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Texas Rangers @ New York Mets

2025-09-12 · Night game · Citi Field · Att: 41040 · 73°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph to LF · 2:36

Texas Rangers defeated New York Mets 8–3. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 1st — Josh Jung singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Soto. Josh Smith scores. Joc Pederson to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Cody Freeman singles on a line drive to right fielder Juan Soto. Josh Jung scores. Alejandro Osuna scores. Jonah Heim to 3rd — worth 12% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Jeff McNeil (P): Called third strike.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	11
NYN	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

W: Jacob deGrom L: Jonah Tong SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Scott Barry · 1B: Dan Iassogna · 2B: CB Bucknor · 3B: Adam Beck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Josh Smith	4	1	2	0	1	0
Wyatt Langford	3	1	0	0	1	1
Joc Pederson	1	1	0	0	2	0
Jake Burger	5	0	2	0	0	0
Josh Jung	5	1	2	1	0	1
Alejandro Osuna	5	1	1	1	0	0
Jonah Heim	4	1	0	0	1	1
Cody Freeman	4	1	1	2	0	0
Michael Helman	4	0	2	2	0	0
Dylan Moore	1	1	1	2	0	0
Rowdy Tellez	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Francisco Lindor	4	1	1	0	1
Juan Soto	3	0	0	1	0
Pete Alonso	3	0	0	1	0
Brandon Nimmo	4	0	0	0	1
Mark Vientos	4	0	1	0	1
Jeff McNeil	2	0	0	0	1
Brett Baty	3	0	0	0	1
Francisco Alvarez	3	1	2	1	0
Cedric Mullins	3	1	1	0	0
Ronny Mauricio	1	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Jacob deGrom	7.0	4	2
Robert Garcia	1.0	1	1
Phil Maton	1.0	0	2

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jonah Tong	0.2	4	3	1
Huascar Brazoban	3.1	2	1	0
Ryne Stanek	1.2	0	0	1
Gregory Soto	1.1	2	1	1
Reed Garrett	1.0	2	0	0
Ryan Helsley	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Josh Smith: W
Wyatt Langford: K
Joc Pederson: W.1-2
Jake Burger: 8/F89D.2-3
Josh Jung: S9/L89S.3-H;1-3
Alejandro Osuna: S7/L78.3-H;1-2
Jonah Heim: W.2-3;1-2
Cody Freeman: S9/L9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Michael Helman: D7/L7L.3-H;1-H
Josh Smith: 7/F7D

Bot 1

Francisco Lindor: 3/G3
Juan Soto: 43/G34+
Pete Alonso: 63/G6

Top 2

Wyatt Langford: 6/P6MS
Joc Pederson: 9/F9S
Jake Burger: S3/G34.B-2(E3/TH)
Josh Jung: 53/G56

Bot 2

Brandon Nimmo: 8/L8
Mark Vientos: S7/L78D
Jeff McNeil: 7/F7
Brett Baty: K

Top 3

Alejandro Osuna: 53/G6
Jonah Heim: 7/F78
Cody Freeman: 4/L4

Bot 3

Francisco Alvarez: HR/F9LD
Cedric Mullins: S8/L78+
Francisco Lindor: D8/L78D+.1-3
Juan Soto: 8/SF/F8XD.3-H;2-3
Pete Alonso: 9/SF/F9L.3-H
Brandon Nimmo: 7/F7LS

Top 4

Michael Helman: 63/G6
Josh Smith: D8/L89D+
Wyatt Langford: 9/F9S
Joc Pederson: W
Jake Burger: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Bot 4

Mark Vientos: 13/G1S-
Jeff McNeil: K
Brett Baty: 8/F78

Top 5

Josh Jung: K
Alejandro Osuna: 4/L4
Jonah Heim: 7/F7L

Bot 5

Francisco Alvarez: 9/F9
Cedric Mullins: 9/F89D
Francisco Lindor: 7/F7

Top 6

Cody Freeman: 6/P6
Michael Helman: 43/G4
Josh Smith: 53/G6S

Bot 6

Juan Soto: 8/F8XD+
Pete Alonso: 9/F9L
Brandon Nimmo: 1/G3S

Top 7

Wyatt Langford: W
Dylan Moore: HR/F7D.1-H
Jake Burger: S8/L78S+
Josh Jung: 8/F8D
Alejandro Osuna: WP.1-2
Alejandro Osuna: 43/G34-.2-3
Jonah Heim: K

Bot 7

Mark Vientos: 8/L8XD+
Ronny Mauricio: 9/L9D+
Brett Baty: 7/F7L

Top 8

Cody Freeman: 31/G34
Michael Helman: S6/G6
Josh Smith: S1/BG1S.1-3(E1/TH)
Wyatt Langford: HP.1-2
Rowdy Tellez: 9/F9S
Jake Burger: 64(1)/FO/G6S.B-1

Bot 8

Francisco Alvarez: S9/L9D+
Cedric Mullins: 8/F8D
Francisco Lindor: K
Juan Soto: 8/F8S

Top 9

Josh Jung: D8/L89XD+
Alejandro Osuna: 6/F8S/DP.2X2(64)
Jonah Heim: 31/G3S

Bot 9

Pete Alonso: 7/L7L
Brandon Nimmo: K
Mark Vientos: K

Notes & reviews

Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil ejected by HP umpire Scott Barry for arguing called third strike.
Rangers challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld.

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