New York Mets at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

72-85, 36-40 Away

Final
6 - 3

Texas Rangers

78-79, 44-35 Home

Mets win 1st game after Andy Green named full-time manager, beating AL West-leading Rangers 6-3

New York Mets vs. Texas Rangers: Game Highlights

Earlier in the day, the Mets (72-85) gave Green a three-year contract. He had been their interim manager since Carlos Mendoza was fired on June 26.

Texas (78-79) is now tied with Houston for the division lead after the Astros, who own the head-to-head tiebreaker, won 7-0 at Seattle Tuesday night. Both have five games left in the season.

Manaea (6-7) allowed three runs — two earned — and three hits. Kodai Senga worked the ninth for his eighth save.

Carson Benge, who has a Mets rookie record 159 hits, also had two doubles, scored twice and drove in a run.

Alvarez put New York up 4-3 with a two-run double in the sixth off Nathan Eovaldi (11-10), making his fourth relief appearance since coming off the injured list. Luis Torrens then added a sacrifice fly that was caught in foul territory by first baseman Jake Burger.

Benge doubled and scored in the fourth when right fielder Brandon Nimmo was charged with an error on a ball Alvarez hit into the gap. The ball ricocheted off the heel of Nimmo's glove when it appeared center fielder Ezequiel Duran might crash into him.

It was Nimmo's first game against the Mets, who drafted him 13th overall in 2011. He played 10 big league seasons in New York until getting traded to Texas last November for second baseman Marcus Semien.

Nimmo had two hits, including a leadoff single in a two-run fourth when the Rangers capitalized on two hit batters and lofted two sacrifice flies to go ahead 3-2.

Semien, part of the Rangers' only World Series title in 2023, got a nice reception and the team played a tribute video after the first inning. He finished 0 for 5.

Up next Rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (11-10, 3.18 ERA) pitches for the Mets on Wednesday. The Rangers hadn't announced their starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jansen flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Lopez to second on passed ball by Torrens.
	9th Inning	Osuna struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Osuna hit for Díaz
	9th Inning	Lopez hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Lopez hit for Foscue

Statistics

NYM		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	3
14	Ground Balls	5
4	Strikeouts	15
5	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	3
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	2
37	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	1
20	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
168	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	4
43	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
6.0	Runs Created	0.8
.270	Batting Average	.103
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.405	Slugging Percentage	.138
.297	Secondary Average	.103
.349	On Base Percentage	.222
.754	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.360
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.8
43.0	Batter Rating	17.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.135	Isolated Power	.034
1.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.116	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
11.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
89.0	MLB Rating	63.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0