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07/02 22:33 CDT Eovaldi takes a no-hitter into the 5th inning in the Rangers'
10-4 win over the Tigers
Eovaldi takes a no-hitter into the 5th inning in the Rangers' 10-4 win over the
Tigers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Nathan Eovaldi weathered a three-run Detroit uprising
after taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning and Elias Daz, Josh Smith and
Evan Carter hit solo home runs to help the Texas Rangers beat the Tigers 10-4
on Thursday night.
The Rangers matched a season high with the 17 runs en route to their seventh
victory in eight games. The Tigers arrived at Globe Life Field after sweeping
three games at Yankee Stadium.
Eovaldi (9-7) allowed only one walk through four innings and matched a season
high with nine strikeouts in winning his fourth consecutive start, pitching
five-plus innings. Detroit's Colt Keith led off the fifth by homering on an 0-2
cut fastball above the strike zone. Hao-Yu Lee added a two-run homer that
barely cleared the wall in left, just beyond Alejandro Osuna's reach.
Eovaldi allowed five hits in the fifth inning and was pulled leading 5-3 after
Riley Greene led off the sixth with a double. Peyton Gray, Texas' third pitcher
in the sixth, struck out Lee with the bases loaded to end the inning.
Daz's home run came in Texas' three-run second inning, his second in two games.
Smith, recalled from a rehab assignment Wednesday after missing 37 games
primarily due to viral meningitis, hammered a first-pitch fastball for his
first homer of the season and his first career pinch-hit homer in the sixth.
Carter, activated from the injured list on Sunday, homered in the eighth.
Osuna and Nicky Lopez each had three hits.
Framber Valdez (4-6) allowed five runs on nine hits and two walks in five
innings. That ended Detroit's club-record 35-game streak of starting pitchers
allowing no more than four runs.
UP NEXT
The series will takes a break on Friday with a World Cup game between Australia
and Egypt being played nearby at the Dallas Cowboys' stadium. On Saturday,
Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (1-8, 4.97 ERA) was scheduled to face Rangers RHP
Kumar Rocker (2-6, 3.83).
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