NEW YORK (Interstat) — Hunter Brown struck out 10 over 6 2/3 innings and the Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets 3-1 on Friday, Aug. 28, at Citi Field.

Brown allowed one earned run and five hits while improving to 4-3. Christian Scott took the loss after allowing three earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, falling to 4-4. Josh Hader earned his 20th save with a scoreless ninth. Bryan Abreu added 1 1/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts.

The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when Carson Benge doubled to center, scoring Francisco Lindor. The Astros answered in the sixth with three runs. Daulton Varsho singled to right, driving in Yordan Alvarez and Isaac Paredes, and Yainer Diaz followed with an RBI single to score Jose Altuve.

Houston collected four hits to New York’s five. The Astros improved to 69-67, while the Mets dropped to 60-76. Attendance was 28,848, and the game lasted 2:43.