Mets vs. Rangers: Official Full Game Highlights (September 24) | 2026 MLB Season

The Rangers are in a precarious spot. They have four games remaining. 36 innings left in this regular season. Tied for first in the division. So you're saying there's a chance, right? The Rangers need to play good baseball, but they have a chance. The Astros have not taken advantage of the Rangers losing three in a row. Rangers really need to win today and win that series in Minnesota and then let the chips fall where they need. Rocker, 26 years old, pitching against the team that originally drafted him in 2021, the first time he's ever faced him. Swing and a line drive to right field toward the corner. Nimmo over as a bouncer fair, bounces over the wall for a ground rule double. So that's how indoor in the Mets afternoon begins in Texas. And that one's Soto, and let's see the walk-em in the first inning. One-two pitch, third base side, and should be a play over there when you can send Soto back to the dugout. And with two outs and a runner at second, here comes Benj, the left-handed batter, hitting 275. And Benj lines one to right field. That's down for a base hit. Lindor around third. Nimmo throws it into second, and the Mets get an early run. Carson Benj drives in his 63rd run of the year, and it's 1-0 New York. This rookie is a very good hitter, and this breaking ball does not get down enough. And with tremendous speed, and Nimmo, with not the strongest arm, decides to throw it to second base. Keep Benj at first. We're gonna get him. So the Mets get that first run, and there's another first inning run allowed by a Rangers starter. There it goes. The one-two pitch is lofted out to center field. Duran has the angle on it, makes the catch, and the inning is done. The Mets don't get that first run of the ballgame, the RBI single by Benj. Well, in a year where the Mets have had a lot of young players perform well, there's been no more pleasant surprise than Zach Thorne. Really, he'll make it his 15th start. Pretty impressive for the young left-hander. In the opening game of this series, Foscue was down in the seven hole, and he hits this on the ground and threw in the left field, a base hit. But Foscue continues to show why he's the leadoff hitter against lefties. Now Seager, lefty against lefty. Swing and a miss. Got him with a fastball upstairs, and Thorne has a strikeout for his first out. And that brings up Josh Young, JJ hitting .294 with 11 homers, and 40 runs that in. Thornton from the stretch, and that one is lifted out to left field. Pitch you can handle. That one catches down, and Josh Young keeps it fair. Line drives, fly balls, score some runs. Great, crooked number in the first inning. Oh, boy. Then there are two outs, and Brandon Nimmo coming up with the Rangers leading two to one. The next pitch popped up toward the roof. Bichette comes down the line toward the third base side, in foul ground, makes the catch at the back of the third base coaching box, and that ends the inning. Nick Morabito will lead off against Kamar Rocker. Morabito drives one deep to left center field, headed toward the gap, and it bounces down for an extra base hit. And Morabito pulls in a second base with a leadoff double, his second career extra base hit. Now, here's Francisco Lindor with a runner at second base, and nobody out. That's trailing by a run. Two-two pitch, swing and a miss. He went with a fastball away, and Lindor chased. First out here in the top of the third, big out for Kamar. He gets his third strikeout, and that will bring up Juan Soto. And they're just gonna put him on, and so Soto will get the intentional pass. Yesterday, he was walked intentionally three times. So first and second, that, of course, sets up the force here as well, and it brings up Beau Bichette. Three-two pitch, bouncers second base, a chance for two. Seager on the first, in time. So here we go, Mike. 54 pitches into the day, and you've talked about it with Rocker. Is this, you know, everybody on high alert at this point? Here's a soft liner to third, and Young positioned perfectly, one away. No, everything's good, you know, for getting the quick outs here, two pitches, one out. But yes, I do think that the Rangers, look, they need Rocker to at least finish this inning. Right when you get to the fourth, fifth inning, and you get around the 60-plus pitch mark, he's lost a little bit. All right, a little tapper deflected by Rocker. Good recovery at second base by Foscu. Two up, two down. See if Simeon's got the green light. He takes ball four. Doesn't matter. That's weird. Four-pitch walk puts Simeon on for A.J. Ewing. Well, he is going, and the pitch is outside. The throw down to second, a pretty good one. The tag, they got him. The throw was placed for Seager to get that tag down. Texas on top, two to one. Well, here's the guy who's giving the Rangers the offense today, the one-strike pitch, and Young shoots that down the line, and that drops in. It will roll into the corner. Young with a lead-off double in the fourth. One away in the bottom of the fourth, and Brandon Nimmo coming up next. Three-one on the way, and that's ball four. Nimmo, and some pressure on Thornes. Wyatt Lankford, he had a base hit in the last half. Lankford takes strike three call. That's the second out. So, two out of two on. Now, Duran, who struck out his first time up. Grounded on the left side. Lundor has got it. Straightens up and throws out Duran, and that retires the side. Rangers get two men on. Rocker has run into trouble in the fifth inning in each of his last two starts after four strong. But both Skip and Rocker think a big part of this fifth inning hurdle is mental. Now, regardless, he's very aware of what's at stake, so hopefully today is the day he can get out of that. There's a bouncer up the middle. Good job by Rocker to make room for Seager. And then with one away, Luis Terrenz is coming up. The 0-2 to Terrenz, and that's grounded up the middle again. Seager to his left. Takes care of it. Terrenz retired two away. Morabito, the batter, he doubled his first time up. Ooh, that looked good, and now a challenge. It was called a ball. Diaz and Rocker were both headed to the dugout. I think they thought they had strike three, so an ABS challenge powered by T-Mobile, and a great challenge at that. Diaz, strikeout of Morabito. And it's a 1-2-3 inning for Rocker. And a nice job by Kamar Rocker. Five innings, he gives up just one run and stands to be the winning pitcher if the Rangers hold on here. And the lefty, Robert Garcia, will now come in out of the bullpen. 2-2, and goes after him with a breaking ball. It's popped up behind the plate, and will take care of it. John Bichette, come to the plate. Garcia, right back at him. This one's lifted to center. Easy play for Duran. How about that? Very routine. Thornton has been taken out of the game by the Mets. And so now, Jeffrey Yan. I didn't know if we would see this guy or not in the series. There's a swing, and that ball's hit well. Deep out to right. The Rangers have needed a big scorey Seager, and that is a big swing. Gives him a huge insurance run. It's 3-1 in the sixth. Launch angle on that one, 24 degrees. This is pretty much a line drive, lefty on lefty, four-seamer down the middle. And that... They're long at bat. Rangers have had a few of these. This will be the seventh pitch here for Young. Oh, that bounces. That's ball for Young. Will head to first. And that brings up Jake Berger. And Berger hits a double play ball to third. Bichette to Simeon, and on to first. Not in time. Fielder's choice. It goes five to four. Two down in the inning. Wyatt Langford coming to the plate. Langford chops one slowly up along the third baseline, and a swinging butt, and the Rangers have two men on. Right. Well, that gets Andy Green out there. Young, who looks like will be done. He'll give up the baseball. No leaps today. And they will see a new pitcher as Austin Warren will check in here. Two-two. Check swing. And that's outside. Throw down to second. Berger's caught. And he's going to be run down by Simeon. Oh, no. Tough way to end that inning. It's a bad way to make the final out of the inning. The Rangers add to the lead, though. Rangers on top, three to one. They get a speedy base runner to start the eighth inning. So, with one out, Josh Young has had a good day. He's been on all three times to homer a double. This one lined into right field. That's a base hit for Young. So, Berger is up. Nemo is on deck. And it's hit on the ground. It's short. Backhanded by Lindor. Out at second. Simeon, the first double play. Beautifully turned six-four-three. And how about this? Jordan Montgomery trying to preserve the two-run lead. Wouldn't have guessed this, but you're at the end of the season, and you're using every piece in any which way. Long hold. Montgomery delivers. There's a bouncer by the mound. Coming in from third base position and making the play, Duran. And it brings up Beau Bichette with Carson Benz on deck. Another ground ball. Short stop. Seeger's there. Two fans here starting to sense it. Came in, tied with Houston atop the West. Houston doesn't play until much later tonight. The conclusion of 81 home dates. Fans here with a lot of hope for more baseball. A swing and a miss! Jordan Montgomery finishes it off. And the Rangers take the finale.