New York Mets vs Texas Rangers Box Score on Jun 06, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 6, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joey Gallo clubbed his team-leading 17th home run, and the Texas Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 10-8 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.

The Rangers (27-31) scored seven unanswered runs after falling behind 4-3 early. They are in position to sweep the brief two two-game interleague series Wednesday night at Globe Life Park.

Texas pieced together strong showing from its first two relievers after spot starter Dillon Gee couldn't get out of the fourth inning. The combination of Austin Bibens-Dirkx and Alex Claudio combined to give up a run over 4 2/3 innings. Bibens-Dirkx (1-0) picked up his first major league victory.

Matt Bush was touched for three runs in the ninth inning on homers from Curtis Granderson and Travis d'Arnaud.

The Mets' offense gave starter Jacob deGrom plenty of run support early, with Juan Lagares, Asdrubal Cabrera and Neil Walker each hitting home runs as New York scored in each of the first three innings.

Lagares tied his career high with four of New York's 17 hits.

The power display didn't hold up as deGrom (4-3) was rocked in his first career outing against Texas. The right-hander allowed eight runs on 10 hits in four innings.

Gee didn't fare much better in his first start against the club with which he broke into the majors. The right-hander, who went 40-37 with Mets from 2010-15, lasted 3 1/3 innings and allowed four runs on eight hits.

Texas finished with 16 hits and scored its most runs since beating San Diego 11-0 on May 9.

Nomar Mazara tied a career best with four hits, including a solo homer in the fourth. Jared Hoying had had three hits, with Shin-Soo Choo and Delino DeShields each had two.

New York (24-32) has dropped five of its past six games.

The Mets tagged on Gee with three home runs in the first three innings. Luckily for the Rangers, each came with no one on base.

Juan Lagares went yard in the second, with Asdrubal Cabrera and Neil Walker each rounding the bases in the following frame. Walker's shot to straight-away center put the visitors up 4-3.

Texas, though, was still leading 5-4 after three frames. The Rangers scored twice in both the second and third, the latter coming on Gallo's two-run blast to right that just inched over the glove of Jay Bruce.

Gee was done after leaving runners at the corners with one out in the fourth. Bibens-Dirkx got Texas out of the jam unscathed.

The Rangers followed with three runs in the bottom of the inning, including Mazara's seventh homer, to open up an 8-4 edge on deGrom.

NOTES: The Rangers traded RHP Sam Dyson, along with cash considerations, to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Dyson came into the season as the closer before losing his job. He was designated for assignment Friday after posting a 1-6 record over 17 relief appearances, including 0 for 4 in save chances. ... Texas 1B Mike Napoli was placed on the 10-day disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, with a lower back strain. The Rangers activated LHP Dario Alvarez from the 10-day DL. ... Mets manager Terry Collins is considering going to a six-man rotation with the imminent returns of LHP Steven Matz and RHP Seth Lugo to the rotation. ... Texas 3B Adrian Beltre jammed his left ankle running to first in the first inning and was removed as a precautionary measure in the sixth.