Mets battled against Josh Hader and the Astros on Opening Day, a breakdown

The Mets and Astros had a fun ninth inning on opening day. This breakdown is brought to you by DraftKings. We got Josh Hader stepping to the mound for the Astros, trying to lock down the save for his squad on opening day. The Mets are down by three. Starling Marte's at the dish. Slider for a strike. Looking. Next pitch, fastball in. 0-2, boom. Fastball, top of the zone, fouled off. What's he gonna go with here? Back to the slider. That's hit through the hole for a single. The Mets got something going on, and we're gonna see a lot more fastballs after the slider gets hit. Tyrone Taylor up next, 0-3 on the day. Line out, two fly outs. First pitch, fastball, top of the zone. He wants that right at the top like that. One and one. Third fastball in a row, that's what he's trying to do every time. One and two, tries to go outside with it, stays alive. So he goes to the slider, and that is hit into left field. We've now got first and second. Let's roll, let's roll, let's roll. It's out. Luis Angel Acuna, great story. Google it, it's a great story. He steps up, he says, give me that fastball. I know you don't respect me. I know you're just gonna give me fastball, damn. Strike one, give me another fastball, okay? Fouled it back. He's not giving any off-speed to the kid. He says, no, I don't need a second pitch, just fastballs. He's battling though, he's fighting. Fastball's fine, bring it. I just gotta stop chasing. Great, didn't chase that one. Hater's like, well, we're not gonna last long. Oh, didn't chase that one. Two and two now, so Josh says, fine. Slider fights it off. He made his pitch there. That's exactly where he wants to put that. He's thinking, okay, executed that. Found the outside edge. He's just fouling him off. I don't like that, they love it. Atta baby, hey! Okay, so Hater thinking back to the fastball, right? Yup, fouled back. What a battle from the kid against Josh Hater. Now the crowd's starting to get into it. They're starting to stand up. Two-two, that would be ball three, but it's fouled off. Give me a ******* base hit. Come on, two. Let's go. The two-two, another slider takes it under the zone. Don't think that was a good pitch, but he sat on it. Nonetheless, fouls back the fastball. They're into it now. Let's go, baby! Great ******* job, Louie, crushing it. You just called me Louie? The three-two, ball four, doesn't chase the fastball. Yeah! They love it. Winker loves it. Hey, hey, and a hat tip to you. Manager comes out. Hey, when you put the fastball in the zone, they're not hitting it. They're swinging at it, they're not hitting it. When you throw a slider, they're not swinging at it or they're hitting it. Let's go fastballs. What do you think? Yeah, fastballs, hot catch? Okay, see ya. The next batter comes up, fastball. Four-strike, fastball, fouled back. The O-two, fastball, fouled back. The O-two again, fastball, strike three. Coach was right. Coach was all over this one. Okay, but now comes Lindor and next comes Soto. That's where things get interesting because his base is loaded. Fastball to Lindor, fouled back. Another fastball. Checked his swing. Yes, he did. Now look at this, a changeup. I didn't know Hayter messed around with changeups. Lindor's like, what? Changeup? Is that because we're hitting your slider? The two-one. Hayter shakes, no. Yep, no. Yes. Back to the fastball. Ooh, catcher might have been onto something there, but it's only a fly out. One run scores. That means the Mets are down to the last out, but up comes the new face of the franchise, the man who's been in this spot with Josh Hayter a bunch before. Had a walk-off in the opening series last year against Josh Hayter. Has a big playoff at bat against Josh Hayter, and there they are once again meeting with the game on the line. Only place you'll really meet Josh Hayter because he is a closer. That's a ball up. Oh, and we're shuffling and wiggling and hip-hitting. One-oh, slider below the zone. He brought it back there. Catcher says we like that pitch, but he didn't chase. Three-oh. Think he's close to hitting the spot he wants, but it's three-and-oh now. Sorry, I said two-oh. Now it's three-and-oh. No. Yes. He wants the fastball. We're gonna respect him and go slider. And Soto says, okay, okay. I respect you right back then. Three-one. Doubled it up, Soto says. Fastball. That's the pitch he wants. That's the one he hit a home run on in the World Series or ALCS. He's walking around. He's walking around saying, damn, that's the one I want. And now hater says, I'll go back to the slider now. Boom. Get some. Huge. Soto just looks at him like, oh, usually I win. Usually I win. Hater loves it. No trouble at all. Look at this pitch. This is the slider and the fastball. Tough. They're also going very fast. Look how much this moves left to right. That's insane. Fun finish on opening day. This breakdown was brought to you by DraftKings. 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