The Mets tied the Astros, 6-6, on Tuesday as their spring training slate continued.
Here are the takeaways...
-Right-handed prospect Jack Wenninger got the start for the Mets and pitched well.
Wenninger tossed two scoreless innings while allowing two hits, walking two, and striking out three. He used a five-pitch mix -- a four-seam fastball that touched 96 mph, along with a changeup, cutter, sinker, and slider.
Following a breakout campaign last year for Double-A Binghamton, Wenninger is expected to open this season with Triple-A Syracuse.
- Juan Soto made a nice play in left field in the first inning, charging in on a shallow low liner and catching it near his shoe tops. His first time up, Soto ripped a single in the hole between first base and second base. Soto ended his day 1-for-3 with a run scored.
-Bo Bichette smoked a single off the opposing pitcher in the first inning. He hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field his second time up, and grounded out in his third and final plate appearance.
Bichette made a smooth play at third base to end the third inning, coming in on a high chopper before bare-handing the ball and throwing on the run to first base for the out.
-Marcus Semienroped a double over the left fielder's head in the second inning. He finished 1-for-3 with a run scored.
- Part of the competition for the right field job, Mike Tauchman blasted a three-run homer to right field in his first at-bat. The homer came on a 78 mph changeup that caught the middle of the plate.
- Ronny Mauricio smacked a solo homer to right his first time up. He went 1-for-3 overall.
- A.J. Ewing entered in the middle innings and hit a sacrifice fly -- his second of the spring.
- Jonathan Pintaro, who began transitioning from starting to relief last season, was solid. Pintaro, whose four-seam fastball routinely hit 96 mph in his first inning of work, allowed one run on one hit while walking two and striking out one in 1.2 innings. The run scored after Pintaro was lifted for Jeffrey Yan.
Highlights
Jack Wenninger gets a pair of strikeouts and escapes the first inning pic.twitter.com/1QxwboTBHc
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Juan Soto's first knock of the spring! pic.twitter.com/iYvTA0vyGK
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Bo Bichette's first hit of the spring as a Met pic.twitter.com/XrVEBV2PJy
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Mike Tauchman three-run blast! pic.twitter.com/XKnsMTsm1E
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Ronny Mauricio blasts the Mets' second homer of the first inning! pic.twitter.com/uqKLLJ3myG
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Bo Bichette lifts a long sac fly to make it 5-0 Mets pic.twitter.com/SzZqGrFJqb
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Bo Bichette fields the chopper with the barehand! pic.twitter.com/WZiQn6CUWZ
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A.J. Ewing with his second sac fly of the spring pic.twitter.com/ga9Siem7yT
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What's next
The Mets host the Cardinals on Wednesday at 1:10 p.m. on PIX11.