Nathan Eovaldi weathered a three-run Detroit uprising after taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning and Elias Díaz, Josh Smith and Evan Carter hit solo home runs to help the Texas Rangers beat the Tigers 10-4 on Thursday night.
Rangers’ Strong Performance
The Rangers matched a season high with 17 hits 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.
Díaz’s home run came in Texas’ three-run second inning, his second in two games. Smith, recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday, 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.
Original reporting: Fort Worth, TX Sports (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
