BOSTON (Interstat) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven strong innings and the Texas Rangers built an early lead with a pair of home runs to defeat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on Sunday at Fenway Park, snapping a two-game losing streak and salvaging the finale of a three-game series.

Eovaldi allowed three earned runs on six hits and struck out six to improve to 6-7. The right-hander worked around a solo homer by Boston catcher Willson Contreras in the second and another in the sixth, and he received key defensive support from his infield. Jacob Latz earned his 11th save with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out two.

Texas (35-36) wasted no time grabbing control. In the top of the first, Wyatt Langford launched a solo home run to left field, his third of the season, to put the Rangers ahead 1-0. Langford finished 1-for-4 with the homer and a walk.

The Rangers broke the game open in the second. Justin Foscue and Cody Freeman led off with back-to-back singles off Boston starter Connelly Early. Kyle Higashioka then drove a 1-1 pitch to left-center for a three-run homer, his fifth, giving Texas a 4-0 lead. Higashioka went 2-for-4 with three RBIs.

Boston (29-40) answered in the bottom half. Contreras led off with a homer to left, his 15th, cutting the deficit to 4-1. After a walk to Caleb Durbin and a single by Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Marcelo Mayer grounded out to first, scoring Durbin to make it 4-2.

Texas restored its four-run cushion in the fourth. Alejandro Osuna singled, Langford walked and Josh Jung walked to load the bases with one out. Brandon Nimmo then lined a two-run double to center, scoring Osuna and Langford to make it 6-2. Nimmo finished 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two doubles.

Eovaldi settled in after the second, retiring nine of the next 10 batters he faced. He allowed a leadoff double to Masataka Yoshida in the third but escaped when Wilyer Abreu grounded into an inning-ending double play, with Yoshida thrown out at home. In the fourth, Eovaldi induced another double play after a single.

Contreras struck again in the sixth, launching his second homer of the game to left-center, his 16th, trimming Texas’s lead to 6-3. But Eovaldi retired the next two batters to end the inning.

Boston mounted a threat in the eighth against the Texas bullpen. Yoshida singled off Jakob Junis and advanced to second on a groundout. Abreu then singled to right, scoring Yoshida to make it 6-4. Contreras followed with a single, putting runners at first and second with one out, but Junis struck out Jarren Duran to end the inning.

Latz pitched a perfect ninth, striking out the side – Caleb Durbin, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch hitter Andruw Monasterio – to close the victory.

Early (5-5) took the loss, allowing six runs on 10 hits over four innings. He struck out two and walked two. Boston’s bullpen held Texas scoreless over the final five innings, with Ryan Watson, Greg Weissert and Tommy Kahnle combining for 4 1/3 scoreless frames, allowing just two hits and striking out three.

The Rangers outhit the Red Sox 13-9. Texas combined for 10 strikes, 49 balls and 10 balls in play in the strike zone, while Boston pitchers recorded 15 strikes, 43 balls and 15 balls in play.

The game drew 32,006 fans and lasted 2 hours, 51 minutes.

Texas heads home to face the Minnesota Twins on Monday in the first of a three-game series. Boston welcomes the Toronto Blue Jays for a three-game set beginning Tuesday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas 5, Boston 3. The Rangers were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5, and the total of 10 runs went under the over-under line of 9. The ELO system had given Boston a 54.3 percent probability to win.