July 1, 2022 - Game 75
W - David Peterson (5-1)
L - Glenn Otto (4-4)
S - Edwin Diaz (17)
HR: TEX: Semien (9), Lowe (11); NYM: Escobar (7)
Time of Game: 2:38
Game Recap
The Rangers visited Citi Field for the first time since 2017, starting a three-game set against the Mets. Originally the Mets had former A’s starter Chris Bassitt on the hill. However, New York placed Bassitt on the COVID-IL before the game, and David Peterson took his place. Texas sent out Glenn Otto, trying to bounce back after a rough two-inning outing Sunday against the Washington Nationals.
The Mets had chances in the first three innings, but Glenn Otto could get out of a few jams with double-play baseballs. The scoring began in the third inning with a Marcus Semien home run to the left-field. Semien struck out in his first at-bat against Peterson but adjusted to the slider and hit it out. The fourth inning crashed with a double by Mark Canha down the left-field line tying the game up at one. After that, Eduardo Escobar launched a shot to right field to put the Mets up 4-1. Nathaniel Lowe answered with a solo home run to the exact location in right field to put the Rangers within two runs. "[Lowe] has no fear when he faces a lefty," Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. "[He] keeps that front shoulder and front side in there, and he also hits pitches moving away from them if they're on the plate. [Nathaniel] does a good job of staying on the plate with the lefties."
The Rangers manufactured a run in the sixth. Marcus Semien singled to begin the frame, moved to second on a Corey Seager groundout, advanced to third on an error by the pitcher Peterson, and scored on the Adolis García RBI groundout. However, the Rangers couldn’t get anything more against the Mets bullpen which snapped the Mets three-game losing streak. "We saw their best arms," Woodward said. "I thought Peterson was nasty. A lot of sliders were good and didn't make too many mistakes with that slider."
Pitch execution struggled a little bit for Otto Friday. He battled with command but managed to keep the Rangers up until the end of the fourth inning. Glenn Otto allowed four hits, four runs, three walks, and one strikeout in four innings. "He was battling with his command all night," Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. "He battled through the first three and was one pitch away from getting out of [the fourth]. [Otto] couldn't execute the pitch, but overall he was decent." Brock Burke pitched another two scoreless frames on Friday, allowing only one hit. Burke struck out three Mets on twenty-five pitches in his multi-inning outing. Garrett Richards threw a scoreless inning in the seventh. Brett Martin waked a batter and allowed a hit, but navigated through a jam in the eighth inning to keep the game close.
Postgame Notes
Glenn Otto threw a first-pitch strike to three of the sixteen batters that didn’t make contact on the first pitch (two first-pitch outs recorded).
Otto allowed six runs in twenty-one innings on the road entering Friday. Glenn yielded four runs in four innings Friday.
Five of Nathaniel Lowe’s eleven home runs are against left-handed pitching.
Marcus Semien has eight homers and sixteen driven in during his last twenty-seven games after one homer and seventeen driven in during his first thirty-seven games.
The Rangers had one at-bat with a runner in scoring position. The at-bat was the García groundout which drove in a run.
Brock Burke has 18.1 scoreless innings on the road in 2022. Burke hasn’t allowed a run or an earned run away from Globe Life Field.
The Rangers are 6-11 in franchise history against the Mets.
Texas is 4-14 in one-run games. They are tied with the Dodgers with the fewest one-run wins (Los Angeles is 4-8).
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