Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Boston Red Sox

82-70, 44-33 Away

Final
3 - 7

Texas Rangers

76-76, 42-32 Home

Rangers reach .500 again and tie for AL West lead with 7-3 victory over Red Sox

Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers: Game Highlights

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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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Durbin lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Rutschman grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Contreras grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Osuna as designated hitter.
	9th Inning	Duran at third base.
	9th Inning	Lopez at second base.

Statistics

BOS		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	12
3	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
3	Hits	13
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	5
14	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	1
128	Pitches	146
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	18
33	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
1.4	Runs Created	6.9
.103	Batting Average	.361
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.207	Slugging Percentage	.500
.276	Secondary Average	.167
.212	On Base Percentage	.410
.419	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.910
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
18.0	Batter Rating	51.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.65
.103	Isolated Power	.139
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.050
.172	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.194
5.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.5
67.3	MLB Rating	96.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0