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FINAL Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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Texas Rangers 2
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Match Report

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

— Marcus Semien hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning against his former team and Brett Baty added a pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth as the New York Mets beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Wednesday night.

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Top Performers

NYM

  • Francisco Lindor · ·
  • Juan Soto · ·
  • Bo Bichette · ·
  • Mark Vientos · ·

TEX

  • Wyatt Langford · ·
  • Corey Seager · ·
  • Josh Jung · ·
  • Brandon Nimmo · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Duran grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Nimmo out at second.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
  7. · 9th Inning Cionel Perez pitches to Ezequiel Duran
  8. · 9th Inning

Head to Head

NYM win series 2-1

Injuries

Texas Rangers

  • Corey Seager Out
  • Cal Quantrill 60-Day-IL
  • Jack Leiter 60-Day-IL
  • Cole Winn 60-Day-IL
  • Carter Baumler 60-Day-IL

New York Mets

  • Jared Young Out
  • Reed Garrett 60-Day-IL
  • Tylor Megill 60-Day-IL
  • Jorge Polanco 60-Day-IL

Lineups

TEX

  1. 36Wyatt LangfordLF
  2. 5Corey SeagerSS
  3. 6Josh JungDH
  4. 24Brandon NimmoRF
  5. 20Ezequiel Duran3B
  6. 21Jake Burger1B
  7. 33Nicky Lopez2B
  8. 9Danny JansenC
  9. 32Evan CarterCF

NYM

  1. 12Francisco LindorSS
  2. 22Juan SotoDH
  3. 19Bo Bichette3B
  4. 27Mark Vientos1B
  5. 3Carson BengeRF
  6. 10Marcus Semien2B
  7. 4Francisco AlvarezC
  8. 9A.J. EwingCF
  9. 55Nick MorabitoLF

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