Andre Pallante allowed three hits and one run with two walks and five strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings to earn the win in a 5-3 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday.

While he didn’t look sharp out there, Pallante did what he needed to in order to put his team in position to win this one. He didn’t miss many bats, but he forced lots of weakly hit fly balls on his way to another solid outing. Again he wasn’t sharp at all and was especially chaotic with his sinker against righties and didn’t force ground balls at a high rate like we’re used to seeing from him. Still, he left this start with a 3.96 ERA and is scheduled for a date with the Mets next Wednesday.