Mets Rout Astros 11-1 Led By Lindor and Scherzer

Mets RHP Max Scherzer (Photo Credits to Carmen Mancado-Getty Images)

 The New York Mets beat the Houston Astros 11-1 tonight at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and improved their record to 34-38.

The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings against RHP Hunter Brown but came alive in the top of the third.

DH Daniel Vogelbach led off with a solo homer and then 3B Brett Baty and catcher Francisco Alvarez followed with singles.

Two batters later, RF Starling Marte came through with a RBI single.

SS Francisco Lindor followed and broke the game open with a three-run homer.

After scoreless innings in the top of the fourth and fifth, LF Tommy Pham doubled to lead off the top of the sixth and then 2B Jeff McNeil followed with a RBI double.

In the top of the ninth, Baty singled to lead off the inning and then three batters later, Marte singled.

Lindor then followed with a two-run double for his fourth and fifth RBI of the night and 1B Pete Alonso followed with a walk.

Pham then continued his strong night at the plate with a RBI single and McNeil singled to load the bases.

Vogelbach then capped off the scoring for the night with a two-run single to score Alonso and Pham.

RHP Max Scherzer rebounded after two prior rough outings with a brilliant performance allowing one run on four innings in eight innings on a solo homer by catcher Yanier Diaz in the bottom of the seventh. 

Scherzer had one walk with eight strikeouts.

He had pinpoint command of his fastball, change-up and especially his slider which resulted in a lot of swings and misses.

He picked up his sixth win and lowered his ERA to 4.04.

RHP Grant Harwig came on in the bottom of the ninth in his MLB debut and closed it out with a scoreless inning.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, June 20 at the Astros at 8:10 p.m.