ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Jacob deGrom struck out 10 over seven shutout innings, Evan Carter broke the game open with a two-run homer in the eighth, and the Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Globe Life Park to split the three-game series.

DeGrom allowed three hits and walked none, lowering his ERA to 2.84 as he bounced back from consecutive losses to the New York Yankees. The right-hander, who improved to 3-2, retired the first 10 batters he faced before Nico Hoerner doubled with one out in the fourth. He stranded Hoerner at second base by striking out Moisés Ballesteros and getting Seiya Suzuki to pop out.

The Rangers scratched across a run in the bottom of the fourth against Cubs starter Jameson Taillon. Josh Jung led off with a single, moved to third on Joc Pederson’s double and scored when Alejandro Osuna reached on a fielder’s choice. The Cubs challenged the tag play at first base, but the call was upheld.

Taillon allowed four hits and one earned run over 5⅓ innings, striking out four and walking two. He fell to 2-2.

The score remained 1-0 until the eighth, when Carter delivered the decisive blow. With one out, Jung singled off Cubs reliever Daniel Palencia. Carter then drove a 1-0 pitch over the right-field wall for his fifth home run of the season, scoring Jung and giving the Rangers a 3-0 lead.

Phil Maton had worked a scoreless seventh inning for the Cubs, striking out two, but Palencia could not escape the eighth. He allowed two hits and two earned runs in two-thirds of an inning.

Jacob Latz closed the game with two perfect innings, striking out one, to earn his fourth save of the season.

The Cubs managed only three hits off deGrom and two relievers. Hoerner had two of those hits — a double and a single — and Michael Busch added a single in the seventh. Chicago struck out 12 times and did not advance a runner past second base after the fourth inning.

Texas outhit Chicago 7-3. Jung led the Rangers with three singles, while Carter’s home run accounted for two RBIs. Osuna drove in the first run with his fielder’s choice.

The game took 2 hours, 17 minutes before an announced crowd of 34,221.

Chicago fell to 27-14, still holding the best record in the National League. Texas improved to 19-21, snapping a three-game losing streak.

The Cubs had entered the series having won five straight games and 10 of their previous 12, but after winning the opener 7-1 on Friday, they were shut out in the final two games, including a 6-0 loss Saturday.

Texas turned a pair of double plays, both started by third baseman Matt Shaw in the first and fourth innings. The Rangers also challenged a play at first base in the fourth — the call was upheld — and successfully used a sacrifice bunt in the seventh to move Osuna into scoring position, though he was left stranded.

Carter’s home run was the only extra-base hit of the game for either team aside from Hoerner’s double and Pederson’s double.

DeGrom retired the side in order in the first, second and third innings, striking out three of the first six batters he faced. He did not allow a hit until Hoerner lined a double to left field leading off the fourth. After that, deGrom struck out Ballesteros, got Suzuki to pop out and then struck out Ian Happ to end the threat.

The Cubs’ best chance came in the sixth. Hoerner singled with two outs, but Ballesteros struck out swinging for the third time to end the inning.

Taillon worked around trouble in the second, when he walked Pederson and hit Danny Jansen with a pitch, but Justin Foscue flied out to end the inning. Taillon also got a double-play grounder from Jansen in the fourth that erased Osuna after he had driven in the game’s first run.

The Cubs’ bullpen kept the deficit at one until the eighth. Maton retired the side in order in the seventh, striking out Justin Foscue and getting Brandon Nimmo on a grounder. But Palencia could not replicate that success, and Carter’s homer gave Latz a comfortable cushion.

Chicago will open a three-game series at Atlanta on Tuesday, while Texas hosts Arizona on Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Chicago 8, Texas 3. Interstat’s ELO system had given the Cubs a 56.70 percent probability to win. Texas had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of three went over the over/under line of 7.5.