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09/24 16:11 CDT Rangers finish home slate with 3-1 win over Mets to keep Texas
at least tied for AL West lead
Rangers finish home slate with 3-1 win over Mets to keep Texas at least tied
for AL West lead
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Baseball Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Josh Jung and Corey Seager homered, Kumar Rocker
pitched five solid innings and Texas closed out its home schedule with a 3-1
win over the New York Mets on Thursday that ensured that the Rangers would
remain at least tied for the AL West lead heading into the regular season's
final weekend.
Texas (79-80) stopped a three-game losing streak and moved a half-game ahead of
Houston, which played Thursday night at the Athletics. The Astros (78-80) hold
the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Rangers.
Texas, which finishes the regular season with three games in Minnesota, went
ahead to stay on Jung's two-run homer in the first inning off rookie
left-hander Zac Thornton (5-6). Seager snapped an 0-for-15 skid when he led off
the sixth with his 19th homer.
Rocker (6-11) struck out four while allowing one run and three hits. Jordan
Montgomery, the fourth Rangers reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his second
big league save. He's made 161 starts and 17 relief appearances over nine big
league seasons.
Francisco Lindor led off the game with a double and scored on Carson Benge's
two-out single to put New York up 1-0. Benge has a Mets rookie record 160 hits.
Thornton struck out four and walked one in his five innings. He allowed four
hits and the only runs he surrendered were on Jung's 12th homer. Seager went
deep off Jefry Yan, another rookie.
Jung, who finished with three hits and a walk, is hitting .341 (15 for 44) in
11 games since coming off the injured list Sept. 12. He missed 47 games because
of a left calf strain.
Up next
New York (73-86) goes to Washington (75-84) to open a three-game series Friday
matching the two teams at the bottom of the NL East standings.
Texas plays Friday against the Twins, who never trailed while sweeping three
games in Texas in mid-June.
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