Overview

• The Mets beat Texas 5-2 in 10 innings at Citi Field as Pete Alonso launched an opposite-field, three-run homer off Luis Curvelo, giving him 34 home runs and 117 RBIs this season.
• Nolan McLean worked six shutout frames with five hits, two walks and seven strikeouts, lowering his ERA to 1.19 and becoming the first Mets pitcher to open a career with six straight starts of five-plus innings and two or fewer runs allowed.
• New York’s bullpen surrendered a 2-0 lead in the seventh when Joc Pederson delivered a two-out, two-run single after Reed Garrett entered with the bases loaded.
• Juan Soto drove in a run with a fifth-inning groundout and Brandon Nimmo added a solo homer in the sixth to stake the Mets to their early advantage.
• The loss snapped the Rangers’ six-game winning streak, with MLB.com listing them 2.5 games behind the Mariners in the AL West and two games back of the Astros in the Wild Card race.