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Langford Three-Run Homer and Eovaldi Start Lift Rangers to 4-3 Win Over Padres

Easing short-term offensive doubts, the game raises the importance of preserving Texas’s pitching staff for a 10-game road trip.

Overview

  • Wyatt Langford hit a three-run homer on Sunday that gave the Rangers a 3-0 lead and accounted for the decisive offense in a 4-3 victory over San Diego.
  • Nathan Eovaldi, who was scratched on Saturday with left-knee soreness, started Sunday and worked six innings with nine strikeouts to pick up the win.
  • Texas placed right-hander Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right-ankle posterior impingement and recalled right-hander Jose Corniell from Triple-A Round Rock.
  • Jakob Junis earned his fifth save after allowing two singles to open the ninth and then retiring the next three batters, underscoring late-inning tension for the bullpen.
  • The win snapped a recent slide with Texas taking two of three from the Padres and now starts a 10-games-in-10-days road swing that will pressure the club’s pitching depth and workload management.