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09/16 22:53 CDT Rangers reach .500 again and tie for AL West lead with 7-3
victory over Red Sox
Rangers reach .500 again and tie for AL West lead with 7-3 victory over Red Sox
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Baseball Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Brandon Nimmo hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh
inning before Ezequiel Duran added a two-run single, and the surging Texas
Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 on Wednesday night to pull even with
Houston atop the AL West.
Nathan Eovaldi (11-9) allowed one hit over four scoreless innings in relief and
finished the game retiring his last 11 batters. He earned the win in his second
appearance since missing a month on the injured list because of elbow
inflammation.
The Rangers (76-76) have won four in a row to reach .500 for the first time
since they were 66-66 on Aug. 24. With 10 games left, they moved into a
first-place tie in the division race when the Astros lost 5-2 to Kansas City at
home, though Houston owns the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Boston (82-70) has lost five of seven but holds the second American League wild
card by five games over the Chicago White Sox.
Erik Miller (4-1), the third of four Red Sox pitchers, worked the seventh when
the Rangers scored three times.
Boston went ahead 3-2 in the fifth after reliever Jakob Junis dropped the ball
while on the rubber, resulting in a balk that sent a runner home from third
base.
That was soon after left-hander MacKenzie Gore left his 32nd start of the
season, tied for most in the majors. He allowed only two hits, but walked three
without a strikeout.
Willson Contreras hit his 27th homer in the first inning, a two-run shot that
put the Red Sox up 2-0.
Justin Foscue doubled on the first pitch thrown by Red Sox rookie starter Jake
Bennett and scored on a ground-rule double by Jake Burger. Texas tied it at 2
on Foscue's RBI single in the fourth, and Wyatt Langford had an RBI single in
the fifth.
Up next
Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray (17-5, 2.76 ERA) goes for his MLB-leading 18th victory
in the series finale Thursday. LHP Cody Bradford (0-5, 4.72) starts for the
Rangers.
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