Jeremy Pena homered, Yordan Alvarez hit an RBI double, and the Houston Astros rode a strong start from right-hander Spencer Arrighetti to a 2-1 victory over the visiting New York Mets in the rubber match of a three-game interleague series.Pena recorded the Astros’ first extra-base of the season when he lined a 2-1 slider from Mets right-hander Griffin Canning (0-1) into the left field Crawford Boxes leading off the fifth inning.Canning had faced the minimum in three of his previous four frames. Jose Altuve stroked a leadoff single in the first for the Astros but was erased trying to steal second base. In the fourth, Canning induced an inning-ending double play from Christian Walker after Isaac Paredes opened the inning with a walk.Paredes reached on a fielder’s choice in the sixth and scored when Alvarez blasted a double to center, breaking a 1-1 tie. Canning fell to 0-4 in 10 career starts against Houston.Arrighetti (1-0) retired 13 consecutive batters following his two-out walk to Brandon Nimmo in the top of the first, starting with his inning-ending strikeout of Mark Vientos.