ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jay Bruce homered on two mistakes by Yu Darvish, and the New York Mets later got the tiebreaking run after an errant throw.
Bruce homered twice against the Texas ace Wednesday night before the Mets scored in the ninth inning for a 4-3 win when Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor fielded Jose Reyes’ chopper up the middle on the outfield grass but bounced the throw to second base for an error.
Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus was unable to hold on for an inning-ending forceout as pinch-runner Matt Reynolds scored from second base.
“I held it the whole time for like three or four seconds,” Andrus said.