Rangers ride Eovaldi to 6‑1 win over Yankees

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Nathan Eovaldi tossed eight innings of three-hit ball as the Texas Rangers defeated the New York Yankees 6-1 on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium II.

Eovaldi struck out eight and allowed one earned run, improving to 4-4. Will Warren took the loss, falling to 4-1 after surrendering seven hits and six runs over four innings.

Texas jumped ahead with a run in the first before breaking the game open in the third. Ezequiel Duran doubled in a run and Evan Carter followed with a two-run homer. In the fourth, Duran added a sacrifice fly and Corey Seager singled home another run. Carter and Seager each drove in two runs.

Aaron Judge homered for the Yankees in the sixth, accounting for their only run. New York managed just three hits.

The Rangers outhit the Yankees 8-3. Attendance was 40,269, and the game lasted 2 hours, 46 minutes.

Texas improved to 17-19, while the Yankees dropped to 25-12. The teams meet again Thursday in the series finale.