Grapefruit Juice, 2/25/25: Astros 8, Mets 5

The Mets and Astros met for the second time this spring this afternoon. The game is the second of seven spring meetings, which are immediately followed by the opening series of the year in Houston. Today was also the second of the Mets’ trips to the CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches this spring, as the Astros share the facility with the Nationals.

Jesse Winker drove in the first run of the game when he plated Luisangel Acuña with a one-out single. Acuña later drove in a run on an RBI groundout in the third.

Brandon Waddell started for the Mets today. Waddell spent the last few seasons pitching in Asia, and was greeted with some bad luck upon his return to the states, giving up two unearned runs…