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04/01 20:13 CDT Eovaldi pitches majors' 1st complete game this season as the
Rangers beat the Reds 1-0
Eovaldi pitches majors' 1st complete game this season as the Rangers beat the
Reds 1-0
By JEFF WALLNER
Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) --- Nathan Eovaldi pitched a four-hitter for the majors' first
complete game of the season, and the Texas Rangers beat the Cincinnati Reds 1-0
on Tuesday night.
Eovaldi struck out eight and walked none in his fifth career complete game. The
right-hander threw 99 pitches, 70 for strikes.
It was Eovaldi's first shutout since April 29, 2023, against the Yankees and
No. 3 for his career.
Wyatt Langford homered for Texas in the first against Carson Spiers (0-1).
Cincinnati collected 14 hits in a 14-3 victory in the series opener, but
Eovaldi (1-0) was dominant.
The Reds put the tying run on second with two out in the ninth, but Eovaldi
retired Elly De La Cruz on a grounder to first.
Eovaldi retired his first 12 batters, including five straight strikeouts during
one stretch. Gavin Lux hit a leadoff single in the fifth for Cincinnati's first
baserunner.
Spiers allowed three hits in six innings in his season debut. He struck out
five and walked two.
Key moment The Reds had the tying run at second base with one out in the seventh, but Eovaldi retired the next two batters.
Key stat Langford has two home runs in six games to begin the season. In 2024, it took him until the 29th game of the season to homer for the first time. Langford hit 16 homers in 134 games last season during his rookie year.
Up next Reds right-hander Hunter Greene (0-0, 3.60 ERA) will face Rangers righty Jack Leiter (1-0, 1.80 ERA) in Wednesday's series finale. Leiter earned his first major league victory in his last start. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Key moment The Reds had the tying run at second base with one out in the seventh, but Eovaldi retired the next two batters.
Key stat Langford has two home runs in six games to begin the season. In 2024, it took him until the 29th game of the season to homer for the first time. Langford hit 16 homers in 134 games last season during his rookie year.
Up next Reds right-hander Hunter Greene (0-0, 3.60 ERA) will face Rangers righty Jack Leiter (1-0, 1.80 ERA) in Wednesday's series finale. Leiter earned his first major league victory in his last start. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
