Rivera responded by inducing a grounder by Pedroia that advanced the runners, but Jeremy Hermida, inserted when J.D. Drew left with a calf injury, followed by ripping a two-run double over Winn's head to put Boston in front, 7-5.
Garcia finished his first run through the Rangers' order by inducing a soft grounder from Lewis to end the inning.
However, Larsen intentionally walked both Roseboro and Willie Davis to load the bases and induced a ground out by Roebuck to end the inning.
Holland promptly struck out Efren Navarro, who was hitting for Collin Cowgill, and induced a ground out to third by Iannetta.
The Mets hoped Smith's sinker would induce a ground ball and potentially a double play.
In trouble, Matsuzaka should have gotten out of the inning when he induced a ground ball from Jeremy Reed.
With a 3-2 Choate Choathrewrew a fastball, trying to induce a grounder.
Ring induced a ground-ball double play to end the inning.
That left the game in the slippery hands of the bullpen, which loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth before Luis Avilan, another recent acquisition, escaped by inducing three ground balls.
A pitcher might try a low curveball, hoping the hitter is expecting a fastball and inducing a weak ground ball.
