The Yankees bats were shut down by Nathan Eovaldi and Will Warren had his first bad start of the season as New York fell to the Rangers, 6-1, on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
New York had just three hits as Eovaldi has now allowed just one run across 15.0 IP in his last two starts, both against the Yankees.
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Here are the takeaways….
-The Rangers took a first-inning lead for the second straight game. This time, Corey Seager launched a 3-0 pitch from Warren and dumped it over the right field wall to give Texas a 1-0 lead.
The Rangers threatened again in the second, with back-to-back two-out singles, but Warren got Andrew McCutchen to strike out to end the inning. Warren couldn’t keep the Rangers off the scoreboard in the third, however, after he walked Brandon Nimmo to lead off and Ezequiel Duran drove him in with a double that split the outfielders. Three batters later, Evan Carter drilled a hanging sweeper over the right field wall to give the Rangers a 4-0 lead.
Warren just didn’t have it, tossing 90 pitches (52 strikes) across four innings, allowing six runs on seven hits. He struck out seven but he tied a season high with three walks.
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It’s the first time this season Warren has allowed more than two earned runs in a start.
-On the opposite side, Eovaldi continued his personal dominance of the Yankees. Last week, Eovaldi pitched seven scoreless innings against the Yankees, allowing just four walks and one walk while striking out seven. Wednesday was more of the same. Eovaldi was 5.2 innings without allowing a run until Aaron Judge launched his 15th homer of the year, and now leads the league in homers.
From there, Eovaldi continued his dominance, pitching eight innings, allowing just one run on three hits and striking out eight batters. Over his last nine games against the Yankees, Eovaldi has pitched to a 1.65 ERA , striking out 53 batters and walking only 11 across 59.2 innings pitched (h/t Katie Sharp).
–Yerry de los Santos was the first arm out of the pen, and he ate some much-needed innings. In his first game back after being called up, de los Santos pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing one hit, one walk and striking out five batters.
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Ryan Yarbrough followed de los Santos and delivered five outs without
–Cody Bellinger continued his hot hitting, lining a single in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to eight games. But finished 1-for-3 with a walk.
–Jose Caballero went 0-for-2, with a hit by pitch. Eovaldi plunked Caballero with a curveball that hit him above the left elbow. The Yankees shortstop was looked at after he was in visible pain, but stayed in the game.
Game MVP: Nathan Eovaldi
The Rangers lineup woke up, but Eovaldi didn’t need much on this night.
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What’s next
The Yankees and Rangers wrap up their three-game series with a matinee game at the Stadium.
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Ryan Weathers (2-2, 3.03 ERA) will take the mound against Mackenzie Gore (2-2, 4.67 ERA).