Houston dominates New York in 11: Astros survive weather delay, Mets record 10-5 victory | Sports

Houston star Jose Altuve was ejected in the seventh after throwing his bat and helmet when umpires called him on what appeared to be a foul ball.

Brandon Nimmo hit his 100th career home run for the Mets, tying a two-run game in the seventh off Bryan Abreu.

With only a few thousand fans at Citi Field after a 2-hour, 47-minute rain delay in the middle of the ninth, Chas McCormick gave the Astros a 5-4 lead with an RBI single in the top of the 10th off Adam Ottavino.

Nimmo responded with a game-tying double early in the bottom half against Tayler Scott (4-2), who stranded the potential game-winning run at third when Mark Vientos grounded out.

Matt Festa (0-1) made his Mets debut and first major league appearance this season, allowing all five runs in the 11th inning. Myers hit a single that drove in a run, Joey Loperfido followed with a two-run single and Trey Cabbage added a two-run double.

Houston (42-41) started the season 7-19 and 12-24 on May 8. The Astros won two of three games against the Mets and finished the season with a 17-8 record in June.

The Astros led 4-2 and had runners on second and third base with two outs in the seventh inning when Altuve appeared to foul a ball off his left foot. The ball bounced three times toward Vientos at third base, and he threw toward first base as Altuve stayed around the batter’s box, jumping. James Jean, umpiring behind the plate for the first time after making his major league debut Friday, did not call a foul.

Altuve argued, and manager Joe Espada came onto the field. The four umpires went into a conference — that type of call is not subject to video review — and crew chief Alan Porter signaled the call. Altuve then slammed his helmet and the bat was ejected for the second time in his big league career, the first since Aug. 6, 2016, when he was ejected for arguing balls and strikes with Porter.

Mets starter Luis Severino allowed four runs and eight hits in seven innings.