ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Jacob deGrom pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out eight, as the Texas Rangers defeated the Athletics 8-1 on Monday night at Globe Life Park.

Texas scored two runs in the second inning, one in the third, one in the fourth, three in the fifth and one in the eighth. The Athletics scored once in the ninth. The Rangers finished with nine hits; the Athletics managed three.

Cody Freeman went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Brandon Nimmo went 2 for 3 with two RBIs, Jake Burger went 2 for 4 with one RBI and Justin Foscue homered. For the Athletics, Chris Roycroft tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief.

DeGrom improved to 10-9 with the win, while Gage Jump took the loss and fell to 6-9. The Rangers, who improved to 68-70, jumped ahead early and never trailed. The Athletics dropped to 53-85.

Attendance was listed at 22,572, and the game took 2 hours, 23 minutes.