Overview
- Nathan Eovaldi delivered a quality start by going 5 1/3 innings on Friday while limiting Baltimore to one run and leaving the game for the bullpen.
- Joc Pederson hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning that supplied the Rangers’ only runs and gave them the lead.
- In the ninth, Brandon Nimmo’s throw was cut off by Nicky Lopez and relayed to catcher Elias Díaz, who tagged Leody Taveras out at the plate; the Orioles challenged and the out call was upheld on replay.
- Jacob Latz finished with a two-inning save but threw a high pitch total for a closer on a back-end outing, creating immediate questions about his availability for the next game.
- The victory, earned with just three hits and a walk, marked Texas’s fewest-hit win this season and returned the Rangers to .500 while giving them momentum to open the series against a team chasing them in the standings.