July 2, 2022 - Game 76
W - Martín Pérez (7-2)
L - Trevor Williams (1-5)
S - None
HR: TEX: Calhoun 2 (10), Heim (11), Taveras (2); NYM: Marte (8), Escobar (8)
Time of Game: 2:57
Rangers Cowboy Hat Winner: Kole Calhoun (3rd)
Game Recap
Saturday was "Martín Pérez Day" for the Rangers as they tried to snap a brief two-game losing streak. It was Pérez's third career start at Citi Field, and Martín tried to bounce back after a start against Kansas City that included several slowly hit base hits for the Royals. It was a semi-bullpen day for the New York Mets going with Trevor Williams on Saturday. The Rangers tried to win their eleventh game in the last twelve Martín Pérez starts since May 4th. "He's locating every single pitch and he's hitting the corners," Jonah Heim said about Pérez's ability to hit the corners. "He's not missing in the middle much and teams are swinging at it and weak contact which leads to good results for us."
The Mets got on the board early with a Starling Marte home run to left field. Martín struggled a little out of the gate early, with three straight baserunners reaching and four of the first five reaching base. Texas, however, answered with two homers of their own. First, Kole Calhoun launched a homer to right field, scoring Adolis García and Mitch Garver to put the Rangers up 3-2. "It was good he jumped on that first pitch slider, stayed inside it, and it was a huge hit after giving up two in the first there," Rangers manager Chris Woodward said on Kole's first home run. Immediately after, Jonah Heim followed with an upper-deck homer to right field to extend the Rangers' lead to 4-2 after two innings. Both teams traded home runs in the fourth inning. Kole Calhoun hit another homer just over the wall in left field, while Eduardo Escobar hit one slightly further in left field (more towards left-center), making it 5-3 Rangers. "It's good for him," Woodward said after Kole Calhoun's performance. "He had a rough one yesterday and comes back today and bounces back."
Offenses went quiet for a couple of innings until the eighth. Corey Seager hit an opposite-field single vacated due to the shift, scoring Josh Smith. Smith tagged up to second on a flyout by Marcus Semien to get into scoring position and thus scoring on the Seager single. In the ninth inning, Texas added some insurance with a Leody Taveras solo home run to left field, extending the lead to 7-3 and closing out a powerful afternoon.
Martín Pérez threw 6.2 of three-run baseball Saturday. He allowed a season-high two home runs but limited the damage, including seven hits, two walks, and four strikeouts in his start. "Much of the same," Woodward said. "He gives up two in the first then walks Lindor but was able to pitch his way through the inning [and] get out of that." Dennis Santana entered the seventh with two outs to get Starling Marte to ground out. Santana came back out for the eighth inning. Dennis allowed a leadoff single, but retired to side to avoid any damage. Joe Barlow came to pitch for the first time since June 25th. He allowed a double with two outs, but no runs (warmed up in a save situation and the Taveras homer negated the save scenario).
Postgame Notes
Martín Pérez entered the game, allowing two home runs all season. Pérez allowed two home runs in four innings Saturday. The last time Martín allowed two or more homers in a start for the first time since July 30th, 2021.
Starling Marte is 33 for 85 career against the Rangers (.388).
Jonah Heim set a career-high with eleven home runs.
The Rangers have won five of their last six Saturday contests, all-day games.
Martín Pérez has gone six or more innings in thirteen of his last fourteen starts.
Kole Calhoun had two home runs since May 25th before Saturday's game. Calhoun homered twice Saturday at Citi Field.
Since May 17th, Dennis Santana has allowed two earned runs (21.2 innings, 0.83 ERA).
Corey Seager picked up his 400th career RBI with the eighth-inning single.
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