Tebow, Reed struggle in Mets’ loss to Astros

Astros 7, Mets (ss) 6: Tim Tebow went 0 for 4 with a strikeout, and Matt Harvey gave up one run and two hits in three innings — a long home run by Reid Brignac.

Lucas Duda hit his first home run since May 4 and is 5 for 10. Addison Reed allowed six runs and six hits — including homers by Colin Moran and A.J. Reed — and got two outs.

Houston starter Joe Musgrove struck out four in three scoreless innings.

Blue Jays 6, Tigers 2: Justin Upton went 2 for 2 with a two-run homer for the Tigers and starter Jordan Zimmermann gave up five runs, five hits and a walk in 1 1/3 innings.

Braves 5, Mets (ss) 2: In his first appearance for the Mets in two years following his recovery from Tommy John surgery, Zack Wheeler reached 94 mph and allowed one run — Matt Tuiasosopo’s third spring training homer — in two innings. Wheeler gave up two hits and a walk.

Brandon Phillips went 2 for 2 with a home run and Adonis Garcia added a two-run drive.

Yankees 5, Phillies 0: Chase Headley hit a three-run homer off Clay Buchholz, and Aaron Judge hit his second spring training home run.

Yankees starter Chad Green allowed two hits and three walks in two scoreless innings.

Buchholz struck out six over 3 1/3 innings but gave up three runs and four hits.

Twins 8, Marlins 2: John Ryan Murphy and Byung Ho Park hit solo homers. Twins starter Tyler Duffey gave up one run and three hits in three innings.

Miami starter Wei-Yin Chen allowed two runs, four hits and a walk in three innings. Reliever Kyle Barraclough walked four and gave up a pair of runs in one inning. Cardinals 7, Nationals 1: St. Louis starter Mike Leake retired his first 11 batters before Bryce Harper’s fourth spring training home ruin. Eric Fryer and Kelton Wong had runscoring singles in a five-run fourth.

Gio Gonzalez gave up one run and four hits in three innings for the Nationals.

Pirates 4, Rays 1: Edwin Espinal hit a game-ending, three-run homer off Ryne Stanek.

Pirates starter Drew Hutchison gave up one run, three hits and two walks over four innings, striking out five.

Tim Beckham hit a solo homer for the Rays.

Red Sox 4, Orioles 0: Marco Hernandez tripled to spark a three-run first inning for Boston, and right-hander Kyle Kendrick pitched four innings of four-hit ball. Kendrick was a fixture on the Phillies’ pitching staff from 200714, and spent most of last season with the Angels Triple-A affiliate in Salt Lake. He pitched for Colorado in 2015.

Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez gave up four runs and four hits in three innings. Aneury Tavarez hit three singles for Baltimore.