Texas Rangers at Athletics
Final
Recap
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- 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.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteTEX -123 · 54% to win
WonRun LineTEX -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 8.5 · 9 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
11Hits5
2Home runs1
5Walks2
12Strikeouts8
1Stolen bases0
103Pitches thrown163
8Pitching strikeouts12
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey SeagerSS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ezequiel DuranLF-RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Smith2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joc PedersonDH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle HigashiokaC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Burger1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Evan CarterCF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon NimmoRF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis CurveloP | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan EovaldiP | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |