Rangers overpower Mets
NEW YORK » Martin Perez allowed three hits over eight innings, Joey Gallo hit his 32nd home run and the Texas Rangers beat the Mets 5-1 on Wednesday for a twogame split.
Texas took a 3-0 lead in the first against Rafael Montero (1-8) when the pitcher balked with Shin-Soo Choo taking a sizable and distracting lead off of third, and Gallo hit a two-run drive into the upper deck in right, his 11th home run since the All-Star break.
Elvis Andrus reached when he grounded into a forceout in the second, then advanced on three straights pitches when he stole second and third, and he slid home headfirst ahead of shortstop Amed Rosario’s throw on Nomar Mazara’s grounder.
Perez (6-10) did not allow a hit until Wilner Flores hom- ered leading off the fifth, a drive off an orange M&M sign that initially was ruled a double but was changed after a video review. Perez struck out five and walked none. He had a 9.41 ERA in losing his previous four starts.
Originally scheduled to start this weekend in Ar- lington, Perez moved up after Andrew Cashner was scratched with a stiff neck on Tuesday. Alex Claudio pitched a perfect ninth to complete a three-hitter.
Montero was remarkably inefficient, needing 40 pitches to get through the first inning and 74 through the first two. He left after three innings and 87 pitches, allowing four runs, five hits, three walks and two hit batters. Montero is 0-4 in six starts since winning at San Francisco on June 25.
Mets pitchers needed 124 pitches to get through five innings and 210 in all. New York (50-61) dropped 11 games under .500, matching its low since July 2014.
Hansel Robles walked Drew Robinson with the bases loaded in the sixth. Boston New York Tampa Bay Baltimore Toronto Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago Houston Seattle Los Angeles Texas Oakland
Tuesday’s games
Pittsburgh 6, Detroit 3 Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0 Cleveland 4, Colorado 1
N.Y. Mets 5, Texas 4 Chicago White Sox 8, Houston 5 Minnesota 11, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 10, Kansas City 3 Seattle 7, Oakland 6, 10 innings L.A. Angels 3, Baltimore 2
Wednesday’s games
71 59 57 54 50 41 56 58 59 64 .634 .513 .496 .478 .439
Colorado 3, Cleveland 2, 12 innings Texas 5, N.Y. Mets 1
Seattle 6, Oakland 3
L.A. Angels 5, Baltimore 1
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto Boston at Tampa Bay Pittsburgh at Detroit Houston at Chicago White Sox Minnesota at Milwaukee Kansas City at St. Louis _ 13 1⁄2 15 1⁄2 17 1⁄2 22
Thursday’s games
Pittsburgh (Cole 9-8) at Detroit (VerHagen 0-1), 1:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Gray 6-6) at Toronto (Estrada 4-7), 7:07 p.m.
Cleveland (Salazar 4-5) at Tampa Bay (Snell 0-6), 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Hammel 5-9) at St. Louis (Lynn 10-6), 7:15 p.m.
Houston (Peacock 10-1) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-4), 8:10 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 6-9) at Milwaukee (Davies 13-5), 8:10 p.m. Baltimore (Miley 5-9) at Oakland (Blackburn 3-1), 10:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-2) at Seattle (Paxton 12-3), 10:10 p.m. Washington Miami Atlanta New York Philadelphia Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco
Tuesday’s games
Miami 7, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 6, Detroit 3 Cleveland 4, Colorado 1
N.Y. Mets 5, Texas 4
San Diego 7, Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 2 Minnesota 11, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 10, Kansas City 3 Arizona 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 San Francisco 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Wednesday’s games
Colorado 3, Cleveland 2, 12 innings Texas 5, N.Y. Mets 1
San Francisco 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Miami at Washington Pittsburgh at Detroit
San Diego at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Atlanta Minnesota at Milwaukee Kansas City at St. Louis
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona
Thursday’s games
79 64 65 50 46 33 48 49 62 70 .705 .571 .570 .446 .397 _ 15 15 29 35 San Diego (Lamet 6-4) at Cincinnati (Castillo 2-5), 12:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Cole 9-8) at Detroit (VerHagen 0-1), 1:10 p.m.
Miami (Straily 7-8) at Washington (Roark 9-7), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-5) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 2-6), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Hammel 5-9) at St. Louis (Lynn 10-6), 7:15 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 6-9) at Milwaukee (Davies 13-5), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Darvish 7-9) at Arizona (Banda 1-1), 9:40 p.m. Trenton (Yankees) Binghamton (Mets) Reading (Phillies) Portland (Red Sox) Hartford (Rockies) New Hampshire (Jays)
Western
Bowie (Orioles) Altoona (Pirates) Akron (Indians) Erie (Tigers) Richmond (Giants) Harrisburg (Nat’ls)
Wednesday’s games
Hartford 5, Trenton 4 Erie at Binghamton Portland at Richmond Reading at Altoona Harrisburg at Bowie New Hampshire at Akron
Thursday’s games
Harrisburg at Bowie, 11:05 a.m. Erie at Binghamton, 6:35 p.m. Portland at Richmond, 6:35 p.m. Reading at Altoona, 7 p.m.
New Hampshire at Akron, 7:05 p.m. Trenton at Hartford, 7:05 p.m.
Texas
Choo rf Claudio p Andrus ss Mazara lf-rf Beltre 3b Gallo 1b Gomez cf Robinson 2b-lf Nicholas c Perez p c-Odor ph-2b
Totals New York
Conforto cf Reyes 2b Cespedes lf Bruce rf Flores 1b Walker 3b Rivera c b-Nimmo ph Rosario ss Montero p a-Lugo ph Smoker p d’Arnaud c
Totals Texas New York
a-grounded out for Montero in the 3rd; bpopped out for Robles in the 8th; c-struck out for Perez in the 9th.
Texas 15, New York 2; Choo (11), Gomez (15); Gallo (32), off Montero, Flores (13), off Perez; Mazara (69), Gallo 2 (61), Robinson (5), Flores (34); Andrus 2 (22); Mazara (2);
Texas 9 (Robinson Texas 3 for 15, ; Gomez; d’Arnaud; Texas 1 (Robinson, Gallo); Home, Mark Ripperger, First, Greg Gibson, Second, Vic Carapazza, Third, Phil Cuzzi; 3:07; 34,222 (41,922).
LOB: R H BI BB SO 10 H 4 8 15 BI BB SO 310 001 000 000 010 000 RBIs: CS: left in scoring position: RISP: moved up: DP:
5, Perez 4);
T: A: 37 AB HR:
Perez, W, 6-10 Claudio
AB 29
8 1
GIDP:
Montero, L, 1-8 3 5 4 4 3 5 87 6.06 Smoker 2 5 1 1 2 3 52 7.17 Robles 3 0 0 0 2 5 50 4.72 Bradford 1 0 0 0 1 2 21 4.63 Smoker pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
Robles 3-1; Montero 2 (Gomez,Gomez), Perez (Cespedes); Robles.
Inherited runners-scored: HBP: WP:
3 0 6 5 5 2 3 3 5 4 1
4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 2
3 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 R
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1
1 0 76 65 60 54 52 46
W
59 58 57 56 49 47 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3
1 0 38 46 53 58 62 68 55 55 56 58 64 66 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 L
.518 .513 .504 .491 .434 .416 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 — — 2B:
0 0 .667 .586 .531 .482 .456 .404
SB: Runners Umpires:
5 2
Pct
1 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 4 1
2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
7
— 91⁄2 151⁄2 21 24 30 — 1⁄2 11⁄2 3 91⁄2 111⁄2
Avg
.256
— .292 .247 .295 .212 .252 .182 .143 .000 .215
Avg
.289 .220 .270 .256 .281 .250 .239 .280 .179 .143 .158 .000 .240
510 0 130 Runners GB
89 5.18 13 2.37