Texas Rangers at Cincinnati Reds

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

4-2, 1-1 Away

Final
1 - 0

Cincinnati Reds

2-3, 2-3 Home

Eovaldi pitches majors' 1st complete game this season as the Rangers beat the Reds 1-0

Nathan Eovaldi tosses complete game as Texas Rangers win

Eovaldi struck out eight and walked none in his fifth career complete game. The right-hander threw 99 pitches, 70 for strikes.

It was Eovaldi's first shutout since April 29, 2023, against the Yankees and No. 3 for his career.

Wyatt Langford homered for Texas in the first against Carson Spiers (0-1).

Cincinnati collected 14 hits in a 14-3 victory in the series opener, but Eovaldi (1-0) was dominant.

The Reds put the tying run on second with two out in the ninth, but Eovaldi retired Elly De La Cruz on a grounder to first.

Eovaldi retired his first 12 batters, including five straight strikeouts during one stretch. Gavin Lux hit a leadoff single in the fifth for Cincinnati's first baserunner.

Spiers allowed three hits in six innings in his season debut. He struck out five and walked two.

Key moment The Reds had the tying run at second base with one out in the seventh, but Eovaldi retired the next two batters.

Key stat Langford has two home runs in six games to begin the season. In 2024, it took him until the 29th game of the season to homer for the first time. Langford hit 16 homers in 134 games last season during his rookie year.

Up next Reds right-hander Hunter Greene (0-0, 3.60 ERA) will face Rangers righty Jack Leiter (1-0, 1.80 ERA) in Wednesday's series finale. Leiter earned his first major league victory in his last start.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	De La Cruz grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Friedl to second on wild pitch by Eovaldi.
	9th Inning	McLain lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Friedl bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, Hurtubise out at second.
	9th Inning	Hurtubise singled to right.
	9th Inning	Hurtubise hit for Wynns

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		CIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	14
6	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
14	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	99
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	4
36	Plate Appearances	30
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
2.3	Runs Created	-1.0
.129	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.258	Slugging Percentage	.133
.290	Secondary Average	.000
.250	On Base Percentage	.133
.508	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.267
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.8
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.0
14.0	Batter Rating	4.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.72	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.30
.129	Isolated Power	.000
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.161	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.133
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
66.3	MLB Rating	58.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0