NEW YORK — The Rangers are a pesky bunch.
Like Saturday’s one-run victory, the Rangers were never out of the game on Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. Mets right-hander Nolan McLean shut them down for six innings. But Texas took advantage of New York’s bullpen to tie the score in the seventh before losing the game, 5-2, in 10 innings.
The loss snapped the Rangers’ six-game winning streak and they find themselves 2 1/2 games behind the Mariners in the American League West and two games behind the Astros in the Wild Card race.
With the score tied at 2, no outs and right-hander Luis Curvelo on the mound, Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer to end the game.
Entering the seventh inning, the Rangers were down, 2-0. First, they faced Brooks Raley. After allowing a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Michael Helman, Raley was able to get two quick outs. But then Raley hit Josh Smith with a pitch before he was taken out of the game in favor of Reed Garrett, who had his problems on the mound.
Wyatt Langford reached on a walk to load the bases and Joc Pederson, a .171 hitter entering the game, singled to right field to send home Helman and Smith.
But unlike Saturday, the Rangers couldn’t pull off the victory.
