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04/13 23:29 CDT Eovaldi goes 7 innings, Burger hits 2 homers as Rangers win 8-1
to stop Athletics' win streak
Eovaldi goes 7 innings, Burger hits 2 homers as Rangers win 8-1 to stop
Athletics' win streak
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) --- Nathan Eovaldi allowed three hits in seven
scoreless innings, Jake Burger homered twice and drove in four runs, and the
Texas Rangers snapped the Athletics' five-game winning streak with an 8-1
victory Monday night.
Eovaldi (2-2), who entered with a 7.98 ERA through his first three starts, gave
up three singles, walked two and struck out seven. He threw 53 of his 84
pitches for strikes in the opener of a four-game series.
Luis Curvelo allowed a run in two innings to close it out.
Evan Carter and Corey Seager drew one-out walks from Luis Severino (0-2) in the
first inning and Burger followed with his third home run for a 3-0 lead.
Burger notched his eighth multi-homer game with an opposite-field shot to right
leading off the third to make it 4-0.
Josh Smith had a two-run single and Josh Jung added a two-run double off Jack
Perkins in the eighth. Joc Pederson had three of the Rangers' 11 hits.
Lawrence Butler robbed Seager of a home run to right in the fifth before
hitting his second homer in the eighth off Curvelo to prevent a shutout.
Severino left after six innings. He gave up four runs on six hits and three
walks while striking out seven.
Athletics third baseman Max Muncy left after being hit on the hand by a pitch
from Eovaldi in the fifth.
The Athletics were coming off a 5-1 trip to New York, winning their final two
games against the Yankees before sweeping the Mets.
Up next
Rangers LHP Mackenzie Gore (2-0, 2.76 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Athletics
LHP Jeffrey Springs (2-0, 1.47).
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