BOSTON (Interstat) — Nathan Eovaldi earned the win as the Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on Sunday, June 14, at Fenway Park. Eovaldi improved to 6-7, allowing two runs over six innings. Connelly Early took the loss, falling to 5-5. Jacob Latz recorded his 11th save.

Texas scored in three frames: one run in the first, three in the second and two in the fourth. Kyle Higashioka hit a three-run homer in the second, scoring Justin Foscue and Cody Freeman. Brandon Nimmo added a two-run double in the fourth, driving in Alejandro Osuna and Wyatt Langford.

Boston answered with two runs in the second on a groundout by Marcelo Mayer that scored Caleb Durbin. The Red Sox added a run in the sixth and one in the eighth on Wilyer Abreu’s RBI single.

The Rangers outhit Boston 13-9. Attendance was 32,006. Time of game was 2:51. Texas improved to 35-36; Boston fell to 29-40.