ARLINGTON, Texas — Nathan Eovaldi lost his no-hit bid in the seventh inning but pitched into the eighth for the New York Yankees without allowing a run in their series-opening 3-1 victory at Texas on Monday night.
The Rangers were without a hit until rookie Nomar Mazara, a day before his 21st birthday, led off the seventh with a clean single through the left side of the infield. After Mazara was wiped out by a double play, Prince Fielder swung at a high pitch for a double to right-center before Ian Desmond grounded out to end the inning.
After Eovaldi (1-2) walked Mitch Moreland to start the eighth, Dellin Betances took over and promptly got Elvis Andrus to ground into a double play before Brett Nicholas hit his first career home run. That was the first earned run off the Yankees reliever in 10 appearances this season.
Andrew Miller worked a perfect ninth for his fifth save in as many opportunities.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Starlin Castro had home runs for the Yankees off Cesar Ramos (0-1), the left-hander starting in place of Cole Hamels.
Eovaldi, 26, is only the second major league player from Alvin High School in Texas. The other is Nolan Ryan, who holds the major league record with seven career no-hitters.
The right-hander struck out six, ending his streak of seven consecutive starts with at least seven strikeouts that was tied with the longest in team history. He walked two.
Eovaldi, without a complete game in his 110 career starts, threw 66 of his 98 pitches for strikes.
Ramos, called up from Class AAA earlier in the day, struck out five and allowed three runs pitching into the seventh. That extended the Rangers’ record season-opening streak with starters going at least five innings in all 20 games so far.
WHITE SOX 7, BLUE JAYS 5 Todd Frazier doubled home the go-ahead run in a five-run seventh inning and visiting Chicago rallied to beat Toronto. Frazier went 2 for 3 with three RBI, Jimmy Rollins had three hits, and Adam Eaton had two hits and two RBI as the White Sox overcame a four-run deficit to win their fourth consecutive. Zach Putnam (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the victory. David Robertson finished for his eighth save.
TIGERS 7, ATHLETICS 3 Miguel Cabrera hit two home runs to help host Detroit snap a fourgame losing streak. Cabrera homered in the second inning and hit a three-run shot in the Tigers’ four-run fifth inning, which was followed by Victor Martinez’s home run. Jordan Zimmermann (4-0) allowed 3 runs, 1 earned, on 7 hits and 1 walk. RAYS 2, ORIOLES 0 Chris Archer struck out 10 over 6 2/3 innings to end a 10-start winless streak, and host Tampa Bay beat Baltimore. Archer (1-4) allowed five hits to get his first victory since beating the Orioles on Aug. 31, 2015. The Rays’ opening day starter was 0-7 during the winless stretch. TWINS 4, INDIANS 3 Oswaldo Arcia led off the ninth inning with a home run off Zach McAllister (1-1) to lift host Minnesota over Cleveland. Brian Dozier added a two-run double and the Twins bullpen gave up one run over the final 4 1/3 innings to snap a three-game skid. Kevin Jepsen (1-3) pitched the ninth for the victory.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
METS 5, REDS 3 Neil Walker hit his seventh home run in 10 games, a tiebreaking shot in the seventh inning that kept New York rolling against visiting Cincinnati. Michael Conforto and Lucas Duda also homered for the Mets, who won their fourth consecutive game.
PIRATES 6, ROCKIES 1 Matt Joyce hit a threerun home run, Jeff Locke threw six scoreless innings and visiting Pittsburgh beat Colorado in a game that was briefly delayed by rain. Locke (1-2) allowed five hits. He struck out a season-high eight, including five on called third strikes.
INTERLEAGUE
RED SOX 1, BRAVES 0 Rick Porcello combined with three relievers on a four-hitter, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit his first home run and visiting Boston shut out Atlanta, giving the punchless Braves their sixth consecutive loss. The Braves’ home-run drought reached 14 games, matching the longest streak in their Atlanta history. Porcello (4-0) won his fourth consecutive start, allowing only four hits with two walks.
Sports on 04/26/2016