two-game sweep of the Mets in a nine-day span.
In the clubhouse after the game, Verlander said he adopted his game-day attitude in 2009 in order to focus. "This kind of like intensity/anger, whatever you want to call it, started from the second I opened my eyes in the morning," he said. Now he waits until heading the ballpark to morph into game mode because"it got a bit tiresome there after a few years of doing it." His goal was to"be less angry, especially with my family. That's a big benefit.""As I've gotten older, I've been able to kind of like just have this more calm demeanor during the day," Verlander said."I'm able to kind of enjoy my wife and my kid and spend some time with them.
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