ARLINGTON (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers scored three runs in the seventh inning to break a tie and went on to beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at Globe Life Park. Nathan Eovaldi pitched four scoreless innings of relief to earn the win as Texas improved to 76-76. Boston fell to 82-70.

Eovaldi, now 11-9, allowed one hit and struck out one. Erik Miller took the loss for Boston and dropped to 4-1. The game took 2 hours, 42 minutes and drew an attendance of 26,364.

Boston struck first in the top of the first. Roman Anthony walked, but Jahmai Jones flew out and Wilyer Abreu grounded into a force out that erased Anthony at second. Willson Contreras then hit a two-run home run to left-center field, his 27th of the season, scoring Abreu. Adley Rutschman flew out to end the inning, but Boston led 2-0.

Texas answered in the bottom of the first. Justin Foscue doubled on a ground ball to shortstop Trevor Story. After Corey Seager struck out swinging, Josh Jung singled on a sharp line drive to right field, moving Foscue to third. Jake Burger followed with a ground-rule double to right-center field that scored Foscue and moved Jung to third. Brandon Nimmo grounded out and Wyatt Langford struck out, but Texas had cut the lead to 2-1.

Boston threatened in the top of the second. Caleb Durbin walked, and Trevor Story grounded out to advance Durbin to third. Isiah Kiner-Falefa then lined into an unassisted double play at third base, with Durbin doubled off to end the inning. Texas got a single from Elias Diaz in the bottom of the second, but Danny Jansen flew out and Foscue struck out.

The Red Sox went down in order in the top of the third, and Texas did the same in the bottom half after a two-out single by Burger. Boston also went quietly in the top of the fourth, with Abreu lining out, Contreras grounding out, and Rutschman flying out.

Texas tied the game in the bottom of the fourth. Langford walked, but Ezequiel Duran struck out and Diaz flew out. Danny Jansen singled, moving Langford to second, and Foscue singled on a ground ball to center field to score Langford. Seager struck out to end the inning, but the score was even at 2-2.

Boston regained the lead in the top of the fifth. Durbin walked and Story singled on a ground ball to third base, moving Durbin to third. Kiner-Falefa struck out swinging, and Story stole second. Mickey Gasper then grounded out to shortstop, allowing Durbin to score. Anthony struck out swinging, but Boston led 3-2.

Texas tied it again in the bottom of the fifth. Josh Jung doubled on a sharp fly ball to right field. Jake Burger was called out on strikes after a challenge overturned the call on the field. Nimmo struck out on a foul tip. Langford then singled on a fly ball to center field to score Jung. Duran struck out swinging, but the game was tied at 3-3.

In the top of the sixth, Nick Sogard singled on a line drive to center field. Abreu flew out sharply to center. Contreras was hit by a pitch, with the call upheld after a Texas challenge, moving Sogard to second. Rutschman flew out to left, and Durbin grounded out to the pitcher, ending the threat.

Texas went down in order in the bottom of the sixth on a popout, a lineout, and a groundout. Boston also went down in order in the top of the seventh.

The Rangers broke through in the bottom of the seventh. Corey Seager was hit by a pitch. Josh Jung lined out to right field. Jake Burger walked, moving Seager to second. Brandon Nimmo then doubled on a sharp line drive to center field, scoring Seager and moving Burger to third. Wyatt Langford was called out on strikes after a challenge overturned the call. Ezequiel Duran followed with a single on a line drive to left field, scoring Burger and Nimmo. Duran was caught stealing second to end the inning, but Texas led 6-3.

Boston went down in order in the top of the eighth. In the bottom half, Elias Diaz reached on a throwing error by pitcher Raymond Burgos. Alejandro Osuna came on to run and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Danny Jansen. Justin Foscue flew out to center. Corey Seager then singled on a line drive to right field to score Osuna. Josh Jung doubled on a line drive to left field, moving Seager to third. Jake Burger grounded out to shortstop, but Texas had pushed its lead to 7-3.

In the top of the ninth, Contreras grounded out, Rutschman grounded out, and Durbin lined out to second base to end the game.

Boston finished with three hits. Contreras went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs. Story and Sogard had the other hits. Jake Bennett started for Boston and pitched 4.2 innings, allowing eight hits and three earned runs while striking out seven. Greg Weissert pitched 1.1 innings, allowing one hit and striking out one. Burgos pitched one inning, allowing two hits and no earned runs.

Texas collected 13 hits. Josh Jung went 3-for-5. Jake Burger went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Justin Foscue went 2-for-5 with an RBI. MacKenzie Gore started for Texas and pitched 4 innings, allowing two hits and three earned runs. Eovaldi followed with four innings of one-hit relief. Jakob Junis pitched one inning, allowing no hits and striking out two.

The Rangers improved to 76-76, while the Red Sox fell to 82-70. Boston had lost the series opener 4-2 on Tuesday. The teams are scheduled to conclude the series Thursday in Arlington. Boston will then travel to Tampa Bay for a weekend series, while Texas will host Toronto.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Boston Red Sox 6, Texas Rangers 5. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Boston with a 55.6 percent probability to win. Boston had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 10 went under the over/under line of 7.5.