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07/02 22:52 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 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.
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 Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday after previously 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 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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