"First outing after surgery, and things went the right way, I feel like," deGrom said. "I had the adrenaline flowing. First time in a game since surgery, I was a little nervous, but I'm glad I was able to go out there and throw the way I wanted."
Lucas Duda snapped a scoreless tie with a double in the sixth inning, and Gavin Cecchini hit a two-run double off Astros pitcher David Paulino in the seventh to push the lead to 3-0. Carlos Beltran's second homer of the spring, a solo shot to lead off the seventh, got the Astros on the board.