New York Mets at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

73-85, 37-40 Away

Final
7 - 2

Texas Rangers

78-80, 44-36 Home

Semien hits tiebreaking HR against old team and Baty adds pinch-hit slam as Mets beat Rangers 7-2

Rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (12-10) allowed two runs and three hits over seven innings for the last-place Mets (73-85), who have won both games in Texas since ex-interim manager Andy Green was given the full-time position Tuesday.

The Rangers (78-80) have lost three consecutive games but remain tied with Houston for the AL West lead after the Astros lost 6-5 in 10 innings at Seattle. Both teams have four games left, and Houston owns the head-to-head tiebreaker if they finish with the same record.

Semien, traded by Texas to the Mets last November for Brandon Nimmo, launched his 15th homer this season off All-Star closer Jacob Latz (3-4) for a 3-2 lead. Semien, part of the Rangers' only World Series title in 2023, snapped an 0-for-13 slump with his first homer since Aug. 7.

Latz entered with two on and one out in the seventh, the first time he’s appeared before the eighth inning since April 12.

The Mets took a 2-0 lead in the third when Juan Soto followed Francisco Lindor’s two-out single with his 27th home run off starter Cody Bradford. It was Soto’s sixth homer this year against left-handed pitching.

After that, Soto was intentionally walked three times — twice with runners on first and second and a left-hander on the mound.

Texas tied the score at 2 in the fifth after McLean retired the Rangers’ first 12 batters. Nimmo, who spent 10 seasons with the Mets, led off with a sharp single to right field. He advanced to second on Ezequiel Duran’s groundout and scored on Jake Burger’s single. Evan Carter drove in the tying run when he beat out a potential double-play grounder.

New York left the bases loaded in the fifth and seventh after Soto was intentionally walked. He was given another free pass with first base open and two outs in the ninth, but Bo Bichette then walked against Trevor Williams to load the bases before Baty went deep.

Up next Rookie LHP Zac Thornton (5-5, 3.40 ERA) starts the series finale Thursday afternoon as the Mets look for a three-game sweep. RHP Kumar Rocker (5-11, 4.47) pitches for Texas.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Duran grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Nimmo out at second.
	9th Inning	Nimmo grounded into fielder's choice to first, Jung out at second.
	9th Inning	Jung singled to left.
	9th Inning	Seager grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Pérez relieved Williams
	9th Inning	Baty at first base.

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	0
14	Ground Balls	15
7	Strikeouts	6
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	1
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
3	Home Runs	0
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
3	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	116
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	4
41	Plate Appearances	32
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	0
5.7	Runs Created	-0.2
.222	Batting Average	.129
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.472	Slugging Percentage	.129
.389	Secondary Average	.065
.317	On Base Percentage	.156
.789	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.285
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.5
5.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.2
45.0	Batter Rating	13.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.34	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.250	Isolated Power	.000
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.167	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
90.5	MLB Rating	63.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0